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Statistics New Zealand says half of same-sex marriages and civil unions for overseas residents

Hutt Valley young mums, alumni and staff celebrate 20 years of unique schooling at the Titiro Whakamua teen parent unit. Debbie Whitely, principal and teacher from the very beginning says most schools would wait till their 50th birthday, but Titiro Whakamua is not like other schools. SAPEER MAYRON reports.

The Weltec tutor is using the eel traps of his whanau to inspire creative students. He talks with PATRICK FRENCH.

Creative Kiwis beating Aussies at game development as sector has grown 354% in five years.

Chris Cain says musics students are pretty much the same the world over

Maori are 15 percent of the population but only about eight percent of mainstream newsrooms. IRELAND HENDRY-TENNENT asks why.

FM radio surfers will now find a diverse range of shows as they dial, with Wellington Access Radio going live this month on 106.1 FM. Depending on the time of day listeners will find the bilingual Maori Matters, InsideOUT Radio from rainbow communities, or Samoa Ala Mai. ALBION HAINES reports.

New party gets electioneering opportunity at Victoria University

Wellington Access Radio Station Manager Kristen Paterson talks about the switch to FM frequency and what’s next for the station.

Māori language is struggling to survive colonisation. JADE WINTON-LOWE talks to three Te Reo speakers.

Wellington’s Lux Light Festival returned to the CBD this year. AIMEE EASTWOOD captures the dazzling artworks and performers.

Ragne Maxwell is hoping to revamp the teaching style at Porirua College to get students more engaged in learning. A few months into the job, she sits down with KATENI SAU and talks about her dreams and the actions she intends to take.

KATENI SAU explores the challenges of being a Pacific journalist

Dams proposed for two for the Wairarapa reservoirs are not finding favour with locals. The community group Wairarapa Water, People before Profits recently held a protest outside Te Papa to raise awareness in Wellington about the dams. Chairman Dave Field says the Greater Wellington Regional Councils’ proposal is going to come at a cost.  

Friends who were once enemies 100 years ago gather at Strathmore every year.

Reporter SAPEER MAYRON visually captures the essence of African Unity celebrated in Wellington.

Dogs are trained to assist people living with epilepsy thanks to a small New Zealand trust. SHAR DAVIS meets the e-dog lovers.

Christchurch’s heart is being re-imagined and KATENI SAU took to the streets to capture progress

Puppeteers use rock art inspired puppets to tell the story of Pourangahua.

Friends who were once enemies 100 years ago gather at Strathmore every year.

Animation, 100-year-old newsreels and veterans’ personal recounts on big screen

JADE WINTON-LOWE REPORTS

The Nudge are performing live before showing of film, music commemorating World War 1

Bellevue has accelerated the writing ability of male and Maori students.

Thursday 30th March was the street appeal for Wellington Rape Crisis. SAPEER MAYRON met some of the volunteer collectors.

Parents in April get their chances to talk about renovating five teaching spaces

Collaboration of professional opera singers, orchestra and circus acrobats

Circus, burlesque, belly and drag performers pulled in an audience at Cuba Dupa on Sunday. ALBION HAINES captured the action in pictures.

Team members talk about building on top 4 placing. ANIL GANASON reports.

Chocolate farm run by little birds called the OooEee give people at CubaDupa a treat

Te Auaha creative hub’s new director Victoria Spackman ONZM got a taste of her new job on the weekend at CubaDupa . She speaks to SHAR DAVIS.

Professional performers and Whitireia students take opera to the streets this weekend for CupaDupa 2017

MISHAP among an evening of emerging talent at Wellington Festival

Musicians, dancers, poetry, DJs, circus, Maori and Pacific performerss, stage and screen on show

Crowds lined up today to experience a virtual ride through chocolate at Cuba Dupa today

NewsWire’s Tayla Quinn and Ulrike Lykke talk to Cuba Dupa 2017 communications manager Brianne Kerr

Cuba Dupa’s Brianne Kerr talks to NewsWire about the festival.

Crowds of kids and parents converged on their very own part of Cuba Dupa Festival 2017

WATCH: Jade Winton-Lowe gets tasting notes for the Garage Project beer brewed for the occasion.

Teapot racing is part of the action at CupaDupa 2017 in the middle of Wellington. AIMEE EASTWOOD reports.

The circus is coming to Eva Beva on Sunday with a variety of artists, including a college student.

The noise has already begun about CubaDupa this weekend. La Cymbalobylette by French group Dynamogene showcased their mobile and musical street theatre show on Thursday.

JADE WINTON-LOWE REPORTS.

Rape culture has been in the news following social media posts and filming of female teachers by college students.

NEWSWIRE TEAM took to the streets of Wellington to ask people if they thought the country had a rape culture.

Newswire team members AIMEE EASTWOOD and SAPEER MAYRON attended the protest against rape culture at Parliament and spoke to some of the participants.

Comedians and other artists challenge 250th anniversary of Cook’s landing in 2019

JADE WINTON-LOWE REPORTS

Women use #beboldforchange to rally the world. AIMEE EASTWOOD focuses on capital marchers.

Wellingtonians this week showed support for International Women’s Day.

The words “Check Yourself” will be in the face of young people from this week, on everything from bus backs to bar toilet doors and social media. ANGELA REID reports on a campaign partnership between council, police and tertiary institutions.

JADE WINTON-LOWE REPORTS

Organisers hope Wellington’s annual Dragon Boat Festival will benefit from a Trans –Tasman partnership JADE WINTON-LOWE REPORTS.

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Fringe artists say they’re thankful for the platform that the popular New Zealand Fringe festival offers.

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New citizens were treated to pōwhiri and kai before Porirua’s Waitangi Day festival.

There were plenty of fluorescent jackets and shorts at Wellington’s Queens Wharf today.

The latest Salvation Army State of the Nation report raises questions that need answering ahead of the election due to entrenched child abuse and poverty, alarming housing conditions and an exploding prison population. SHAR DAVIS reports.

The Salvation Army recognise government financial management, but the ledger is not balanced.

Government House hosted a citizenship ceremony and the Bledisloe Garden Reception

An international recycling initiative will make its first appearance in Wellington this weekend. Boomerang Bags is a community project which involves people attending a working bee and using donated fabric to make environmentally friendly bags. This weekend will see them cutting and sorting the donated material. Boomerang Bags organiser Pippila Ya says those attending will […]

Everyone at Team Wellington knows they have to keep working hard if they want to finish the regular season in first place.

The Christchurch Women’s March came together in seven days thanks to social media’s reach

The medicinal history of Wellington plants are up for discussion on the Pills, Potions, Poisons, and Plants guided walk.

Fat Freddys Drop headline act at Lower Hutt’s Te Rā o te Raukura festival .

Five bike mechanics are offering free help with repairs from a shop in a cosmic blue container on Marion Street.

Kiwis are speculating about the impact the Donald trump presidency will have here.

Victoria University’s Jon Johansson fears Trump’s plans to increase infrastructure spending and increase tax cuts, will have a flow-on effect.

LAURA KEOWN reports.