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Wellington today, July 29: Gas smell forces evacuation of Queensgate Shopping Centre in Lower Hutt, missing Carterton man walks out of Tararua Forest Park after night in bush stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wellington today, July 29: Shoppers allowed back into Queensgate mall after evacuation, missing Carterton man walks out of Tararua Forest Park after night in bush stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It was Wellington’s largest commercial building when it opened in 2010. This month is the second time Inland Revenue staff have been evacuated from the building, the other following the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake amid concerns about a stairwell. At that time, Dunajtschik argued the building was still safe to occupy. STUFF Inland Revenue is preparing for another wave of change (first published February 2020). This time the engineering report was sought as Inland Revenue weighed up whether to renew its lease. In an email to staff, the department said engineers considered the building was fit for occupation and not dangerous under the Building Act. ....
Damian George and Bill Hickman13:46, Jul 29 2021 ROSA WOODS/Stuff A fine day with light northerlies is on the cards for the capital this Thursday. (File photo) Good afternoon Pōneke, here’s what’s in your Dominion Post and what is happening around the city today. 1.30pm: This day 40 years ago, The baton incident Trevor Richards, one of the founding members of the anti-tour group Halt All Racist Tours, shares his memories of what the Evening Post called “Wellington’s darkest hour of the tour”. On this day, a march of more than a thousand Wellingtonians protesting against the presence of the Springboks in our country were attacked by baton-wielding police. People were left bloodied, requiring hospital care. ....
Catherine Harris21:23, Jul 28 2021 KEVIN STENT/Stuff Hundreds of Inland Revenue and other staff have yet to return to the Asteron Centre in Wellington’s Featherston St. There’s no word on how long more than 1400 public servants in Wellington may have to work from home, as engineers pore over the building s structure. About 1000 staff at Inland Revenue, plus staff from Suncorp, Civil Aviation and Aviation Security Service, were working out of the Asteron Centre, one of the capital s biggest commercial buildings, almost a fortnight ago when they were told to leave urgently. The union representing many Inland Revenue staff says it has no idea when staff will be able to return, and Civil Aviation, which also occupies the building, is expecting an update in mid-August. ....