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3 weeks ago | 
aol.com | Caroline Gall |Peter Wilson
A barber shop in West Bromwich is helping men open up about their mental health with the help of two NHS-trained psychotherapists. Seven Stars Barbers offers customers the opportunity to talk about issues in a safe and private space. The evening sessions are led by two mental health experts who run Melanin Moods, an organisation set up in 2020 "to provide specialist support to black and brown communities".
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Peter Wilson
Analysis - The government's crackdown on working from home has significant consequences for thousands of public servants, the still-awaited ferries solution is testing coalition cohesion and tax policy is in the news again. The hollowing out of Wellington's CBD and the plight of its hospitality trade has been a tale of woe since the pandemic, so the government ordering public servants to get back in their offices was a big deal for the capital.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
indianweekender.co.nz | Peter Wilson
Analysis - A surge in violent crime throws the government's reduction target into doubt and a last-minute 'home patch ban' raises serious questions, Health NZ's problems are described as 'a cocktail of issues' and Labour's Chris Hipkins has to deal with a bad poll. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon began his post-Cabinet press conference with some good news.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Peter Wilson
Analysis: David Seymour's Treaty Principles Bill is a step closer to Parliament as warnings about its divisive potential ramp up, and Labour leader Chris Hipkins' hints his party could go into the next election with a radical tax policy. A cartoon published by the New Zealand Herald this week showed a fierce dragon with a diminutive David Seymour standing in front of it, saying: "Not long now, my precious, and you'll be off the chain."The timing was spot on.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Peter Wilson
Analysis - The government began the week with its most important announcement of the week - a $32.9b transport spend-up over the next three years. As National campaigned on bigger, better roads and Transport Minister Simeon Brown's mantra has been "getting Kiwis around quickly and safety" it wasn't surprising to see where the money was going.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Alex McIntyre |Peter Wilson
Ciaran Lockett and Deana Evans have both been jailed for their involvement in the disorder [Staffordshire Police]A man and his girlfriend have been jailed for their involvement in violent disorder that broke out in Stoke-on-Trent amid a wave of unrest in the UK. Ciaran Lockett and Deana Evans from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, appeared at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Friday over the disturbances in Hanley on 3 August.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Peter Wilson
Analysis - The government had to do something about the energy crisis and explaining its solutions took up most of Monday's post-Cabinet press conference. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon took Energy Minister Simeon Brown and RMA Reforms Minister Chris Bishop with him to help out. In brief, Luxon said there was no reason New Zealand couldn't have secure, renewable energy supplies and his government had a plan to achieve that.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Peter Wilson
Peter Wilson - BBC Midlands TodayAugust 29, 2024 at 12:05 AM·1 min readWork on a £2.4m project is underway to open up the River Sherbourne that flows through Coventry. As part of the plans, a pedestrianised riverside space will be created on Palmer Lane in the city centre. The riverbed will be naturalised and landscaping and lighting structured around it. Geoff Willcocks, from Historic Coventry Trust said the plans would create "a really special area right in the centre of the city".
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Peter Wilson
Analysis: When Prime Minister Christopher Luxon arrived at Tūrangawaewae Marae for the annual Koroneihana celebration of Māori King Tūheitia, he must have known what he was in for. It's not normally a political occasion, but this time there were just too many grievances. Māori leaders are seriously upset about government policies that have disestablished the Māori Health Authority, mandated referendums on Māori wards on local councils, the attitude to te reo Māori and numerous other issues.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Peter Wilson
Analysis: The Reserve Bank's surprise decision to cut the Official Cash Rate was the first good news the government has had in quite a while, and it tried to claim the credit. The bank's governor, Adrian Orr, announced the rate was being cut from 5.5 per cent to 5.25 per cent because annual inflation was heading back to the 1-3 per cent range. "It's darkest before dawn and its dawn now," he said, which was taken as an indication there could be further cuts later this year.
