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thepost.co.nz | Justin Wong |Paula Penfold
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thepost.co.nz | Paula Penfold |Justin Wong
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
thepost.co.nz | Justin Wong
NZDF and New Zealand Police Dog Training Centre host internationally renowned Dutch dog trainer Dick Staal for one of the largest working dog seminars of its kind. VIDEO CREDIT: David UnwinThe key to becoming a good dog handler is to be positive and have great motivation, according to a renowned Dutch dog trainer. Dick Staal was invited by the Defence Force and Police to hold a nine-day long conference on working dogs at Trentham military camp in Upper Hutt.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
thepost.co.nz | Justin Wong
A section of Evans Bay Coast Rd will be closed for two nights this week for a crane to lift concrete panels to build the area’s seawall. Kristen Buckley / SuppliedParts of Evans Bay Coast Rd shut for seawall constructionA section of Evans Bay Coast Rd will be closed for two nights this week for a crane to lift concrete panels to build the area’s seawall.
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
thepost.co.nz | Justin Wong
A review into the Kāpiti Coast pensioner flats is recommending moving to a new operating model as the current one is not fit for purpose. (File photo)DAVID UNWIN / The PostA review into pensioner social housing on the Kāpiti Coast concludes the current model is unfit for purpose and financially unsustainable, and recommends the district council set up a new community housing provider to take it off their hands.
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
thepost.co.nz | Justin Wong
Euon Murrell, a real estate agent who is also a former deputy mayor and six-term councillor, didn’t believe the new rules would have much effect on housing prices because houses in the area were always sought after. “There’s a persistent demand for properties in this part of the world, and as long as I’ve been around, it always has been,” he said.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
thepost.co.nz | Justin Wong
Noah Schneider runs the Common Good Coffee truck at St Peter’s Anglican Church in the Wellington CBD. MONIQUE FORD / The PostThey only set up shop in the capital four weeks ago, but coffee lovers are already flowing in each morning to get their caffeine fix. Housed inside a truck at the back of St Peter's Anglican Church is Common Good Coffee, which also runs coffee places in Auckland and Christchurch using its own free trade beans sourced from Mexico, Colombia and Ethiopia.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
thepost.co.nz | Justin Wong
Former prime minister Jim Bolger chairs the Coastal Advisory Panel, a group of 10 Kāpiti Coast locals responsible for recommending how the region should adapt to rising sea levels. (File photo)ROSA WOODS / The PostA Kāpiti Coast community board considered trying to remove former prime minister Jim Bolger from a group looking at the hot button issue of coastal erosion, but was advised not to.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
thepost.co.nz | Justin Wong
Porirua artist Moses Viliamu, left, designed the city’s new Christmas flags with staff from the city council. Also pictured: Rebecca Davis, the council’s brand and marketing principal advisor, right. BRUCE MACKAY / The PostThis year, the Christmas flags hanging on the street lights in Porirua’s city centre look a bit different.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
thepost.co.nz | Justin Wong
Originally opened in 1998 after an idea struck Harrap in the middle of the night, the ride was a popular destination until a flood destroyed it in 2003. It reopened again in August 2019 - just months before the Covid-19 pandemic hit and New Zealand’s borders closed to the rest of the world. “I’m 80 years old and I might be fit and strong ... but that doesn’t mean I don’t get older,” Harrap told The Post.
