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$15 too much to ask? Minimum wage hits more Maori in the pocket

Mar 19th, 2010 | By Vaughan Elder | Category: Featured Article, Features, Front Page Layout

Maori are over-represented among low-paid workers. VAUGHAN ELDER takes a look at Maori views of the minimum wage.



Baby killer whale goes under knife at Te Papa

Mar 18th, 2010 | By Samantha Guzzo | Category: Front Page Layout, Lead Story, News

Internationally recognised scientists have brought their scalpels to Te Papa for a rare chance to dissect a dead baby orca found off the West Coast of the South Island.

SAMANTHA GUZZO endured blood, guts and smell to record their work, which began at Te Papa’s research lab this week.



Karori hydroslides into Capital’s aquatic history

Mar 18th, 2010 | By Ann Revington | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News, Sport

Wellington city’s first hydroslide set to open next week.



First decrease in exports after year of growth

Mar 18th, 2010 | By Sabrina Dankel | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Fewer goods sent overseas, but the import habit sticks.



Kiwisaver doesn’t save Kiwis when in dire straits

Mar 18th, 2010 | By Amanda Kirby | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Most turned down for Kiwisaver refunds due to financial hardship.



Young Samoans unaware of language realities

Mar 17th, 2010 | By Fetu Tamapeau | Category: Diversity, Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Optimism fails to match the stats on language abilities.



Poems help African Kiwi make Capital his home

Mar 17th, 2010 | By Tanya Wood | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

With media and music, Abdalla Gabriel adapts to new life.



Households spend $25 more a week on food

Mar 17th, 2010 | By Bonnie Tai | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

A welcome fall in food prices masks long-term pain.



Kapiti artist captures winner on canvas

Mar 16th, 2010 | By Tanya Wood | Category: Arts/Entertainment, Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Harriet Bright is hanging twice in the Adam Portraiture Awards



High demand for pool space prompts review

Mar 15th, 2010 | By Bonnie Tai | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Capital’s school pools targeted for use by the general public.



Upper Hutt airs pokie-machine concerns

Mar 15th, 2010 | By Tory Regan | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

A cap on numbers is proposed amid worries about gambling.



Local restaurant doing its bit for environment

Mar 15th, 2010 | By Bonnie Tai | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Logan Brown gets bronze award for sustainable practices.



Greytown residents to choose flood scheme

Mar 15th, 2010 | By Reuben McDougall | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

High cost to prevent Waiohine River wipe-out.



Wairarapa’s woeful summer of pollution

Mar 15th, 2010 | By Reuben McDougall | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Council says all good for swimming – just not after rain.



Cameraman Stephen on a roll with awards

Mar 15th, 2010 | By Greg Ford | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, Multimedia, News, Uncategorized

Stephen Press among world’s best with camera



Skateboarder honours fallen colleagues

Mar 14th, 2010 | By Tory Regan | Category: Arts/Entertainment, Front Page Layout, Latest News, News, Sport

Art and skateboarding intertwine for Californian Pat Ngoho.



‘Killers’ thrill crowds off city’s south coast

Mar 12th, 2010 | By Samantha Guzzo | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Surfers warned out of water as orcas feed in frenzy



Mayor set to declare commercial interests

Mar 12th, 2010 | By Carl Suurmond | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Councillors to state business interests on public register.



Can the click of a mouse save public broadcasting? Maybe…

Mar 12th, 2010 | By Sabrina Dankel | Category: Featured Article, Features, Front Page Layout, Student Features

EXPRESSING your opinion these days is easier than ever. SABRINA DANKEL looks at how nearly 20,000 clicks on the web “save” Radio New Zealand.



Brooklyn leads the way with orchard for all

Mar 12th, 2010 | By Chris Armstrong | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

In years to come, residents’ efforts will bear free fruit.



Facebook group leads anti ‘Wellywood’ crusade

Mar 11th, 2010 | By Bonnie Tai | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Nearly 10,000 people oppose proposed Wellywood sign.



Don’t build me in, GG tells planners

Mar 11th, 2010 | By Chris Armstrong | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

The PM has spoken for Governor-General’s views, privacy.



Pupils get out and about locally

Mar 11th, 2010 | By Greg Ford | Category: Latest News, News, Uncategorized

Evans Bay School ditches camp for local outdoors



Racial tensions in social housing units

Mar 11th, 2010 | By Fetu Tamapeau | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

More needs to be done to promote cultural understanding.



Mixed signals for Newtown drivers

Mar 11th, 2010 | By Fetu Tamapeau | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

No tickets for drivers doing 50km in 40km area.



Benefits of warmer homes will cost the borrower

Mar 11th, 2010 | By Carl Suurmond | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News, Uncategorized

Regional council is offering funding for home insulation



Wellington council makes transport land grab

Mar 11th, 2010 | By Jess Jones | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News

Councillors okay the purchase of Lambton bus turnaround area.



Kia ora! Hole! Diego, Welcome to Wellington

Mar 11th, 2010 | By Brenda Cottingham | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Chile earthquake dampens welcome party in Porirua.



Go-slows on shopping streets ‘an over-reaction’

Mar 10th, 2010 | By Jess Jones | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Public comment sought on controversial slower speeds.



Whanganui journalist hits back at Laws

Mar 9th, 2010 | By Jess Jones | Category: Latest News, News

Whanganui mayor Michael Laws targets journalist over the ‘h’.



Coastguard needs $180,000 to buy new boat

Mar 9th, 2010 | By Greg Ford | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Fundraising needed to replace rescue boat.



Temporary reprieve on building fee hike

Mar 9th, 2010 | By Liz Proctor | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Councillors expected to remedy bungled building fee increase.



Do sci-fi geeks dream of statuettes?

Mar 9th, 2010 | By Kylie Klein-Nixon | Category: Featured Article, Front Page Layout, Opinion

No big bang as sci-fi comes close to a Best Picture Oscar, writes KYLIE KLEIN-NIXON.



Radio NZ is as popular as the PM

Mar 8th, 2010 | By Tasha Black | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Facebook groups running neck-and-neck.



Councillors vote in error to raise building fees

Mar 7th, 2010 | By Liz Proctor | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

How consent charges were raised earlier than planned.



Waterfront watchers take council to court

Mar 4th, 2010 | By Jonathan Tringham | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, Uncategorized

At stake, say protesters, is the public’s right to have a say.



Bid to refocus investment in te reo Maori

Mar 4th, 2010 | By Kylie Klein-Nixon | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

More emphasis may go on day-to-day use of the language.



Residents fear ghetto for quiet northern ‘village’

Mar 4th, 2010 | By Sabrina Dankel | Category: Latest News, News

Multi-storey housing plan draws flood of protest.



Hutt City argues its right to discharge effluent

Mar 3rd, 2010 | By Kylie Klein-Nixon | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Pollution controversy continues at troubled Waiwhetu Stream.



Chance interview turns journo into kickboxer

Mar 3rd, 2010 | By Jonathan Tringham | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News, Sport

The CLEO story behind a new boxing gym in the city.



Te Rakau or jail? Where the lost boys can go for help

Mar 3rd, 2010 | By Kara Lok | Category: Featured Article, Features, Front Page Layout, Student Features

How do you turn around the life of a young man who’s got nowhere to go? KARA LOK found out at Te Rakau, Wellington’s Maori education and drama company.



Taranaki St trees cost council millions

Mar 2nd, 2010 | By Tasha Black | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Trees a waste of ratepayers’ dollars or money well spent?



Wine stocks on the rise as prices pump up demand

Mar 2nd, 2010 | By Carl Suurmond | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

The volume of wine for sale was up 1.1% in 2009.



Rural property sales boost Wellington recovery

Mar 2nd, 2010 | By Catherine McGregor | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Lifestyle-block buyers lured by the bright lights of the Capital.



Army team beats foes in dragon-boat fest

Mar 2nd, 2010 | By Sarah Hardie | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News, Sport

Dragon-boat teams in fierce competition on the water.



Garden staff upset by ash scattering

Mar 1st, 2010 | By Brenda Cottingham | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

People spread ashes on Botanical Gardens rosebeds.



OK…so what tsunami was that, then?

Feb 28th, 2010 | By Jim Tucker | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Fear gives way to nonchalance on Capital City Sunday.



Tsunami warning triggers relaxed response

Feb 28th, 2010 | By Newswire Team | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Wellingtonians seemed undeterred by tsunami warnings.



Armed police respond to brothel callout

Feb 28th, 2010 | By Chris Armstrong | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Two men confronted staff at central city parlour.



Indian burial customs adapted for the NZ generation

Feb 26th, 2010 | By Brenda Cottingham | Category: Featured Article, Features, Front Page Layout, Student Features

New Zealand-born Indians have added elements of Christianity from their adoptive country to their traditional funerals, reports BRENDA COTTINGHAM.



POLL: Majority says ‘hands off RadioNZ

Feb 26th, 2010 | By Newswire Team | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Listeners, non-listeners say they want public radio left alone.



Cultural heritage more important than waves

Feb 25th, 2010 | By Brenda Cottingham | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Tuvalu youth group says new church more vital than rising sea.



Save Radio NZ Facebook group at 15,000

Feb 25th, 2010 | By Kimberley Crayton-Brown | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

SLIDESHOW: More than 200 respond to protest call.



Loyal listeners protest threat to RadioNZ

Feb 25th, 2010 | By Newswire Team | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Hundreds demonstrate against government RNZ funding freeze.



Doubts about council biz incubator going solo

Feb 25th, 2010 | By Vaughan Elder | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Mayors worried about plans for Creative HQ



Phoenix’s big game likely to be a sell-out

Feb 25th, 2010 | By Carl Suurmond | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News, Sport

People queue out the door for Phoenix playoff tickets.



Top radio journalist warns over cuts

Feb 24th, 2010 | By Sabrina Dankel | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

He talks about the Government’s plans to freeze RNZ funding.



Wellington woman helping to de-mine Cambodia – from NZ

Feb 24th, 2010 | By Lee Stace | Category: Featured Article, Front Page Layout

There are as many as six million landmines left in Cambodia from the conflicts in the 1970s. LEE STACE meets a NZ woman doing her bit to help.



Telecom’s shortfalls are refuge’s gain

Feb 23rd, 2010 | By Kimberley Crayton-Brown | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

“Joke” auction makes surprise donation for Women’s Refuge.



Wish granted: Sons for the return home

Feb 23rd, 2010 | By Janice Ikiua | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Porirua mother reunited with children she hasn’t seen in weeks.



Citizens’ group oppose profit motive for water

Feb 23rd, 2010 | By Chris Armstrong | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Action group fears meters first step in privatisation.



Quitters help bring down tobacco imports

Feb 23rd, 2010 | By Chris Armstrong | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Fewer fags for sale as more people aspire to stop smoking.



Relief as homes and golf course unscathed

Feb 22nd, 2010 | By Janice Ikiua | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Gloaming Hill residents overjoyed at defeat of scrub fires.



Phoenix advances in A-league playoffs

Feb 22nd, 2010 | By Lee Stace | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News, Sport

Phoenix beat Perth Glory 4-2 after penalty shootout.



Buddhist monastery raises fun in Eastbourne

Feb 22nd, 2010 | By Melissa McDonald | Category: Latest News, News

Thai cultural day raises money for unpaid Buddhist monks.



Out of the picture after a century of framing

Feb 22nd, 2010 | By Melissa McDonald | Category: Latest News, News

Hutt picture frame shop closing after three moves in two years.



Chattering classes jump to RNZ defence

Feb 19th, 2010 | By Sabrina Dankel | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Facebook Save Radio NZ campaign has 10,000+ supporters.



Maori save art trade mark toi iho from demise

Feb 18th, 2010 | By Sarah Hardie | Category: Arts/Entertainment, Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Maori take back brand after Creative NZ drops it.



Extra money floods Waiwhetu project

Feb 18th, 2010 | By Kylie Klein-Nixon | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, Multimedia, News, Picture story

Additional funds to keep Hutt stream clean-up work going.



Haka for Helen Clark’s return to Capital

Feb 18th, 2010 | By Kylie Klein-Nixon | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Former PM came home to receive honours, brief Foreign Affairs.



Skater Brynn bowled over by international stars

Feb 18th, 2010 | By Grace Ackland | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, Sport

Hutt Valley teen aims to be professional skater.



Much-maligned refurb begins on bus barn

Feb 18th, 2010 | By Sarah Hardie | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Eastbourne building work to start after years of controversy.



City bomb scare just a forgotten suitcase

Feb 17th, 2010 | By Tasha Black | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Mystery package causes commuter delays.



Passers-by curious about veiled sculptures

Feb 17th, 2010 | By Melissa McDonald | Category: Arts/Entertainment, Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Te Papa sculptures will appear as part of NZ Arts festival.



Quit smoking around me please

Feb 17th, 2010 | By Benjamin Strang | Category: Featured Article, Front Page Layout, Opinion

BEN STRANG puts his case for a smoking ban on Wellington’s streets and in public places like toilets.



Council: Manners work will save pedestrians

Feb 16th, 2010 | By Vaughan Elder | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Changes to Mall and intersections may improve pedestrian safety.



Muslim directory 2nd edition may be last

Feb 16th, 2010 | By Sabrina Dankel | Category: Latest News, News

Muslim author says he can’t afford to fund another print run.



Pasifika festival gone with wild weekend wind

Feb 16th, 2010 | By Fetu Tamapeau | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Weather denies chance to celebrate Pacific culture.



First sighting of Balibo Five movie made victim’s wife sick

Feb 15th, 2010 | By Tasha Black | Category: Arts/Entertainment, Featured Article, Front Page Layout

Balibo film director Robert Connolly talks to TASHA BLACK about what the New Zealand and Australian governments didn’t want you to know about journalists’ deaths in East Timor.



Paddlers get training for dragon boat fest

Feb 15th, 2010 | By Melissa McDonald | Category: Latest News, News, Sport

Onslow College girls-only crew learns to paddle to own rhythm.