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Most Read New Zealand housing crisis spirals as rents hit record highs About 40% of houses bought in New Zealand in the final quarter of 2020 were by owners of multiple properties 18 April 2021 - 06:51 Praveen Menon Murray Edridge, the head of Wellington City Mission, in Wellington, New Zealand. Picture: WELLINGTON CITY MISSION/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS
Wellington For many, life in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, is largely back to normal. Its windswept streets are crowded with maskless shoppers and office workers, bars are packed and the economy is humming along.
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The goal of achieving net zero carbon by 2030 for Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington is a step closer today as the University is awarded funding to install LED lighting in its Rankine Brown building.
It is forecast that the LED lighting will achieve carbon savings of at least 75 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually for the University, while also reducing operating costs.
$175,000 has been awarded for the project. Funding is administered by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA), as part of the State Sector Decarbonisation Fund. Successful projects were announced today by Climate Change Minister Hon James Shaw.
Rainbow youth still facing stigma and stress but positive signs: new findings
Youth19, the latest in a series of surveys focused on young people in Aotearoa, asked 7,721 secondary school-aged students about their experiences of school, home and community.
Co-investigator Dr John Fenaughty from the University of Auckland says that around half of the rainbow students in the study are coping well, and a sizeable number report positive environments and experiences.
However some, especially transgender and diverse gender students, are facing stigma and stress.
“The increased amounts of mistreatment and stress, particularly for some transgender and diverse gender young people, are known drivers that underpin the increased rates mental health challenges we are seeing,” says Dr Fenaughty.
Twenty-six per cent also reported they had attempted suicide in the past year. Twenty-three per cent of transgender and gender diverse students also said they had been bullied more than weekly in the past year and more than 55 per cent had been unable to access the healthcare they needed.
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Transgender and gender diverse students face more social isolation than their cisgender peers, a study shows. (File photo) The survey, led by the University of Auckland associate professor Dr Terryann Clark and Victoria University of Wellington associate professor Dr Terry Fleming, concluded a greater proportion of transgender and gender diverse students reported challenges than their cisgender peers.