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The following posts are filed under: kids.
Play in your city! (And dance, and …)
Where do we play in our urban areas? Where would it be good to play more? Good weather is a good time to think about this – and exercise the power of play for people.
Read MoreOut with “Road Safety”, in with “Transport Health”
The reported road toll is only the tip of the iceberg. Let’s rethink how transport affects personal and community health.
Read MoreLet’s get out and play!
Kids being able to play outdoors is such an allround good thing that it should be protected as a right, and fought for with at least as much passion as, say, street carparking. The UK has just boosted street play – hooray!
Read MoreBack to reality: school dropoff
Four days since the school holidays ended, and already they’re a distant memory. Back in the morning battles of the school dropoff, guest poster Ben wonders again if there isn’t a better way…
Read MoreMy commute to work – for Talk Wellington
In the third of our series, Dayna Berghan-Whyman – one of Talk Wellington’s social media gurus – shares her school run commute – featuring doom, a cafe, a car saleyard, poppies, and an enormous cat.
Read MorePlaying with the Possibilities
Wellington kids have access to great playgrounds, with a brand new one about to be built for kids in the south. All the talk of new and improved play spaces has us pondering playground possibilities.
Read MoreOff to a good fresh start: Newtown Connections
Conversations about more bikeable streets in Newtown, Berhampore and Mt Cook suffered from being in the “fallout zone” of the Island Bay cycleway conversations. Four years later, Wellington City Council is having another go. This time, they’re asking people well before there’s anything tangible on the table. Guest poster Baz gives his take on the first…
Read MoreMaking streets better: starting with good kōrero
It was 2014 the last time the council asked people about cycling in Newtown and Berhampore, since when “the c word” has barely been heard there. But they’re asking again, now, til Tuesday 5pm, and you should leap in there because things have changed, folks. They’re doing it right!
Read MoreDriving force
July 15th bears down on us: the most sweeping set of changes to Wellington public transport since ages ago. The Hutt’s had a taster and for the rest of the region, the countdown continues. In this bus-focussed special, Talk Wellington’s been reading the news with a critical eye…
Read MoreSchool gate parking wars! The battles continue – do we actually enjoy it?
Guest poster Ben T writes: we love our kids, so we…behave at our worst, and endanger them where they congregate every day – often spoiling rare time together. And no-one seems capable of calling out what’s behind it all.
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