Wairarapa Times-Age

Solway College student Eunice Papali'i has eclectic goals: To become a pilot, serve her school in Chapel, and make her boarding house “sisters” a ...

“I would like to thank everyone who helped me apply for the scholarship,” she said. “I love my Pacific heritage because of the culture, food and language,” she said. STEAM skills are adaptable in a vast ocean of career pathways and opportunities.” Eunice went to primary and intermediate school in Auckland, Palmerston North and, finally, Upper Hutt, where her family now lives. She described the club as “like the Air Force for kids. “Physics is my favourite,” she said.

Greater Wellington Regional Council [GWRC] chair Daran Ponter says he will be knocking on the government's door for an explanation if Waka Kotahi doesn't ...

“We have had some staff unavailability issues experienced on the rain network,” she said. “They need to have a whole crew available to run the train, and there’s been some issues being able to get a whole crew together.” “Is it something we need to start to get our heads around – that if we don’t get the government funding, we’re not going to have trains?” she asked Gain, who noted the council will need to have a discussion about what they can do if they can’t get funding.

The year was 2021. Fixed mortgage rates dropped below 3 per cent, and people looking to enter the housing market jumped with glee as their dream brushed ...

It’s like warning someone about a rising tide when they’re already in the water wearing a ball and chain. The floating interest rate currently sits at 7.99 per cent with ANZ, whose economists say inflation is “not yet in the bag” and that borrowers need to be “aware of the risk of higher rates”. It was a curse disguised as a blessing. In this period, the average floating residential interest rate in New Zealand peaked at 10.72 per cent, and Masterton people were paying 39.9 per cent of their income to their mortgage. And that family that started renting a house in 2021 now needs to pay $760 a week to service the mortgage and council rates instead of $555. The year was 2021.

Burger King Red Star ended a frustrating Coastal Challenge championship with a resounding 112-run victory over top qualifiers Whanganui United at Queen ...

The win highlighted that Red Star were better than the record of one win, three losses, and two washouts would indicate. The highlight of a superb Red Star fielding effort was a brilliant diving outfield catch by Childs. Steventon’s top score of 42 came from 69 balls and featured four fours and one six, while Childs was dismissed for 32 from 57 balls.