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Councillor wants street posters out of the picture

By Becky Rutherford ⋅ May 24, 2013

For a long time DIY street posters have graced the walls of Auckland, serving as cultural informants for the people. But 2am poster runs around the city could soon land you with a date in court if an Auckland councillor gets his way. Following his rigorous anti-graffiti campaign last year, councillor George Wood is [...]

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Support grows for marine reserve on Waiheke’s northern coast

By Deb Haworth ⋅ May 24, 2013

Plans are afoot for a marine reserve for the northern side of Waiheke Island. “Every marine scientist will tell you that for the Hauraki Gulf to recover it needs 10 per cent of its area in marine reserve,” says Alex Stone, spokesperson for Friends of the Hauraki Gulf. “At the moment only 0.3 per cent [...]

ASH wants council to move faster on smoking bylaw

By Natalia Sutherland ⋅ May 24, 2013

Auckland Council needs to speed up the process to ban smoking in public if New Zealand is to become smoke-free by 2025, says Action on Smoking and Health. The council recently revealed plans to make Auckland gradually and voluntarily smoke-free by 2018. The decision was made the same week a New Zealand Herald poll that [...]

Mayor accused of rushing the unitary plan into place

By Deb Haworth ⋅ May 23, 2013

Mayor Len Brown is rushing Auckland’s draft unitary plan into law before the October elections, say some of his opponents at the council table. Right now residents all over Auckland are trying to come to grips with the proposed changes to zoning laws, notifiable planning procedures and intensification of housing in selected areas. Submissions close [...]

Thefts ongoing at Auckland’s central library

By Nikolai Smith ⋅ May 23, 2013

Last year almost 50 visitors to Auckland’s Central City Library had property pinched while they were there – and in 2013 thefts are continuing. “This is obviously too many,” says an Auckland Council spokesperson. Library staff called police four times in the past year but in relation to disorderly behaviour, not theft. In late April [...]

New models of funding needed, say investigative journalists

By Jamie Small ⋅ May 23, 2013

Investigative journalists are calling for new models of funding to fill a gap in the industry where the private sector has failed. Nicky Hager, author of The Hollow Men and Other People’s Wars, says there is not enough support for investigative journalists in countries like New Zealand. “I hope that one day there will be [...]

Hawkes Bay stories first step to regional news services for Māori TV

By Simon Maude ⋅ May 23, 2013

A former AUT journalism student working for Māori Television says it is “awesome” the broadcaster is sending her back home to Hawkes Bay to broadcast local stories. Aroha Treacher, who reports for the station’s nightly te reo news programme, Te Kāea, will begin presenting stories from Heretaunga, starting July 8. “Now that I’ve spent so [...]

War-zone reporter optimistic about the development of Afghanistan

By Hugh Collins ⋅ May 22, 2013

Despite the turmoil in Afghanistan, the country is in fact continually moving forward and that story has to be told, Afghani journalist Bilal Sarwary said in an inspiring talk at AUT’s Pacific Media Centre last Friday. “Whether it be the nine million girls that are now in school, or the nine million phones owned by [...]

Family First – charity or political movement?

By Nicholas Walsh ⋅ May 22, 2013

A decision by Charities Services to de-register conservative family-values group Family First has fuelled debate around what should constitute a charity. The Charities Registration Board has ruled that Family First will lose its charitable status on the grounds that its main purpose is political and not charitable. National director of Family First Bob McCoskrie has [...]

Pasifika community needs more representation, say MPs (+audio)

By Michael Sergel ⋅ May 21, 2013

Almost one in 10 New Zealanders are now of Pacific origin and Pasifika MPs say lawmakers should pay greater attention to that growing community. Every major party agreed on the need for better educational and economic outcomes for Pasifika people at a special Parliamentary debate recently. But the Pasifika population continues to be under-represented in [...]