The big budget for a new non-car harbour bridge in Auckland sparked a big 'bike-lash' in the media last week - and how we build and use our roads has become a huge wedge issue all around the country. Mediawatch asks a journalist dedicated to covering transport: do the deep divisions and inflamed opinions make it hard to report all this effectively?
Bill Hickman and Kate Green12:57, Jun 10 2021
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Ryan Teahan, a clinical nurse co-ordinator at Wellington Regional Hospital s post-anaesthetic care unit, was among the 30,000 nurses striking over pay and conditions on Wednesday.
Kia ora e hoa mā, reporter Bill Hickman here with the big stories in the pages of
The Dominion Post and from around the capital today.
1pm: Predator-free New Zealand marks five years working towards crazy and ambitious goal Trapping, killing and eradication of species are being cheerfully discussed in Te Papa’s conference rooms today. The Department of Conservation is hosting a summit of key figures in Aotearoa’s Predator Free programme to release the progress report in the Predator Free 2050 national strategy.