James Barber I’ve already written about the Waitangi awa which makes its way from Ōmārōrō Newtown to the harbour at Waitangi ...

The Wellington City Council has a 50+ comms team to ensure that the mayor gets her press statements right. So let’s do an accuracy test of her 7 December article in The Post. The reality is ...

New Zealand writers Kate Duignan and Rachael King have been awarded the prestigious 2025 Sargeson Fellowship. The Fellowship ...

Report from RNZ by Chris Cessford Residents of Wellington’s Mt Victoria say the city council has betrayed them by changing ...

LDR report by Moana Ellis Whanganui’s biggest encampment of homeless people are being abruptly turfed out of a camping site ...

WorkSafe staff will take to the street in Wellington Tuesday morning to picket against the organisation’s axing of 54 further roles. WorkSafe, Aotearoa’s workplace health and safety ...

Police will be monitoring the funeral of a prominent gang member in Hutt Valley and Porirua tomorrow. The funeral for the man – the victim of last week’s homicide in Naenae – is to take ...

The award-winning TE KAAHU (Waikato-Tainui, Ngaati Tiipaa) has released a beautiful triptych of waiata titled I ROTO I TE POO, I ROTO I TE AO, which revolves around the theme of aroha (love). At ...

Protesters greeting the Royal Princess Cruise ship in Pōneke this morning erected a giant banner on the cenotaph and several people were dowsed in “blood” representing the harm done to ...

The creative writing efforts of four Naenae College pupils will be displayed at prominent locations within the revamped Walter Mildenhall Park when it reopens next year. The successful foursome, ...

News from Wellington City Council A developer has been identified and officers have been approved to negotiate a development agreement for the iconic heritage-listed Band Rotunda on Oriental Bay.

Last time, I was silently puzzled when Rebecca Matthews said to me “it’s goneburger,” referring to the Michael Fowler Centre. I’m less puzzled now. There have since been many reports about the Council ...