Poll finds huge numbers of voters are underdecided
NewsWire – what Whitireia journalism students have been reporting this week:
Is it a done deal? What the
polls don’t tell us – Newswire’s election
poll
The election could be a much closer race
between National and Labour than recent polls show, if a
survey of Wellingtonians this week is any
indication.
http://www.newswire.co.nz/2008/09/newswire-2008-election-poll/
Streets near Wellington schools may try new 40kph
speed limit
The 40kph speed limit that applies
around some schools in New Zealand may soon hit the streets
of Wellington and make it safer for children to get to and
from school.
http://www.newswire.co.nz/2008/09/lower-speed-for-schools-gets-green-light/
Commuters would carpool for free parking
Two
out of three Wellington commuter drivers would carpool if
they got free parking in return, according to the latest
NewsWire poll.
http://www.newswire.co.nz/2008/09/commuters-would-carpool-for-free-parking/
It takes more than just telling people what road
markings mean
Porirua driving instructor Cathy Tainui
tries something different when she has one of her latest
group of pupils in her car – like stopping and getting out
to direct their attention to road markings.
http://www.newswire.co.nz/2008/09/road-markings/
Helen well-received, but what about
Winston?
Sorry Winston, it may be all over, if the
complete absence of interest in your fate at a Grey Power
meeting today is any indicator.
http://www.newswire.co.nz/2008/09/greypower/
Kiwi researchers help find genetic heart risk
New Zealand scientists have collaborated with
international researchers and found 25% of us carry a
genetic hotspot that increases heart disease risk by the
equivalent of smoking 10 cigarettes a day. Jenny Meyer
reports.
http://www.newswire.co.nz/2008/09/gene-hotspot-for-heart-disease-done-jm/
When
grandparents become mum and dad
Sally Kabak knows
she’s not the only Wellington grandmother raising a
grandchild – but she has had no luck trying to found a
Wellington Central support group for the Grandparents
Raising Grandchildren Trust NZ. By Miyuki McGuffie.
http://www.newswire.co.nz/2008/09/grandparents/
God’s
great 100-year-old view over Wellington
St
Gerard’s, on Mt Victoria cliff-top land, has endured for a
century, writes Nicola Tod.
http://www.newswire.co.nz/2008/09/gods-great-100-year-old-view-over-wellington-harbour/
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