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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?
Why New Zealand’s foreign minister is her own woman Sasha Borissenko © Nanaia Mahuta is the first Māori woman to become New Zealand's foreign minister [Sasha Borissenko/Al... Nanaia Mahuta is the first Māori woman to become New Zealand's foreign minister [Sasha Borissenko/Al Jazeera] Wellington, New Zealand – Nanaia Mahuta was only 11 when she first stood up for her political beliefs. Mahuta was one of 30 Māori and Pacific Island students at an all-girls Anglican school and the South African rugby team was touring New Zealand, dividing the country in the process. Whi...
Why is the New Zealand Foreign Minister his wife? Politics News Wellington, New Zealand – Nanaia Mahuta was only 11 years old when she appeared in favor of her political beliefs. Mahuta was one of 30 students on the island of a Maori and Pacific school for an Anglican girl, and the South African rugby team was touring New Zealand, dividing the country in the process. Although the school girl had no idea that it would be one of the biggest civil incidents in New Zealand history, she was unable to take what her school offered to host a group of South African students in her womb – a decisio...
Wellington, New Zealand – Nanaia Mahuta was only 11 when she first stood up for her political beliefs. Mahuta was one of 30 Māori and Pacific Island students at an all-girls Anglican school and the South African rugby team was touring New Zealand, dividing the country in the process. While the schoolgirl had no idea of what was soon to become one of the largest civil disturbances in New Zealand history, she could not stomach the fact her school had offered to host a group of South African students – a decision she felt validated apartheid. Rather than simply “dealing with it”, she sk...
Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council Wellingtonians can now hop aboard two very special Metlink buses designed by Bill, 8, from Wellington city and Ellie, 11, from Kpiti, who won Metlinks popular Design a bus competition. Bill and Ellie were celebrated at a community event … Wellingtonians can now hop aboard two very special Metlink buses designed by Bill, 8, from Wellington city and Ellie, 11, from Kāpiti, who won Metlink’s popular ‘Design a bus’ competition. Bill and Ellie were celebrated at a community event to unveil the two buses. The tamariki were among the ve...