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Porirua’s overnight a&e centre may replace doctors with phone service
Report from RNZ Health officials in Porirua are considering replacing the overnight doctor at Kenepuru Community Hospital’s accident and medical centre with a telehealth service. It is a 25 kilometre ...
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World-first autism clinic being trialled for 60 Wellington families
Report from RNZ A world-first child autism clinic is being trialled in Wellington, providing support to families of children under five years old identified with signs of autism. Raupī te Raupō is ...
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Returning the rainbow
It’s not clear why – at the end of 1981 – the Housing Corporation painted over Wellington’s rainbow flats with what Evening ...
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Big increase in rates, if Reading fails to reopen its empty building
Tom Hunt reports in The Post that empty buildings such as the Reading complex and the Amora Hotel on Wakefield Street could be caught in council plans for a 400 per cent rates increase on derelict ...
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Dame Cindy speaks at dawn service for Anzac Day
Speaking at the Dawn Service, Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro said the Gallipoli campaign forms an integral part of the ...
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It’s back – toxic algae along the Waikanae River
News from GWRC Red alert level warnings for toxic algae are in place for the Waikanae River at the old State Highway 1 and ...
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Cash boxes stolen from four Metlink buses in Hutt Valley
Report from RNZ Police are investigating a string of cash fare boxes stolen from buses in the Hutt Valley. Metlink said there have been four recent robberies and thefts of fare boxes from bus drivers ...
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Vera Allen wins Taite Music Prize
Report from RNZ Wellington artist Vera Ellen has won the prestigious Taite Music Prize for 2024. Her album Ideal Home Noise was honoured at an exclusive ceremony at Auckland’s Q Theatre tonight. The ...
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Airport aiming to be “net zero” by 2028
News from Wellington Airport Wellington Airport is on track for net zero emissions by 2028 for its own direct operations, two years ahead of originally planned. This progress is a highlight of the ...
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Council removes absent mayor from 11 committees and groups
Report from LDR South Wairarapa’s mayor Martin Connelly has been stripped of a range of representative roles after an extraordinary meeting held on the last day of his leave of absence. Councillors ...
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No swimming – 15 wasted years
But the damage has been done. The building which housed the swimming pool since 1914 has been demolished. Only the street ...
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Wellington house prices going down – but we still have million-dollar homes
All property sizes in Wellington city witnessed a decline, with homes that have over five bedrooms dropping significantly by ...