The churches of Whanganui and Districts are the focus of an historical record project to document places of worship in 2024 by the Whanganui Camera Club (WCC), which is teaming up again with the Whanganui Regional Heritage Trust. This follows a successful 2022 Domestic Houses Heritage Project, which photographed houses of architectural styles or periods Read more
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NZ Police say Cardinal Dew has no case to answer in sex abuse allegation
Thursday, March 7th, 2024
New Zealand Police have found emeritus Cardinal Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand, John Dew has no case to answer regarding a historical sexual abuse allegation. Dew was accused of serious criminal sexual misconduct during his time as an assistant priest in Upper Hutt. The announcement comes after a 10-month Police probe into the allegation dating Read more
Sallies say beneficiary crackdown won’t solve child poverty
Monday, March 4th, 2024
Beneficiary crackdown plans won’t resolve worsening child poverty statistics. Salvation Army policy analyst Ana Ika (pictured) says the Government’s approach is misguided. “In theory, it sounds like it’ll work, but it’s a simple solution for a complex issue” she says. But sanctioning beneficiaries to push them into employment will not resolve our worsening child poverty Read more
Levin hosts World Day of Prayer focussing on Palestine
Monday, March 4th, 2024
Levin’s Queen Street Chapel hosted this year’s World Day of Prayer. Christian women worldwide participate in this day of prayer each year and, this year, the focus was on Palestine. The theme “I Beg You … Bear With One Another in Love” was based on Ephesians 4:1-7 which calls people to bear with each other Read more
Three kura buck social trend in school exam results
Monday, March 4th, 2024
The latest available data for every New Zealand high school shows three kura (schools) bucked the socio-economic trend for school exam results. According to analysis of 2022 University Entrance (UE) and NCEA Level 3 results across New Zealand’s high schools, there is a clear correlation between academic success and social privilege. Based on 2022 data Read more
Having fun while helping environment
Monday, March 4th, 2024Dressing up in fancy clothes is just one of the perks of volunteering at an op shop. Senior pupils from Trinity Catholic College and Taieri College spent the morning helping unpack donations at Shop on Carroll as part of an Enviroschools hui yesterday. The secondary schools hui “YOUR VOICE!” focused on turning environmental ideas into Read more
Kāpiti Coast council sets up trust to run affordable housing
Monday, March 4th, 2024Kāpiti Coast councillors has agreed to set up an independent trust which will provide local residents with affordable housing, and could potentially take over the district council’s money-losing pensioner flats. The entity could work with iwi or other organisations to build affordable or social housing on land that it bought or received from the council. Read more
We need Māori-led research into poverty
Thursday, February 29th, 2024
Māori-led research is needed to understand poverty. So says Massey University’s Pro-vice Chancellor Māori, Professor Meihana Durie (pictured). The Government should focus Māori-led research on the causes of high poverty among tamariki instead of dismantling former Māori leaders’ work, he says. “What we know from Māori led research projects is that the data that reveals Read more
Migrant workers sold short by Immigration NZ
Thursday, February 29th, 2024
Immigration New Zealand should have done more to protect migrant workers. It should also have done more to minimise their exposure to work predators. It didn’t. So wrote the Public Service Commission in its review report “Accredited Employer Work Visa Scheme”. The scheme was established in July 2022 after COVID-related border closures resulted in a Read more
Alcohol consumption falls in ‘challenging’ year for brewers, producers – but have Kiwi attitudes to booze changed?
Thursday, February 29th, 2024Alcohol available for consumption fell by the biggest amount in 15 years. A brewers association said broader economic and living cost pressures were impacting consumption and the hospitality sector. Stats NZ data released today showed a 4.3 per cent decline last year compared to 2022. The last year was challenging for domestic producers Read more