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Ghost parcels. Auckland.

John Greenfield. “Ghost Parcels Show How Urban Highways Squandered Valuable Land“, StreetsBlog Chicago. Captivating images and interesting discussion about the ghost parcels that remain after the motorways wiped away neighbourhoods.

Alissa Walker. “How a Former Video Game Designer Created the Best Intersection For Bikes“, GIZMODO. Nice story about  how quickly innovation in [...]

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Stuff reports: Why has Judith Collins been bragging so much about her new car? Well, she’s been crowned brand ambassador for Peugeot, DS and Citroen at an Auckland car dealership. The former justice minister has been posting promotional updates on social media about driving around in her flash new car. The partnership, which is free […]

Press Release – Royal New Zealand Ballet 2016 sees Artistic Director Francesco Ventriglia reveal his first full season for the national ballet company. The exciting line-up includes a festival programme of larger-than-life contemporary works that have never been seen in NZ, the world premiere of a new full length ballet of The Wizard of Oz, […]

PRESS RELEASE EuroMed Monitor A new report, “Israel’s Arbitrary Killings and its System of Structural Violence,” was released by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor in a press conference in Geneva. The report summarizes the results of Euro-Med’s investigations into recent Israeli human rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian Territories. Featured at the press conference were […]

The Herald reports: The Government’s new travel tax is to come in on January 1, adding $21.57 to the price of a round trip air fare to and from this country. The announcement of the rate of the tax – imposed to cover border clearance costs – drew sharp criticism from the tourism industry who […]

BALIBO, Timor-Leste (The Australian/AAP/Pacific Media Watch): The people of Balibo in Timor-Leste marked Friday's 40th anniversary of the killing of Australian-based journalists by invading Indonesian soldiers with a quiet gathering outside the house where television reporter Greg Shackleton painted the Australian flag.

Imperator Fish blogs: People have been telling me that they don’t really understand Labour’s position on the Trans Pacific Partnership. … Our opposition to the TPP is principled and based on what we think is best for New Zealand. We don’t want New Zealand to sign up to the TPP, but nor would we pull New […]

Everytime we play France, everytime the referee is Wayne Barnes, everytime we play in Cardiff, someone will mention 2007. It was our nadir in terms of rugby, in some ways it was local minimum in terms of rugby support (the Springbok Tour being our rock bottom for that).
Since then we have won games under Barnes's control and won plenty of matches against France. In fact since that game we've only lost to France once, oddly it was in the very next game we played against them (Dunedin 2009). And we haven't lost at Millienium Stadium since. Читать дальше...

John Armstrong has written his final regular parliamentary column for the NZ Herald. This is sad for two reasons. It is sad because coverage of Parliament will be the worse for John’s absence, and sad because it is ill health that has forced his retirement. I do not recall a time when John Armstrong wasn’t […]

Sometimes something as simple as looking at things from a fresh angle can help clarify an issue. Here is a wonderful image from the International Space Station that really should help people understand the profoundly real geographical constraints that bind Auckland. Beautiful blue water and rugged green ranges:

From where should we take advice on how to live? What should we aspire to become? What would count as a fulfilling and dignified life? What kind of community is suitable for both human and spiritual growth?

Bunnings’ offer will guarantee a minimum hourly pay rate of $17.50, this means that team members will receive an absolute minimum increase of 4% this year with a further guaranteed minimum of 2% to be paid next year.

PRESS RELEASE UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Makarim Wibisono, expressed grave concern and deep sadness at this month’s intensification of violence across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and in Gaza. “Too many Palestinian and […]

Wellington Mayor confirms – ‘No rates money has been spent on any panda proposal.’ . No money has been spent on a panda business case, says Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown. “No proposal is being prepared,” she says. “Unless Central Government shows ...

The Herald reports: The man arrested in connection with the disappearance of Alex Fisher is his older brother Eric McIsaac. McIsaac, 25, appeared in the Levin District Court today. He entered no pleas to a charge laid last week, of unlawful possession of a knife in a public place on October 6, or two other […]