Plunket pleased more kiwi kids having B4 School health checks
Plunket is pleased to hear that more New Zealand families are making use of free B4 School health checks. The government announced today that nearly […]
Regional News
Steep track fazes some
Editor A friend and I eagerly started walking the new Te Araroa track above centennial Highway on Sunday. We will not do it again.The track […]
Councillors serve up abject failure
Editor Councillor Cardiff is right to feel “extremely uncomfortable” about litigation over the coastal hazard lines but wrong to blame central government. The process of […]
Good? Friday
Editor So I went out to have a quiet pint with my girlfriend only to find that nearly all the pubs, or places to drink, […]
Crime down for a third year in a row
Ōtaki MP Nathan Guy has welcomed new crime statistics that show a continuing fall in the crime rate. “The 2012 Central Police District figures, which […]
Love of Sewing a common thread
Close to 130 women from Porirua and northern Wellington are celebrating reaching a great age and being silver, but it’s not anything personal or physical […]
Shortlisted books announced for 2013 Science Book Prize
The three books shortlisted for the 2013 Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize have been announced today (2 April) and the topics include […]
Ministries of Do Nothing
Editor This must be the National party’s new election policy that they are rolling out early. “We are not going to do anything about taxing […]
LAST CHANCE FOR WELLINGTON WRITERS TO ENTER MIND, BODY, SPIRIT AWARD
Wellington writers have until Sunday 31 March to enter their unpublished work into the 2013 Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Unpublished Manuscript Award – one of […]
Plunket – Immunisation the best protection against influenza
New Zealand’s largest provider of services to support the well-being of children under five is encouraging New Zealanders to take up the government’s offer of […]