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Lambton Quay looking towards Midland Park Wellington.Scoop Let’s Get Wellington Moving has today opened another instalment of public consultation about its plans for the Golden Mile. It has also confirmed that it intends to remove remove private vehicle access from along the Golden Mile, prioritising walking, cycling and customer-focused bus services. It says: “Reducing the […]

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Thomas Bryan and Ellen Blake walking from the Johnsonville library bus stop. Photo credit B Chapman. News from Ellen Blake Council candidates got on the bus yesterday to talk about Wellington public transport. Ellen Blake, candidate for Wellington Mayor and Thomas Bryan, candidate for regional council, want to see the relatively high number of Wellington […]

Stuff reports: Leaderless, well behind schedule, and sinking into a $110 million black hole. This could describe almost any part of Government, but in this case it is Chris Hipkins’ merger of all the polytechnics into one. Dudgeon’s grim memo to Hipkins – which is dated May 16 but was published on the commission’s website […]

“Kiwis deserve better than another $80 billion debt from an experimental response the next time a pandemic arises. ACT would commission an independent investigation with local and foreign investigators into the Government’s COVID response and its ...

News highlights: More than 1 in 2 panelists expect consecutive rate rises in July, August and October 83% believe property prices will continue to fall in 2022 All economists predict an OCR increase in July 11 July 2022, New Zealand  – ...

GLORIAVALE , a compelling new feature documentary which lifts the lid on the infamous Gloriavale Christian Community cult, will have its World Premiere on Saturday 6 August, 2022 at Christchurch’s Isaac Royal Theatre, screening as part of Whānau Mārama: ...

District wide Councillor Rob McCann is excited to enter the race for Mayor of Kāpiti in the upcoming elections. “I’m standing on an action-packed record of tackling big issues and getting work done,” says Councillor McCann. “I’ve worked in ...

Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council East by West Ferries’ ground-breaking electric harbour ferry won the Green Gold award at The Wellington Gold Awards this year. Sponsored by the regional council and awarded to a business that has demonstrated excellence in sustainability across their products or projects, East by West Ferries scooped the prize […]

Press Release – Porirua City Council Porirua City Council has introduced peaceful, low-sensory pool sessions on Monday mornings and Thursday evenings at Arena Aquatics. During these low-sensory pool sessions the team at the Arena will dim the lights, shut off the wave machine and turn down the music to make the pool area as quiet […]

Press Release – Rob McCann District wide Councillor Rob McCann is excited to enter the race for Mayor of Kāpiti in the upcoming elections. “I’m standing on an action-packed record of tackling big issues and getting work done,” says Councillor McCann. “I’ve worked in the private sector, in Parliament and the civil service, so I […]

It was, all and all, an odd spectacle. The Ladies’ Singles victor for Wimbledon 2022 had all the credentials that would have otherwise guaranteed her barring. Being Russian-born, news outlets in Britain walked gingerly around The All England Club’s ...

Attribute to Detective Sergeant Heath Jones. Hawke's Bay Police have arrested a man in relation to a serious assault last night on a taxi driver in Flaxmere. Police were notified of the assault around 11:20 pm. The driver was taken to Hospital in ...

The number of children in Somalia receiving treatment for the most dangerous form of malnutrition surged 300% in the first six months of 2022 as the worst drought in years tightened its grip on the country, Save the Children said today. In June, ...

Biosecurity New Zealand is stepping up its work at the border with a campaign to ensure travellers do their part to protect farmers from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), says Deputy Director General Stuart Anderson. Foot-and-mouth disease is in many countries, ...

Hayden Wilde cements himself as the man to beat in the lead up to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Wilde took the gold medal overnight at the World Triathlon Championship Series in Hamburg with a convincing win, which elevates him to Series Leader, just ...

I just rewatched the great movie The Big Short that dramatized the sub-prime mortgages collapse that led to the GFC. Years of self-interest and complacency – along with short-term thinking – created all of the circumstances needed to collapse a house of financial cards.  The movie highlights that the very few who picked it were […]

The Independent reports: A move to include offence trigger warnings on the official parliamentary record has been criticised at Westminster, amid fears it could have a chilling effect on what members say. The snowflakes even need protecting from Hansard now! The upper chamber heard the measure stemmed from a proposal by the House of Lords Inclusion […]

We have severe weather on the way tomorrow (Monday 11 July) and MetService has issued a heavy rain warning. We will monitor the situation and update you over the next 24 hours as more information comes in. The warning period is from 4pm Monday until ...

If ACT is serious about taxing illicit drug revenue then let’s talk about drug reform, the Green Party says. Speaking on Newshub Nation this weekend, David Seymour suggested that ACT wants to find out where drug revenue is coming from and tax it. ...

Three years after the Labour Government’s announcement, only one out of 13 specialist mental health inpatient facility upgrades has shovels in the ground, National’s Mental Health & Suicide Prevention spokesperson, Matt Doocey says. “As ...

Heavy rain may cause streams and rivers to rise rapidly. Surface flooding and slips are also possible and driving conditions may be hazardous. Issued: 10:11am Sunday, 10th July 2022 Area: Gisborne north of Tolaga Bay Valid: 3:00pm Monday to 3:00pm ...

The ACT Party has today announced its plan for the first 100 days of Government. “Any new Government needs to say what it means, and mean what it says. There’s not point beating Labour just to babysit their policies, their bad ideas need to ...