Wellington Catholics say the surprise selection of Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina as new pope is a sign of new ideas being brought into the troubled church establishment. The news was broken to Wellington’s Catholics during morning mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral. A messenger entered the chapel and handed a piece of paper with Cardinal Read more
Senior Constable Dean Gifford was farewelled Tuesday from a packed St Mary of the Angels Church in Wellington. Raised in Berhampore and educated at St Patrick’s College Wellington, Gifford was a tireless charity worker and was publicly known as the “caring cop”. The Wellingtonion of the Year finalist, Gifford turned his predicament with cancer into Read more
Tawa is named after a broadleaf tree that was once widespread in the area, and the most well known landmark is a “bucket tree”. So when one hears of a street in southern Tawa called Redwood Ave, it is easy to conclude that it is named after one of the largest and tallest trees in Read more
Wellington has a new Anglican bishop. He is Justin Duckworth. He maybe considered by some as an unlikely-looking person for the job. Dreadlocked and often barefoot and in shorts, he may not look like a typical church leader – but the Diocese of Wellington has spoken with its votes. The 44-year-old, who has been involved Read more
Tricia Kane is a retired librarian and a grandmother. She writes: Ben Hana, who had been living on the streets of Wellington since the 90s, died recently in hospital, in the course of a regular 3 monthly check. Could he have been helped to recover from his addictions? Concerned individuals made efforts to help Read more
The last thing you need is cruisy police when there’s random violence on the streets of your city. Cruisy is not comforting; it doesn’t make the violence go away and it doesn’t make anyone feel safe. Only John Key can get away with it. What I want from the police and the mayor when people Read more
A Wellington primary school has had a quarter of its students off sick because of a contagious virus.
Fifty four of the 220 students at St Teresa’s School in Karori were home sick on Monday, and 48 at the start of Tuesday. That number crept up as sick students were sent home.
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