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WEBSep 11, 2024 · Like the arms race, the funding of new cancer drugs is an endless upwards spiral. First though, the good news. Yesterday, the Pharmac office in Wellington announced that from October 1st, the expensive cancer drug Keytruda will be made available to eligible people with advanced triple-negative breast cancer, head and neck cancer, colorectal cancer, bladder cancer, and Hodgkin lymphoma. Read ...
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WEBJul 26, 2024 · Wellington’s 53rd annual film festival was launched last night at the Embassy Theatre with the New Zealand premiere of a startlingly, surprisingly and movingly entertaining feature about ‘delinquency’ in the 1950s. Read more »
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WEB6 days ago · Wellington Featured. Demolition? No! September 10, 2024. Wellington.Scoop. Two local experts are arguing strongly against the demolition options in the Wellington City Council’s “single vision” proposal for Civic Square. Not that the council’s vision takes a single stance – but it lists demolition as a choice for consideration.
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WEBAug 13, 2024 · The water pipe which burst beneath Wellington’s Cambridge Terrace on Wednesday could not have chosen a better moment to do so. Not only did it cause massive traffic disruption, but also a loss of water pressure, and in some cases supply, to Roseneath and Mount Victoria. It was the last thing needed by both the beleaguered Wellington City Council and the hapless Wellington Water (the utility ...
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WEBSep 11, 2024 · The death of Manners Street. August 13, 2024 43 comments. Wellington.Scoop. Awa Press publisher Mary Varnham and editor Jane Parkin work out of an office in Dixon Street. Increasingly dismayed as shop after shop has closed in nearby Manners Street (including the DOC shop in the department’s award-winning eco building Whare Kaupapa Atawhai ...
Wellington.Scoop » $134m shortfall – 40 transport projects with …
WEB19 hours ago · The regional council estimates it is facing a $134m shortfall in funding over the next three years, after more than 40 projects it put forward for 51% co-funding from the National Land Transport Fund were rejected. The projects include seismic strengthening of some railway station buildings and new bus stops with better lighting, upgrades Cr ...
Wellington.Scoop » Mayor Whanau sells car to help her pay the bills
WEB3 days ago · Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau has acknowledged the economic challenges facing residents in the capital, saying she’s “feeling the crunch” too and recently sold her car to help pay ...
Wellington.Scoop » The mayoral campaign – it’s started
WEB22 hours ago · Wellington, New Zealand. The majority of residents travel to work on electric-powered public transport – be it bus or train. The electricity is nearly one hundred percent generated from renew...
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WEBLike the arms race, the funding of new cancer drugs is an endless upwards spiral. First though, the good news. Yesterday, the Pharmac office in Wellington announced that from October 1st, the expensive cancer drug Keytruda will be made available to eligible people with advanced triple-negative breast cancer, head and neck cancer, colorectal cancer, bladder cancer, and Hodgkin lymphoma. Read ...
Wellington.Scoop » A ‘vision” with options
WEB3 days ago · When the draft document was released this month, the council called it a single vision. And the mayor said it was an inspiring document. But it was not so much a vision. It was a collection of options – with ‘demolition’ alarmingly included in most of the options. And the document does not include all of Civic Square.