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26 May 2013

Columns

Updated: 3 April 2013

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Sport Talk
by Paddy Lewis

The stupids have it

Wed 3 April

The Christian tradition of Easter being marked by the over the top purchasing of foil wrapped chocolate was also marked by two sports-related returns…
Sport Talk
by Paddy Lewis

Flyover the death of Basin

Wed 27 March

I  never really gave the Basin Reserve flyover much credence as the idea seemed too nutty for words. It has burbled away at the back of my…
Wellyword

Wellyword, March 27

Wed 27 March

A quest for coffee turned into a scene from Hitchcock’s The Birds at a small café off Cuba Street. Two thirsty Wellyworders wandered in…
Bycatch

Drought bout

Wed 27 March

Hot showers need to be defended in these dry times. The drought raised one man’s temper down at Evans Bay Marina last week so much he assaulted…
Capital Chic
by Vanessa Haggie

Slink up in shapewear

Wed 20 March

We don't know how we've avoided shapewear for so long - it's basically a miracle in undergarment form. Perhaps it was the determined battle, fought…

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Best of Wellington 2012

Briefs

  • Making housing affordable 27/03/2013 10:06:00 a.m. With home ownership rates falling and many struggling to play higher rental costs, making housing affordable has risen to the top of the political agenda.
    Joel Pringle, campaign manager for Australians for Affordable Housing, and Charles Waldegrave, from the Family Centre, will address a meeting as part of a public discussion on housing at Thistle Hall on April 8.
    Waldegrave will look at the human faces of housing unaffordability while Pringle will suggest ways to build public support for affordable housing policies in New Zealand.
  • Food to the rescue 27/03/2013 10:06:00 a.m.
    Food rescue organisation, Kaibosh, has been named supreme winner at the TrustPower National Community Awards.
    The Wellington based service group collaborates with food retailers and producers to rescue surplus food that is good enough to eat, but not good enough to sell, preventing it from being discarded into landfills.
    Since its inception in 2008 Kaibosh has rescued over 285,000 meals – that’s 100 tonnes of food redistributed to where it’s needed most.