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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo is of the Monowai power station where it empties into the Waiau River, Southland. The dam at Lake Monowai
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New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com The cover of this magazine caught our attention recently. The picture says it all. Hawkes Bay nurses are sick and tired. It is no wonder that someone wearing all that PPE would be sick and tired. Hair cap, goggles, mask and
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Axelheart “Music should strike fire from the heart of man and bring tears from the eyes of a woman”. Ludwig van Beethoven I’m not overtly emotional, but my Achilles heel to a ‘stiff upper lip’ is hearing a certain melody or piece of music. Whether you’re musical or
Jane Horan Economic Anthropologist, and contract lecturer University of Auckland New Zealand is home to 28,560 registered charities and some 90,000 not-for-profits without charitable registration. From disability advocacy groups and local theatres to sporting clubs, all do vital work in our communities. Around 89,000 of
I don’t care how many times the upstart Police Minister from Hutt South tells me I should feel safer: the fact is I don’t and very likely the majority of the country doesn’t either. The little woman can bleat on all she likes about her extra 1800
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz IMAGINE THAT A 33-year-old man working at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has interestingly expressed excitement over the prospect of being made redundant by David Seymour’s promise to cut government jobs if elected. The employee, who prefers to remain anonymous,
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Yesterday saw a very interesting spectacle, the Government launching a new climate infrastructure fund, introduced by the crown solicitor in Auckland, Meredith Connell, and in partnership with BlackRock. One of the world’s largest investment companies has committed $2 billion to a fund focused on making New Zealand the first
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He initially told his mate that he’d hit a dog, but he’d actually run over and killed another person. Sean Buis was lured to a popular Dunedin park, where he was run over and left for dead – and now the man behind the wheel has pleaded guilty to
