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• • Coffees with the Candidates - Lachlan Patterson

    • 25 Sep 2022
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    • Only 22-years-old, Green Party candidate Lachlan Patterson is running for Wellington City Council in the Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward.
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• • Coffees with Candidates - Tamatha Paul Profile

    • 25 Sep 2022
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    • Current city councillor and student Tamatha Paul, is campaigning to “have another crack” representing the Central Wellington Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward.
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• • OPINION: Weir House Residents Deserve Better

    • 25 Sep 2022
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    • Halls of residence: the most anticipated and exciting part of a fresher coming to university. A place to meet new people, to build connections, to party. But in 2022, one VUW hall felt more like a backpacker hostel under construction. Weir House is one of the oldest VUW halls. The glorious-looking hall is part of a complex made of three separate buildings: William Weir (the main building), Andrea Brander, and Te Whanau. At its peak, I bet this place would have felt like a luxury, down the road from the Botanic Gardens. We were misled. Using the Wayback Machine, an online tool that allows you to see older versions of a website, I confirmed that the university website displayed no discussion of any construction or disruptions for future residents at the time we were applying. The earliest correspondence we received about construction work was on 31 January, past the date most people had paid their bond and less than a month before moving in.
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    Victoria University of Wellington, Weir House, Everton Terrace, Paekākā, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6145, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Stafford House Breaches Residential Tenancies Act Six Times

    • 23 Sep 2022
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    • Tenancy Compliance and Investigations (TCIT) have found Stafford House, managed by UniLodge, to be in breach of six sections of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (RTA), following an investigation from VUWSA.
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    Stafford House, 40, The Terrace, Paekākā, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Wellingtonians March Against Court's Decision to "Protect Rapist"

    • 18 Sep 2022
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    • Around 200 Wellingtonians, mostly young students, marched from Civic Square to Parliament on Saturday 10 September in outrage over rapist Jayden Meyer’s sentencing of nine months home detention.
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    Civic Square, Harris Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • News Team Editorial: For Fucks Sake, Just Vote.

    • 18 Sep 2022
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    • Local body elections are looming! We're here to convince you to not bin those voting papers when they turn up in the mail between 16-24 September.
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• • Coffees with the candidates - featuring Afnan Al-Rubayee

    • 18 Sep 2022
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    • As well as being a full-time public servant, Labour candidate Afnan Al-Rubayee is a mum and student campaigning for Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward.
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• • Nīkau Wi Neera - Te Whanganui A Tara

    • 18 Sep 2022
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    • At just 23-years-old, Green Party candidate Nīkau Wi Neera is running for Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington City Council’s first ever Māori ward.
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• • 50th Anniversary of the Māori Language Petition

    • 11 Sep 2022
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    • The Māori language petition has reached a huge milestone—50 years since it was delivered to Parliament.
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• • Students Hold Up Hospitality Sector in Wellington

    • 4 Sep 2022
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    • The New Zealand hospitality sector is facing major labour shortages due to low levels of migrant workers who usually support the industry, and poor job conditions.
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• • Wellington City Council Want To Hear From You

    • 4 Sep 2022
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    • Until 12 September, Wellington City Council is asking for submissions on the Proposed District Plan.
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• • Cocktails with the Candidates

    • 4 Sep 2022
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    • As local elections approach and the Wellington City Council mayoralty race heats up, Salient sits down with the main players at a location of their choosing to share a drink and discuss their ambitions for Pōneke. This week we met with current Labour MP Paul Eagle (Waikato Tainui, Ngāti Naho, Ngāti Tīpa), who is campaigning to get back into Council after previously serving as deputy mayor from 2016 to 2017. Eagle is running as an independent candidate, a decision which he says enables him to best advocate for the needs of Wellington even when it goes against party lines.
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• • VUW Student Activist Wins the Impact Award for Climate

    • 14 Aug 2022
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    • When Rilke Comer nominated herself and the work of the incorporated society Climate Clinic for the Climate Impact Award, she never expected to win.
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• • Cocktails with the Candidates ft. Mayor Andy Foster

    • 14 Aug 2022
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    • As local elections approach and the Wellington City Council mayoralty race heats up, Salient sits down with the main players at a location of their choosing to share a drink and discuss their ambitions for Pōneke.
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• • Lamenting the Sunken Sealion

    • 14 Aug 2022
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    • On the evening of Monday 8 August, Wellington lost a cultural icon to the depths of the harbour. The Sealion was a visually prominent vessel, painted with penguins by graffiti artist Dside. The boat was previously a minesweeper and a squid fishing boat. More recently, the Sealion was a creative community space which hosted around 70 public events between August 2020 and April 2021. Wellington Harbourmaster Grant Nalder said that the Sealion had several leaks and had been taking on water for a while. The intake was managed by several pumps, one of which may have faltered late Monday afternoon, resulting in unmanageable amounts of water pouring into the boat. Nadler said, “essentially the back end filled up with water, lifted the bow up and slid gently beneath the waves.”
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    Queens Wharf, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Weir House’s Downfall: Students Eating out of a Tent Amidst Construction Noise

    • 14 Aug 2022
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    • Weir House was first opened in 1933 and is an iconic VUW hall of residence. In 2019, it boasted over 300 residents across its three buildings. That was the last year the hall was functional in its entirety.
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    Victoria University of Wellington, Weir House, Everton Terrace, Paekākā, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6145, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Cocktails with the Candidates

    • 31 Jul 2022
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    • As local elections approach and the Wellington City Council mayoralty race heats up, Salient sits down with the main players at a location of their choosing to share a drink and discuss their ambitions for Pōneke.
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• • “Heartbreaking:” Vic Books Pipitea Says Goodbye

    • 31 Jul 2022
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    • Vic Books first opened its doors in 1975 on Victoria University of Wellington’s Kelburn Campus.
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    Vic Books Pipitea, Lambton Quay, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Tutors Bargaining For More Than Pocket Money

    • 10 Jul 2022
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    • The Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) Tutor’s Collective is aiming for a substantive pay increase to match inflation during this collective bargaining period after “appalling” results last year.
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• • Wellingtonians Protest To Support Abortion Rights

    • 10 Jul 2022
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    • With Roe v Wade being overturned by the United States Supreme Court, the right to an abortion in the US is no longer federally protected.
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• • O-week? No-week? No refunds.

    • 10 Jul 2022
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    • VUWSA’s ‘2.O-Week’ promises plenty of fun, but refund policies of the now mid-holiday event are out of step with industry standard & the law, leaving students short changed.
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• • OPINION: Vice-Chancellor Appointment A Missed Opportunity

    • 10 Jul 2022
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    • On 22 June, the university announced Professor Nic Smith's appointment as Vice-Chancellor of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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    Victoria University of Wellington, Waiteata Road, Aro Valley, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Eagle’s Political Double-Dipping Leaves Mayoral Contender in a Pickle

    • 10 Jul 2022
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    • Labour MP Paul Eagle’s Mayoral bid has had a wobbly start following his decision to remain as MP for Rongotai while campaigning.
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• • BREAKING: Te Puni Hall Flooded with Water Following Rugby Ball Mishap

    • 5 Jun 2022
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    • Te Puni Village (TPV) has flooded due to an incident involving a rugby ball hitting a fire sprinkler on the ceiling, causing it to burst and “gushing” water throughout the hall.
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    Te Puni Village, 80, Fairlie Terrace, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Headline Junkie

    • 29 May 2022
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    • One of Wellington's favourite eccentric watering holes is at risk of “closing its curtains” for good. Laundry, located at 240 Cuba Street, has stood proud in its aggressively green premises for nine years. However, the building's landlord is threatening to not renew the lease, leaving the bar's future in peril. The iconic location, which used to be a laundromat, is hosting a “Grand Finale” party, its Facebook page encouraging Wellingtonians to “party together one last time”. The owners are optimistic that Laundry may be able to relocate, saying “hopefully we’ll move to another location real soon with thicker walls and a landlord who has a moral compass.”
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    Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Headline Junkie

    • 22 May 2022
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    • A Bite-Sized Look Into the Big Stories
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• • VUW Announces Social Media Lab to Research Political Misinformation

    • 22 May 2022
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    • Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) has announced the creation of a research lab investigating political misinformation on social media.
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• • Graduation Fiasco Leaves Students “Super Disappointed”

    • 15 May 2022
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    • A May graduation ceremony will not be held in person due to Covid-19 concerns, despite students being told in March that “the ceremonies will proceed only if large-scale events are permitted at that time.”
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• • Wellington's Eating Disorder Service “Reaching Crisis Point”

    • 15 May 2022
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    • CREDS, the Central Region Eating Disorder Service, currently has a waiting list of up to nine months, which continues to grow due to ongoing mental health pressures from the pandemic.
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• • Headline Junkie

    • 15 May 2022
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    • A Bite-Sized Look Into the Big Stories
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