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Originally published by The Spinoff OPINION Two simultaneous catastrophes have hit the Wellington region. The first was an unpredictable black swan event: it...

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Moko Tepania - who was "blown away" and hoped just to be nominated - will receive his award in Belfast, Ireland this evening.

Low-income council tenants fear becoming homeless without access to a rental subsidy, and say emergency housing will cost the Government 11 times more.

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Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 5:30 am Wellington Mayor Andy Foster is delighted that the draft 2021-31 Long-term Plan is out for consultation. “This draft is ambitious, and it centres on the much-needed investment in our infrastructure that our city has been crying out for, and on solving resilience issues,” he explains. “It is investment we need to underpin a modern, dynamic, creative, sustainable city. “The capital programme is our largest to date, representing a $400 million greater inv...

David Bassett has chaired the embattled council-owned company Wellington Water for eight years. He will resign on Friday as the organisation enters a new phase.

Nestled in Houston’s Fourth Ward is the city’s historic Freedmen’s Town, a neighborhood of formerly enslaved Black people settled post-emancipation into what would become a cultural and artistic hub, rightfully earning the Fourth Ward its title as the "Harlem of the So...

Central Hawkes Bay students get taste of picking work 16 Dec, 2020 09:58 PM 3 minutes to read Students board the bus back to CHB after a day working at blueberry farm. Photo / Supplied Students board the bus back to CHB after a day working at blueberry farm. Photo / Supplied Every day more than 40 students from Central Hawkes Bay are travelling to Hastings to pick blueberries for a summer job. For many of them its their first job, and has been great experience, says CHB College teacher aide Ang...

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