Porirua City's focus is on children and young people and the City supports opportunities like these awards for primary school students to celebrate and encourage children to grow and lead as citizens. ... Keep Reading

After their critically acclaimed productions of Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, and last year’s Orfeo and Madam Butterfly, Eternity Opera is returning this month from 23-31 August with Verdi’s 1851 dramatic masterpiece Rigoletto at the Hannah Playhouse in Wellington. Keep Reading

This year, our meetings with Lead Teachers are being held once a term. The aim is to support schools to select the assessments and instructional strategies that fit best with their school while, at the same time, ensuring teachers are supported to continue with the instructional practices that have been shown to make a difference ... Keep Reading

Finalists announced for 2019 Parkin Drawing Prize A toilet and sink, no.8 wire, an oak table and recycled nylons are just some of the interesting works shortlisted in the 2019 Parkin Drawing Prize. The competition attracted an impressive 472 entries, of which 78 have been selected for the short-list. Keep Reading

We started the afternoon with a tri-lingual welcome, with mana whenua mihi starting us off from Wayne Mulligan, and English and sign-language welcome from Karen Coutts. Mayor Justin Lester welcomed us with his vision of Wellington 2050 being a zero-carbon city, with no homelessness, recognising Te Reo, with an integrated transit system. Keep Reading

Questions for Mayors as 'enablers'. Firstly, this note is experimental. I'm not sure how this system works. Secondly, two themes were introduced early in the 'urbanist planning' discussion that seemed very relevant: (a) focal facilities in localities (retail,  community space, libraries etc - decay and rejuvenation, public and private... Keep Reading

Jaqs Wilton, Manager of English Language Partners, Porirua, was our guest for the graduation of our latest Kiwi Connect Programme, run for refugees from Wellington and Lower Hutt ... Keep Reading

Wellington City Council signalled its commitment last year to something that the Wellington Forum has encouraged for the past two years: the value of being a bi-lingually based city. For me, that is only opening a crack in the door. The key value the sleeping giant (Māori economy) brings – is a values-based economy. Watch Māori TV; look at... Keep Reading

Climate Change Declaration for Wellington City timely. The concept of a ‘Climate Emergency’ and the ‘Climate Mobilisation Movement’ were first described in a paper Published in April 2016 by psychologist Dr Margaret Klein-Salamon. She and the activist groups that have joined the Climate Mobilisation movement, such as the Extinction... Keep Reading

Work is changing, faster and faster! The VUCA world we live in demands of us ongoing insight and understanding of the future, including of how we live, work and play Keep Reading