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    • Blood Drive at WC
      • New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) will be holding a mobile blood drive in the Wellington College AGC... The post Blood Drive at WC appeared first on Wellington College.

    • April Flood Event Photos
      • Submit Your Photos from the April Flood EventsThe recent severe weather has been a challenging time for many communities, with intense rainfall leading to flooding, slips, road closures, and damage to homes, businesses, and local infrastructure. Emergency services and councils continue to work through the impacts, alongside our own Greater Wellington kaimahi, to support affected communities and manage ongoing risks. a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } An important part of this work is improving the flood hazard models we use to better understand flood behaviour and prepare for future events. We are collecting photos from the recent flooding so we have high‑quality, real‑world information available for future modelling work when it comes up in our programme. Images taken during and after the flooding are extremely valuable and will support long‑term flood resilience planning. a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } For this event, we are particularly interested in photos and videos of river related flooding in Wainuiomata and the Wairarapa. a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } If you have photos or information from flooding in other parts of the region, please contact your local council directlyYou can share your photos using the map tool below, or email them to us.If you choose to email your photos to floods@gw.govt.nz, please include:The date the photo was takenThe time the photo was takenThe street address or specific locationThe direction the photo was taken fromThank you for taking the time to contribute. Your photos help us build a stronger evidence base and improve how we plan for and manage flood risk in the future.

    • Community Climate Action Event
      • Climate Festival Pōneke 2026 18 April – 9 May Joining together to learn, connect and act A three-week community-led programme of events, activations, and creative climate solutions designed to bring together organisations, communities, and individuals to accelerate climate action across Wellington. Interweaving emissions reduction and caring for te taiao, the Festival provides opportunities for collaboration, […]

    • Christchurch ready to welcome historic Super Round as One New Zealand Stadium opens
      • Christchurch is set to host its most significant sporting weekend since the Canterbury earthquakes as the brand-new One New Zealand Stadium opens its doors for the Super Rugby Pacific Super Round this Anzac Day weekend. The stadium, built at a cost of approximately $683 million, represents the crowning piece of Christchurch’s long post-earthquake rebuild. Fifteen […]

    • The Kaitiaki Creator Programme: Bringing deeper learning to life
      • Throughout 2025, a learning programme was created in collaboration with PB Tech. Learning Innovation Specialist Jessie Robieson has been guiding ākonga through the new Kaitiaki Creator programme and shares insights into how it started and some of her favourite outcomes here. Te Papa’s new Kaitiaki Creator programme is something special. Previous research and direct conversations

    • Windsports Quiz Night
      • Join us for this community event! Key Details What: The first ever windsports themed quiz night! When: 6 pm on Friday 24th April Where: Lyall Bay Surf Life Saving club Put a team together on the night. BYO food and … Continue reading →

    • Issue Seven Puzzle Answers
      • Connections Answers: First Connection Car models/brands: Mercury, Jaguar, Ram, Eagl Second Connection Woodworking tools: Chisel, Plane, File, Saw Third Connection Herbs: Basil, Sage, Dill, Mint Fourth Connection Tooth/dentistry things: Crown, Bridge, Filling, Cap

    • Your Drug Friend
      • Anonymous CW: Drug use Drugs can be fun, but they can also be a real bad time if you’re not careful. I grew up naïve to drugs, my early impressions shaped by the anti-drug propaganda of the DARE programme. My first boyfriend was into them, which, by proximity, meant I was too. I trusted him to tell me what we were taking and what it would feel like. I never thought to ask him where he got his information—or the drugs themselves. This was fine, nothing went wrong. Until it did. At the...

    • Graffiti for the insomniac
      • Bella Grieve Memory loss injection into the skin. Flesh dissolved, love hypothesis. Nature's way, touch my body, your hand around my neck folding at the word cute. Anarchy symbol under the candyman. A secret admirer so sweet, sugar saying dating is a drag. Lose your mind to find your soul. Vicks sold beneath the streets. Along in the train station, Platform 11. Vendetta that creeps through the cracks in the concrete. Confusion or confirmation? Red flowers strung up on the windows, spotless...

    • STRICTLY 4 THE ISLANDS
      • LET’S TAKE IT BACK:WHAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED IN THE MOANA As Te Herenga Waka opens its doors again, I assume most of your brains are focused on un-read readings and half finished assignments, which probably doesn’t leave much room for the dynamic political landscape of the Pacific. But do not fret, that’s what I’m here for. Let’s take it back and catch us up on some of the stuff that’s gone down since we last spoke. For many, the biggest story has been the carnage brought on by various extreme...

    • Salient Weekly Challenge - Mario Kart but Electric Scooters
      • “Within the span of a week, I’ll be trying to accomplish a long-term task just to see if it’s possible, and to see what I can get out of it. Life lessons? Skills? Resilience training? The stimulation alone should be enough motivation.” A story my dad will never stop bringing up is how, when I was nine, I managed to crash our homemade Go-Cart into a local Primary School building. From that point on, I realized I have zero fear when it comes to vehicular speeds. Moving to Welly, I left my car...

    • Opinion: Recovery, If You Can Afford It
      • Anonymous Note: Medicinal cannabis, like any medication, may not be right for you. It is not right for everyone. Contact a medical professional to determine if medicinal cannabis may be right for you. If you have a Community Services Card, you may be eligible for subsidised medicinal cannabis. Talk to a healthcare professional for more information. I pay $402 a month to function. That’s what I pay now for medicinal cannabis. That number doesn’t include the initial appointments, or the...

    • Survey Explores Student Drug Use, Experiences, and Attitudes at Te Herenga Waka
      • CW: Drug use, overdose, drug-related harm Survey Explores Student Drug Use, Experiences, and Attitudes at Te Herenga Waka CW: Drug use, overdose, drug-related harm Salient surveyed students to better understand how drugs are actually being used at Te Herenga Waka—and what that means for safety, harm, and support. This article covers everything from patterns of use and frequency, to harm, dependence, overdose, and access to drug checking, but one theme runs through it all. Students are not...

    • Munch
      • Beyond Bites What: Sri-Lankan street food Price: $14.50–$15.50 When: 9:00a.m.–5:00p.m., Monday-Saturday Tuck yourself away in here for an easy and comforting plate. ⭐⭐⭐ Capital Market on Willis Street has (I desperately hope) seen better days. I wouldn’t know, I’ve only ever walked past it. So have most people, which is part of the problem. The tightly shut windows of the stalls that back onto the street near Capital Hall don’t seem inviting. However, push through the heavy plastic...

    • Hunk Unc: My flatmates are not nice people but I’m in a freaking one year tenancy with them. What. Do. I. Do???
      • Hunk unc!! My flatmates are not nice people but I’m in a freaking one year tenancy with them. What. Do. I. Do??? Right. Hunk Unc is putting his Unc Hunk pants on to answer this question, so expect fewer gym references and more actual advice today. The first thing this Unc would suggest is going to the VUWSA Advocates. They’re a 100% confidential service run by the Student Union, and your fees pay for them, so you may as well make the most of it. They give advice to students in situations just...

    • Goodbye Fossil Fuel or April Fool?
      • Student activists warn that celebrations of the Foundation’s newly announced policy targeting fossil fuel divestment across its portfolio may be premature. On April 1, the Victoria University of Wellington Foundation publicised a new policy prioritising the exclusion of companies who provide probable coal reserves and/or oil and natural gas reserves used for energy purposes. As the Foundation invests entirely via externally managed pooled funds, implementation will follow a “phased...

    • Ngā Hua te Taio
      • Good news stories (and more) for the planet Kia ora, Salient reader! Welcome to our new fortnightly column on the environment, sustainable living, and the small, stubborn act of hope amongst a world on fire! Check in every second week for waste-free recipes, genuinely good news, and practical ways to lend a hand—nudging a happier, healthier Earth a little closer into view. Waste-free recipe of the week: Tortillas are a staple of the student diet. Whether you’re going full gourmet with...

    • Day Two of Who Knows
      • By Anonymous CW: Murder, Violence, Drug Addiction I stood alone in a room full of people, each absorbed in their own thoughts, each holding their own view. Never had I faced such scrutiny. Then again, never had I killed a man. So to be scrutinized was exactly why I stood alone in that room. For days on end, I held this position, and for days on end I faced scrutiny—accusations and assumptions alike, speculative theories, fragments of fact, and minor testimonies. Not once did I deny taking...

    • Critic-at-Large
      • But It Feels So Real to Me Robyn’s Sexistential Often these days I find myself evangelising to my peers about the left-of-field Swedish pop rebel Robyn. If the name doesn’t ring a bell—which, despite her well-documented and wide-ranging influence (Britany Spears, Lorde, Charli xcx, Taylor Swift), is surprisingly often the case—all I have to do is sing a few lines from her 2010 sleeper hit, “Dancing on My Own”: “I’m in the corner / Watching you kiss her / Oh-oh-oh” . Everybody knows it. I...

    • Ciph’s Cabinet
      • Bi-Weekly Game Reviews Christopher Curtis Pikmin has the potential to be a real comfort game, and if you find real-time-strategy games daunting at all, this is one I can wholeheartedly recommend beginning your journey with. The gameplay loop is simple. As Captain Olimar, you have 30 in-game days to repair your spaceship. You will do so with the help of your little buddies, the titular Pikmin. They are scavenging little critters who will carry just about anything—from ship parts to wildlife...

    • Opinion: A Caste by Conviction: How Drug Law Structures Inequality in Aotearoa
      • In 1971, US President Richard Nixon declared drugs “public enemy number one.” What followed was the War on Drugs—a campaign built on a simple idea: that harsh punishment could eliminate drug use. It didn’t. But the way it framed drug use as something to criminalise continues to influence much of Western drug policy, including Aotearoa’s. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 frames drug use primarily as a criminal issue, rather than a health one. The consequences are severe. Supplying a Class A...

    • Baptism (by Peter Barnett)
      • Audio Link: Sermon – 19 Apr 2026 – Baptism by Peter Barnett by tawabaptist Structure: Introduction Did you know there are around 12 churches in the Tawa–Linden area? I was surprised when I first heard that. I used to think the churches along the main road were all there was—but of course there are many … Continue reading Baptism (by Peter Barnett)

    • Fishers of Men (by Pat Hutchison)
      • Scriptures: John 1:35-42, Luke 5:1-11, Acts 1 & 2 Audio Link: Stream Sermon – 12 Apr 2026 – Fishers of Men (by Pat Hutchison) by tawabaptist | Listen online for free on SoundCloud Structure: Introduction: Some of us consider we have done Easter, we have had our share of Hot Cross Buns, Easter Eggs and … Continue reading Fishers of Men (by Pat Hutchison)

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