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Child-Friendly City plan in NZ
In case you haven’t heard, Auckland is about to make some serious changes. The city council is in the process of producing a 30 year plan to shape the future of the city. Naturally for some, images of sci-fi infrastructure and ways of eradicating traffic congestion, possibly with flying cars, would be the first things [...]
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Cycling the Globe for UNICEF
What do seven new tyres, one attempted bike-theft at knife-point and way too many punishing weeks in the OZ bush all add up to? A pretty massive adventure that’s what! Cyclist Sean Newall dropped into the UNICEF offices in Wellington to tell us all about his mad-cap globe-trotting adventures for UNICEF. Here’s his story so [...]
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The thought behind ‘Say No to Naff’
The story of Christmas changes as we get older. I remember as a kid, Christmas was most importantly about the presents I was going to receive. I would spend the night of the 24th wired, electric with excitement and tossing around in bed worried Santa wouldn’t come if I didn’t fall asleep. Me-aged-10 could not [...]
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Postcard from Ethiopia
By Rachita Castelino Reflecting at the Airport I now have 2 hours left in Ethiopia and I am typing this up at the airport. I am very sad to leave Ethiopia and not just because of the 36 hour-long journey home, but because of the culture, experiences and people I have met here. My last [...]
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