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A global visionary
When Sir Richard Taylor and wife Tania Rodger won one of their first big accolades, the pair got to travel to Auckland and, for the first time, stay in a hotel. The year was 1990, and the recognition was for best contribution to design for Peter...
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Sewage alert
Wellington is facing a long, sunny Waitangi weekend with millions of litres of raw sewage flowing to the sea, closing south coast beaches and ruling out swimming for months. At its peak on Wednesday morning, 3300 litres of water and sewage...
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Inquest spend questioned
Wellington City Council spent nearly $200,000 on lawyers and experts for a coroner’s inquest where a spotlight was shone on waterfront safety – only to backtrack on its pledge for significant fencing and lighting improvements. The inquest looked into...
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Latest budget blowout LOCAL GOVERNMENT
The Wellington City Council’s latest budget blowout has been revealed – a $56 million shortfall between what was budgeted and reality. The second phase of the council’s social housing upgrade programme (Hup2) had plenty of known numbers: A $446m...
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Dozens of schools in need
As term one begins, 58 schools remain on a waiting list to receive desperately needed support from a charity to feed and adequately clothe their students. KidsCan already supports 949 schools and if, or when, they manage to get the current schools off...
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Restoring trust
On a Hawke’s Bay Facebook page, parents trade school uniforms like others trade furniture – getting more urgent as term 1 looms like an impending moving date. It has nearly 9000 members and during back-to-school season there are continuous pleas for...
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Waitangi visit taking shape
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will attend Waitangi next week, The Post understands. Luxon’s attendance or non-attendance at the traditional pōwhiri for politicians ahead of Waitangi Day has become a major topic of discussion in recent weeks, after...
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Housing optimism, prices taking time
Nearly three quarters of Kiwis surveyed expect house prices to rise this year, as confidence lifts with New Zealand’s market slowly showing steady signs of recovery. Cotality NZ’s Decoding 2026 report looked at expectations from real estate agents, as...
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WELLINGTON Hooray for Hnry
Wellington’s regional stadium will be known from this March as Hnry Stadium, after the sole trader accountancy firm announced it had taken on the naming rights for a five-year term, from broadcaster Sky. The stadium and Hnry, a Wellingtonfounded and...
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Cash for regions battered by storms
Cabinet will today be asked to sign off on immediate funds to help the regions damaged in last week’s wild weather to recover. Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell will make the request at the Cabinet meeting that will be held ahead of...
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Parliament back after storm
The traditional first big day of national politics was overshadowed last Friday as the prime minister skipped Rātana celebrations to visit areas smashed by extreme weather. It’s likely that the damage from this deadly weather event will continue to...
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Marty Supreme
FILM REVIEW Marty Supreme (R13, 150 mins) Directed by Josh Safdie Reviewed by Graeme Tuckett ***** We are in New York’s Lower East Side, mostly. The year is 1952, and young Marty Mauser has just returned home from a table tennis tournament in London....
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Desperate dig for survivors
Desperate families could only wait and hope as rescuers searched for people, including children, missing after torrential rain and devastating landslides in the upper North Island yesterday. In Tauranga, rescuers were digging in search of survivors...
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Decision day
Timing is everything. Christopher Luxon seemed clear on this as he announced November 7 as the election date yesterday, telling media that “every day makes a difference” in the kind of economic recovery we are currently experiencing. In other words,...
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