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Posts Tagged ‘ newswire ’

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



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.



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



‘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



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, Governor General tells town planners

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

The Prime Minister and his Cabinet, no less, have spoken up to protect the Governor-General’s views and privacy.

High rise buildings mustn’t spoil his outlook, they say in a town plan submission to the city council, reports CHRIS ARMSTRONG.



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



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



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



Food prices up – but food bank quiet

Feb 13th, 2010 | By Lee Stace | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Food bank has no extra demand despite 12% food price increase.



Little public fuss over Vodafone service glitch

Feb 12th, 2010 | By Fetu Tamapeau | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Thousands affected by failure of Vodafone Family plan.



Few arrests as city turns into super Sevens party

Feb 7th, 2010 | By Kylie Klein-Nixon | Category: Front Page Layout, Lead Story, Multimedia, News, Sport

Dorothy, Toto and Tin Man played the Wicked Witch and Batman in central Wellington after the Sevens on Saturday night – but the games were drinking, not rugby.

The city was a riot of colour and (largely clean) fun at the conclusion of super Sevens weekend, reports KYLIE KLEIN-NIXON.



Harawira wants Kiwis to love Maori Flag

Feb 5th, 2010 | By Melissa McDonald | Category: Diversity, Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

He says race relations in NZ have not been dealt with honestly.



Staring’s rude – but Kiwis do it anyway

Jan 12th, 2010 | By Liz Proctor | Category: Diversity, Front Page Layout, Latest News, News, Picture story

NewsWire reporters dress in Muslim garb to test curiosity.



WELLINGTON RUGBY SEVENS – pictures

Jan 6th, 2010 | By Liz Proctor | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, Sport

See reporter Liz Proctor’s picture take on Westpac Stadium.



Arresting fashion- Sevens costumes compete

Jan 5th, 2010 | By Carl Suurmond | Category: Latest News, News

SLIDESHOW-The Dompost Fashion Runway competition



Favourite journalism tutor bids her farewell

Dec 18th, 2009 | By Blair Stewart | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Queenie Rikihana reminisces about time at Cuba St campus.



Hesitant to be delighted as meat prices fall

Dec 18th, 2009 | By Brenda Cottingham | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Lamb and chicken on many menus for Christmas Day.



German recluse gives a rare look into his life

Dec 17th, 2009 | By Sabrina Dankel | Category: Features, Front Page Layout, Latest News, Student Features

Karl Reipen will give away Mt Taranaki’s Mountain House.



National standards may hit ESOL students

Dec 17th, 2009 | By Bonnie Tai | Category: Education reforms, Front Page Layout, IN DEPTH, Latest News, News

Disadvantages predicted for English language learners.



Climate change – PM John Key forgets his Pacific responsibilities

Dec 13th, 2009 | By Newswire Team | Category: Climate change, Featured Article, Front Page Layout, IN DEPTH

When he initially turned down going to Copenhagen, John Key forgot NZ has senior responsibilities to Pacific neighbours. Our IN DEPTH team investigates.



What to do with beach may be Nats’ biggest issue as honeymoon ends

Dec 13th, 2009 | By Newswire Team | Category: Featured Article, Front Page Layout, National's first 100 days

Our IN DEPTH team finds the Foreshore and Seabed Act repeal may put an end to National’s wedded bliss with electors.



Councillor’s backhand over the line

Dec 8th, 2009 | By Daniel Simmons Ritchie | Category: Latest News, News

Morrison apologises for tennis reference over road closure.



Heads may roll after latest batting disaster

Dec 6th, 2009 | By Newswire Team | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News, Sport

Changes likely to NZ batting line up after Pakistan levels series.



Black Cap bowls team over with retirement

Dec 5th, 2009 | By Newswire Team | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News, Sport

Iain O’Brien puts family ahead of international cricket



Heavies not needed for city’s big weekend

Dec 5th, 2009 | By Kylie Klein-Nixon | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Bars, pubs and clubs don’t expect trouble from Sevens fans.



Capital city shines for the super Sevens weekend

Dec 5th, 2009 | By Newswire Team | Category: Front Page Layout, Lead Story, Sport

Thousands of people have jammed into Wellington for the biggest party of the year.

NewsWire’s KIMBERLEY CRAYTON-BROWN, PENELOPE SCOTT and CARL SUURMOND report on the dressing up, the parade, the teams…and, oh yeah, the rugby.



Smacking is no part of Pacific culture

Nov 30th, 2009 | By Fetu Tamapeau | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Research shows Pacific ’smacking culture myth’ wrong.



My dad taught AC/DC drummer to fly

Nov 29th, 2009 | By Newswire Team | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, Opinion

Our REVIEWS of the biggest rock act of the year.



Wellington – busking capital of New Zealand

Nov 28th, 2009 | By Carl Suurmond | Category: Latest News, News, Picture story

Pedestrian-friendly areas make Wellington ideal busker setting.



Tough way to get picked for the team

Nov 26th, 2009 | By Newswire Team | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

VIDEO: We follow NZ under-20 rugby squad’s extreme trials.



Judges blown away by top diversity entry

Nov 26th, 2009 | By Newswire Team | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

TV1 reporter Adrian Stevanon takes out diversity prize.



Paralympians make a big splash at Kilbirnie

Nov 23rd, 2009 | By Reuben McDougall | Category: Latest News, News, Picture story, Sport

Wellington celebrates the NZ Paralympic Champs.



Withholding student marks may be illegal

Nov 23rd, 2009 | By Lee Stace | Category: Latest News, News

Polytech students face delays as tutors take industrial action.



Artists mix illustration, photography, fashion and jewellery

Nov 20th, 2009 | By Jonathan Tringham | Category: Featured Article, Front Page Layout, Picture story

Woven-tales of Ink, Silver and Silk is an exhibition showcasing the work of Minu, Mairi, Sarah Dalley, Sophie Lewis-Smith, reports JONATHAN TRINGHAM.



How new height rules will affect harbour views

Nov 19th, 2009 | By Jonathan Tringham | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

The public will lose its say on waterfront buildings.



Inner city church finds new ways to attract young people

Nov 18th, 2009 | By Sabrina Dankel | Category: Featured Article, Features, Front Page Layout, News

What happens on Sunday evenings at Presbyterian St John’s in Wellington is unconventional, writes SABRINA DANKEL.



Students get hooked on learning English

Nov 18th, 2009 | By Sabrina Dankel | Category: Latest News, News, Picture story

Waterfront fishing expedition gets some unexpected help.



Stuttering vanishes when Grace does opera

Nov 12th, 2009 | By Liz Proctor | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Grace McIntyre struggles with a stutter – unless she’s singing.



Drinking with the All Blacks – and the Pope

Nov 12th, 2009 | By Lee Stace | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News, Sport

Peter Bush shares tales of glittering 60-year career.



Painting the town red – and green, and blue

Nov 12th, 2009 | By Blair Stewart | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Naenae locals give shopping centre second annual touch up.



Wellington Guy Fawkes

Nov 11th, 2009 | By Carl Suurmond | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

See photographer CARL SUURMOND’s Guy Fawkes pix.



New maps show city’s biggest tsunami risks

Nov 10th, 2009 | By Vaughan Elder | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Once in 500 years, a 3m wall of water will flood business district.



VIDEO: Whitireia performing arts centre show was fit for a prince

Nov 9th, 2009 | By Newswire Team | Category: Featured Article, Front Page Layout, News

‘Wonderfully evocative’ were the words Prince Edward used to describe Whitireia Performing Arts Centre. Video: CARL SUURMOND. Story: JESS JONES.



VIDEO: Special concert raises funds for Samoa

Nov 6th, 2009 | By Newswire Team | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, Multimedia, News

Hip hop artists give their time for tsunami victims.



Council e-petition dog’s breakfast for lobbyists

Nov 6th, 2009 | By Melissa McDonald | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

CBD’s are duds for dogs, says dog rights campaigner.



New Zealand face up hill battle to win match

Nov 5th, 2009 | By Newswire Team | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News, Sport

Black Caps need 405 runs to claim second test honours.



Prince Edward gets two shows for the price of one

Nov 5th, 2009 | By Newswire Team | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Striking polytech tutors use royal visit to make their point.



Woeful batting display has NZ on rocks

Nov 4th, 2009 | By Newswire Team | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News, Sport

Black Caps rolled for fewer than 100 runs in first innings.



New Zealand come back to claim first day

Nov 3rd, 2009 | By Newswire Team | Category: Arts/Entertainment, Featured Article, Front Page Layout, Latest News, News, Sport

After strong start, Pakistan find themselves in trouble



Traffic light trial for Courtenay crossings

Oct 28th, 2009 | By Reuben McDougall | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Buses will find Courtenay Pl easier to negotiate with crossing controls.



Wellington whiteout forecast for Saturday

Oct 12th, 2009 | By Catherine McGregor | Category: Latest News, News, Sport

Football fans urged to avoid colour to show their support.



Beijing may be next stop for emerging Kiwi artist

Oct 5th, 2009 | By Bonnie Tai | Category: Arts/Entertainment, Front Page Layout, Latest News

Beijing residency offered by Asia:NZ Foundation.



Chathams women take hard line with men over prostate cancer

Sep 29th, 2009 | By Carl Suurmond | Category: Featured Article, News

NewsWire journalist CARL SUURMOND went to the Chathams with the Prostate Cancer Foundation last weekend. Here’s his report on how the island’s 150+ men were targeted.



Trip’s two aims – rugby and Disneyland

Sep 28th, 2009 | By Tasha Black | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, Sport

Two Wellington players in touring Sports Institute team.