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The following posts are filed under: Society & Community.
Holiday Reading 23.12.17
It’s Christmas! So we’re going with a festive theme this weekend. Happy holidays to you all!
Read MoreWeekend Reading 2.12.17
Welcome to Saturday and Weekend Reading. This week: we love the internet, technology, and all the clever people doing clever things to make our lives better. But still… Malgorithms In this episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast, three experts on artificial intelligence help us understand how we accidentally transferred our biases…
Read MoreNo Going Back?
Pomare’s redevelopment was “all about community engagement”, but did it ultimately serve the people who lived there? We ponder the commercial vs community pressures of public/private partnerships.
Read MoreWeekend Reading – 11.11.17
“Bike theft is not inevitable”: Vancouver rolls out a cycle crime revolution For Vancouver, where more people cycle than any other North American city, bike theft is a real problem. A trial of a high tech to way to reduce bike theft in the city has impressive results – down 70% over two years….
Read MoreLunchtime Reading – 4.10.17
Lunchtime reading 4.10.17 While we’re waiting to know who the (central) government will be, some food for thought to chew over with your sandwich. Local government: more of the power (and the money)? Aotearoa’s government has one of the most centralised setups in the OECD. Most of the money (and therefore real…
Read MoreWeekend Reading: Election Special Edition
SATURDAY 23.9.17 As always, we’ve picked a selection of the tasty pieces of insight on sustainability, liveability and accessibility that we’ve been reading but haven’t been able to write about (yet). This week, with an election flavour! Welcome to this week’s Election Special Weekend Reading. Whatever you do, just VOTE TalkWellington won’t tell you how…
Read MoreLunchtime Reading – 11.09.17
MONDAY 11.9.17 Lunchtime Reading: interactive transport special This week: a special interactive edition! Get your teeth into these tasty transport-flavoured treats over your lunchtime sandwich, and flick off a submission on the spot. Cheaper by bus, train and ferry? Changes are afoot in how much it costs us to use public transport in our region….
Read MoreAs good as it gets
Naenae is, in many ways, a microcosm of contemporary New Zealand. Guest author Annanonymous writes about what you see in Naenae as an outsider, and what that means for all of us. This article was originally posted on THE END IS NAENAE, 7 MAY 2017 It’s about nine years since our family moved to…
Read MorePronouncing History: place names in Kāpiti
Being at home in a landscape includes seeing the full story of its history reflected, not just one side. Scoop Wellington’s Lindsay Shelton reckons Kāpiti has taken an important, symbolic step. This article is cross-posted with permission from Scoop Wellington A working party of iwi representatives and a local historian have come up with a…
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