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Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 29 December 2020, original url: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/29/hous-d29.html   For hundreds of thousands of families in New Zealand, the holiday period this year will be one of the hardest in living memory. Like other countries, the ...

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Playwrights, teachers, reverends, advocates and athletes are among the 13 Pacific people who have received New Years Honours, a group the Pacific peoples minister has described as inspiring. Auckland early childhood educator, Afamasaga Vaafusuaga Telesia McDonald-Alipia is now an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Afamasaga has had a long-involvement with Pacific early childhood education, dating back to 1991. She was New Zealands national coordinator for the Home Interaction Programme ...

Claire Trevett: The lol-lights and comedy awards of 2020 23 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read OPINION: The hunt for the laughs in 2020 was particularly challenging. In politics, not much good happened to anyone other than Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Her re-election with a full majority in Parliament was the reward for having to contend with all the crap (there is no other word for it, sorry) 2020 unloaded on her desk. Even the PM admitted she would have been happy to tra...

12 Days of Christmas: Soundraise charity turns up the music to change lives 19 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Aadi Golchha with students Brooklyn Nicholas (8) and Manaia Grover (8) from Dawson Primary School in Otara. Photo / Greg Bowker NZ Herald The Herald is profiling 12 charities awarded $8333 grants from Auckland Airports Twelve Days of Christmas programme – now in its 13th year. The $100,000 funding comes from generous travellers who donate money at the airport. Music was a lifeli...

Press Release – University of Auckland Confident Pacific children who grow up to be resilient adults is the goal of a University of Auckland project that has received $442,000 in Health Research Council funding. Dr Analosa Veukiso-Ulugia has been awarded a Pacific Postdoctoral Fellowship for her project ‘ Nesian Narratives – enhancing sexuality education for Pacific communities’. The three-year initiative will involve the development, pilot and evaluation of a Pacific resource toolkit i...

Press Release – University of Auckland Confident Pacific children who grow up to be resilient adults is the goal of a University of Auckland project that has received $442,000 in Health Research Council funding. Dr Analosa Veukiso-Ulugia has been awarded a Pacific Postdoctoral Fellowship for … Confident Pacific children who grow up to be resilient adults is the goal of a University of Auckland project that has received $442,000 in Health Research Council funding. Dr Analosa Veukiso-Ulugia ...

Tuesday, 15 December, 2020 - 12:18 Confident Pacific children who grow up to be resilient adults is the goal of a University of Auckland project that has received $442,000 in Health Research Council funding. Dr Analosa Veukiso-Ulugia has been awarded a Pacific Postdoctoral Fellowship for her project ‘Nesian Narratives - enhancing sexuality education for Pacific communities’. The three-year initiative will involve the development, pilot and evaluation of a Pacific resource toolkit in s...

12 Days of Christmas: The Rising Foundation - They teach things you dont learn in school 15 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read The Rising Foundation begins working with young people at intermediate school and stays with them through to Year 13 and beyond. Photo / Supplied The Rising Foundation begins working with young people at intermediate school and stays with them through to Year 13 and beyond. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald By: Jennifer Dann The Herald is profiling 12 charities awarded grant...