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The Term 2 attendance figures are truly dismal and Term 2 was after we left the Covid protection framework, so the old excuses of blaming it all on Covid-19 doesn’t wash. No tag for this post.

News from Waka Kotahi / NZTA Travelling in the Hutt Valley and over the Remutaka Hill will be safer as projects for State Highway 2 get into gear. Safer roads, intersections and speed limits are coming for the busy and important transport link. The changes are part of Road to Zero, New Zealand’s plan to […]

Report from RNZ Archives New Zealand has been hit by an apparent security breach and has shut down the online search tool the public uses. An investigation is under way into whether restricted records have been mistakenly made publicly discoverable. he national archive is the government’s record-keeping authority and has more than seven million records. […]

News from Property Council A pioneering property developer credited for reviving Upper Hutt has won the highest accolade in the Wellington Property People Awards. Malcolm Gillies was named the recipient of the One Eighty Recruitment Outstanding Leadership Award and went on to win the Greenwood Roche Supreme Excellence Award at the ceremony held at Te […]

Report from RNZ When the fulltime whistle blows in a Wellington football match on Sunday, the score could be in the thousands. Twenty-eight people are attempting to set a Guinness World Record for the longest continuous football match by playing for 45 hours straight, starting at 1pm on Friday. The footballers are raising money for […]

Photos by Nadine McGrath, WCC by Felicity Wong Wellington’s new city councillors yesterday gave their inaugural speeches introducing themselves. It was the first Council meeting to be held since the swearing in ceremony at Pipitea Marae last month. Mayor Tory Whanau read her script for running the meeting smoothly. She invited Cr Nikau Wi Neera […]

News from Rodger Fox Big Band The Big Band jazz genre is no shrinking violet, so it is not surprising that the Rodger Fox Big Band is starting their 50th Anniversary Concert series with a full-on drum spectacular featuring three of the world’s greatest drummers. The three American drummers who will perform in concert with […]

News from Flying Nun Big news! We’re stoked to announce the official Flying Nun Record Store has been UPSIZED! We’ve moved into the city and expanded – to 173 Cuba St, Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington). We’re now located in the former premises of the excellent, but sadly now closed, Rough Peel Music. Now you’ll find us […]

News from Trade Me The average asking price for a property in the Wellington region was $871,050 in October, dropping by 7 per cent, or $64,350, in 12 months, according to the latest Trade Me Property Price Index. Trade Me Property Sales Director Gavin Lloyd said this was the largest year-on-year drop on record for […]

APEC Secretariat Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha received a joint declaration from more than 100 Voices of the Future delegates with whom he met on Monday. Reflecting the views of the youth sector, the declaration highlights issues that are important ...

GENEVA (14 November 2022) – A steep rise in civilian casualties in Somalia, due largely to attacks by the Al-Shabaab armed group, has exacerbated an already grim human rights and humanitarian situation for the people of Somalia, UN High Commissioner ...

TOKYO, Nov 14, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team experienced late heartbreak in its goal of closing out the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship season with a victory at home in Japan. The return of Rally Japan to the WRC calendar ...

TOKYO, Nov 14, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing earned a dominant one-two victory in the season-ending 8 Hours of Bahrain to secure a clean sweep of FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) titles. Outgoing World Champions Mike Conway, Kamui ...

It’s a win-win for the hundreds of men and women at the 8th IWG World Conference who say as fantastic as the presentations are, the chance to network with new and old friends is the icing on the cake. For Raelene Castle, group chief executive of ...

Issued on behalf of the Egyptian COP27 Presidency COP27 Presidency launches key initiative Action for Water Adaptation and Resilience initiative to address water security in the face of climate change Day’s program draws attention to existing ...

The parties made further progress at bargaining today but there is still funding to be arranged. The parties are hopeful that we be able to finalise terms of settlement next week subject to the necessary funding being confirmed.   Wattie Watson ...

Police are continuing to make enquiries following the death of Layk Scowen, aged 18, who died in Hokitika on Friday 11 November. “We are aware that there is a significant interest in this matter locally, and a lot of speculation in the community regarding ...

Leading road transport body Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand is calling on the Government to provide certainty on the fuel excise reductions, road user charge and public transport discounts, which are currently due to expire at the end of January ...

In preparation for summer, Wellington City Council will be shifting some sand from Freyberg Beach to Oriental Bay. Weather permitting, the beaches will be closed 21-22 November while the heavy machinery does the redistribution work. This year there’s ...

Stuff reports: The Midwifery Council of NZ has revised its midwifery scope of practice guidelines to entirely remove the words “woman” and “mother”. The omissions are among a raft of changes to the document in an effort to be more inclusive and “address a detrimental imbalance of representation, understanding and appreciation of Māori knowledge, values […]

NZPFU FENZ Joint Statement The parties made further progress at bargaining today but there is still funding to be arranged. The parties are hopeful that we are able to finalise terms of settlement next week subject to the necessary funding being ...

Business to Business payment company CardLink is launching electric vehicle charging as a new feature on their CardSmart fuel card product. The new feature on the CardSmart fuel card combines electric and traditional fuel capabilities, enabling fleets to ...

APEC member economies are facing extensive sustainability challenges and there is an urgent need to embark on green structural reforms to tackle this and promote a green recovery from the economic slowdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, an ...

Acclaimed Italian conductor Umberto Clerici makes his New Zealand Symphony Orchestra debut with a lavish performance of Handel’s masterwork Messiah , in association with Sky City Hotels Group, in Wellington on 10 December. Clerici, a virtuoso cellist ...