The Big Sleep Out on July 6 at Auckland’s AUT City campus aims to raise funds that will go towards Ending Youth Homelessness. Last year’s sleepout saw 130 participants who helped raised more than $300,000, but this time in its eighth year, the event is aiming to raise at least $350,000. Continue reading
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New Zealand implicated in donation from a dubious trust to Order of Malta
Monday, March 20th, 2017
Germany’s Bild newspaper says a multi-million dollar donation seen to be at the centre of the Order of Malta’s recent dispute with the Holy See came from a New Zealand registered trust. Bild reported that the Grand Chancellor of the Order, Baron Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager, accepted a 30 million Swiss franc donation (US$31 million) Read more
Trump’s proposed family leave broader than New Zealand’s?
Monday, March 20th, 2017
Buried deep in Donald Trump’s speech to Congress is a proposal to provide paid family leave. Commentators are saying it is significant he called it family leave, rather than maternity leave. “It’s critical that it’s shifting to paid family leave and away from maternity leave,” says Victoria Budson, executive director of Harvard’s Women and Public Read more
St Mary’s College 7’s rugby champs – with a little help from coach’s mate Ardie Savea
Monday, March 20th, 2017
Tuga Mativa and his mate All Black Ardie Savea have put St Mary’s College in Wellington on the world rugby map. St Mary’s College Sevens team was first formed less than two years ago. In 2016 the girls won every tournament they entered and are the current National Secondary School Champions. Now, in April, they hope Read more
Pope honours prominent Catholic Indian for service to NZ church
Monday, March 20th, 2017Pope Francis has bestowed on a prominent member of the Catholic Indian and business communities the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (For Church and Pope) medal. Wenceslaus Anthony, a Catholic, the the Chairman of the Divine Retreat Centre of New Zealand and Chairman of Indian Newslink Community Fund. Continue reading
Wedding couple’s gifts go to night shelter
Monday, March 20th, 2017A Tauranga couple decided to forgo wedding gifts, instead asking their guests for a donation for the Tauranga Moana Night Shelter. The couple were gifted just over $2000 for the shelter and said they already had plenty of household appliances and cutlery sets. Continue reading
Sensing Murder: A ‘crime against TV’ ?
Monday, March 20th, 2017I heartily dislike Sensing Murder, and believe it is a cynical example of the pursuit of ratings over responsibility, that TVNZ should be ashamed of themselves for commissioning it, that the psychics themselves prey on the grief of desperate families and that it is worth remembering that the show has never once solved a murder, Read more
Abortion Supervisory Committee: No opinion on decriminalisation but law needs redrafting
Thursday, March 16th, 2017
On Thursday the Abortion Supervisory Committee (ASC) made its annual report to Parliament’s Justice and Electoral Committee. Dame Linda Holloway, ASC chairwoman, says the ASC held no opinion on the decriminalisation of abortion. “We believe that major reform of the Act is something for society and for Parliament.” But the committee requested a redraft of Read more
Pompallier College students have uncomfortable trip home
Thursday, March 16th, 2017
Eighteen Pompallier College students had an uncomfortable trip in a chartered boat from Great Barrier Island last Friday. The group was returning from a camp at Great Barrier Island Outdoor Pursuits Centre. Several students were seasick during the rough, four hour crossing but recovered quickly once they landed. The group initially planned to make a Read more
Supermarket helping food waste collection
Thursday, March 16th, 2017Since 2011, Wellington-based Kiwi Community Assistance (KCA) has responded to local hunger by rescuing food that would otherwise go to waste. Last year KCA rescued in excess of 107,000kg of food from across New Zealand – a figure that is set to increase thanks to partnerships with three Countdown stores in the Tawa, Porirua and Read more