Blogs / April 2016
May 2016 | March 2016-
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A new taonga for Ngā Taonga
- The Wellingtonista
- The 2014 amalgamation of our Film, Television and Sound Archives into Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision saw its nomenclature justified this week with the unveiling of an aural taonga for the ages.
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Trolleys are part of the solution
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- “European cities are steadily converting bus routes to trolleybus public transport“ was the message from Gunter Mackinger at a recent public meeting in Wellington.
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Review: The moa show
- The Wellingtonista
- The Junction Hotel is pub in rural Thames.
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Mitsubishi’s latest scandal: enough to shake it right out of the passenger-car market?
- Jack Yan
- Above: The Mitsubishi eK Wagon, one of the cars at the centre of the company’s latest scandal.
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Escarpment
- The Wellingtonista
- Abandoned railway stations.
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Snapshots of Mount Victoria
- The Wellingtonista
- A few photos I took as I walked the dog in the Mount Victoria town belt, 17 April, and the unveiling of a new living sculpture at the Innermost Gardens.
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Mt. Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Happy and glorious
- Jack Yan
- As one of HM the Queen’s loyal and humble servants, I wish her a happy 90th birthday and include this YouTube video of one of her most memorable moments of recent times. A bit of the ‘Dambusters March’ can’t go wrong, either. It shows the Queen to have a particularly good sense of humour.
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No surprises as Facebook slips to third in Alexa, but tech press misses it
- Jack Yan
- Above: Facebook’s latest move: ensuring that notifications for messages go to its own app.
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New Plymouth responds
- Jack Yan
- Well, that was a bit boring. It’s the New Plymouth District Council’s response to my earlier letter paying a parking fine. (Original Tumblr post here, if the graphic above does not show.)
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New Johnsonville Library- Preliminary Designs Open for Comment
- Sarah Free
- Planning for the Johnsonville Library and Community Hub has reached the next stage, with preliminary designs now up on the website.
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New Johnsonville Library- Preliminary Designs Open for Comment
- Sarah Free
- Planning for the Johnsonville Library and Community Hub has reached the next stage, with preliminary designs now up on the website.
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Travel diary (or, a diary that travels)
- Jack Yan
- A photo posted by Jack Yan (@jack.
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Beggars belief
- The Wellingtonista
- You may have seen yesterday’s DomPost story on begging, which trumpeted that the Council was “considering banning begging or fining good samaritans.
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How to pay a parking ticket
- Jack Yan
- There’s one compelling reason to continue using cheques: the chance to write letters like this. In case the above image no longer shows, my original Tumblr post is here.
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Organizing this planet in the 21st century
- Jack Yan
- As he has done so many other times since we encountered each other in 2001, Simon Anholt has articulated my thoughts on governance and politics much better than I can through his ventures.
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How will things play out at Fiat?
- Jack Yan
- Above: The current Fiat 500.
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