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Kathryn George What's important about where you live? Whether it's diversity, sunshine, house prices - or something else - Stuff is helping find the Sweet Spot for you. Life in New Zealand can be pretty darned good. In Sweet Spots, we're shining a light on some of the best places in the country to live, places where everyday Kiwis without unlimited budgets can live a rich and fulfilling life. Teenagers are used to being asked the eternal question: What are you going to do when you leave school? If the answer includes a plan to study, that question is often followed by: Where will you go?

ROSA WOODS/Stuff Wellington City Missioner Murray Edridge says the supermarket gives shoppers dignity in choice and people could have a sense of “normality” in what they did without feeling stigmatised by their circumstances. Instead of giving food parcels, Wellington City Mission welcomed its first customers to pick their own items at its social supermarket on Tuesday. This move marks a change in how the charitable trust gives food to people who need support by providing them with choice, rather than set parcel of food. The social supermarket – the first of its kind in New Zealand �...

Thursday, 4 March 2021, 12:55 pm | Neighbours Day Communities right across the motu are preparing to come together to celebrate Neighbours Day Aotearoa this month, running from March 20-30 . The events calendar continues to grow, with almost 400 registered events already confirmed from Whangarei to Invercargill, ... More >> Monday, 23 November 2020, 10:14 am | Neighbours Day The annual initiative Neighbours Day Aotearoa is growing in a new direction in 2021, encouraging all New Zealanders to make our communities as strong as the mighty totara. Running nationwide from March 20-30 as a way t...

More than one commenter was curious about how to say the Indigenous names. 'As an older person, I would love to see how to pronounce these names,' a woman wrote. 'I do agree that this is an important move.' Many people suggested a compromise - using both the Indigenous and English or Colonial place names. They pointed out that bilingual road and street signs are common in many countries - including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand. New Zealand's tallest mountain, Mt Cook, was renamed Aoraki/Mount Cook in 1998. Some place names in Australia have been renamed over time...

A witness described a man running from police in his socks and handcuffs in Wellington after being arrested.