Grey Power calls for elderly to join and fight
OLDER New Zealanders will need to get more active in standing up for their rights, says lobby group Grey Power. Commenting on the latest statistics which reinforce the country’s aging population,...
View ArticleBlack Syndrome suits city’s black supporters
NO PROBLEM: Dilhara Lekamge with Horace and Ringo. BLACK dogs and cats in America are struggling to find homes, but there’s no such problem here, says Wellington SPCA. Black pets are often the last to...
View ArticleElection casts its net over worldwide web
FOR those with no access to a television or living off New Zealand shores, do not fear – 2011 has brought more ways to watch Saturday’s election than ever before. TV3 and Maori Television are – for...
View ArticleBig rise in numbers of Kiwis accessing internet on the move
MORE than half of New Zealanders are now accessing the Internet via a mobile phone, according to Statistics New Zealand. The total number of mobile broadband users increased by 34 per cent at the end...
View ArticleTravellers turning east, rather than west, thanks to exchange rate
THE HIGH exchange rate is taking New Zealanders to the United States in record numbers. Just over 2.16 million New Zealanders travelled overseas in the year finishing April 2013. This was a rise of 2%...
View ArticleNgāti Koata treasure tuatara as kaitiaki of stream of knowledge
THE wild Tuatara population is a little bit bigger at Zealandia. Ngāti Koata iwi representative Mike Elkington lead a tuku taonga (gifting treasure) ceremony for five juvenile Tuatara before they were...
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