Popular moustache survives brush with razor in capital mo-town
A NEW generation of young men are putting their hair where their mouth is, literally, and it’s up for debate whether the ladies like it. Pop culture saw the moustache blossom during the 70s and 80s...
View ArticlePumas president gives NZ RWC perfect score
Spanish-speaking Whitireia journalism student RODNEY BROWN did what most NZ journalists couldn’t – score an interview with the non-English speaking president of the Argentina Rugby Union: LUIS Castillo...
View ArticleLet’s talk baguettes, frogs legs, snails, parsley, garlic – not rugby
FRENCH FOLLIES: Shy French men who would not be named, with a French woman who would - Mathilde Carles. NOT EVEN a bite out of my half eaten bread roll can cheer up one young Frenchman, who has...
View ArticleThe Green Party gets two thirds support in school poll
Wellington High School students, from Left: Merinda Jackson(16) Imogen Holmstead-Scott(17) Hana Rochfort Barber(17) and Frankie Ancillotti (18). A POLL of 90 senior students at Wellington High School...
View ArticlePublic know not who the Green Party’s got
RUSSEL WHO? Ben Foster (20) and Ihaka Jacobs (20) are unable to figure out who Russel Norman is. RUSSEL NORMAN may be headed into Parliament come the election but do the public know exactly who they...
View ArticleMates raise funds for dream school in India
BUILDING DREAMS: Danny Pemberton (left) and Fish Radich making a diffence to the children of India TWO travelling Wellingtonians helping children in Nilakottai, India, build their “dream school” have...
View ArticleCouncil combines with cops to educate drivers
IF you drive anything with two wheels and a motor around Wellington, prepare to be waved to the side of the road and pulled over by police. Don’t worry though – unless you haven’t paid you’re...
View ArticleWellington succeeds in flipping the bird
“BIRD, bird, bird; bird is the word,” sang American surf band The Trashmen in 1962 and “bird” certainly is the word on Wellington’s lips. Bird watchers all over the city will be dusting off their...
View ArticlePrice is ripe for tomatoes and lettuces
IF YOU ever felt like a BLT, now is the time to indulge with the price of tomatoes and lettuce registering a sharp fall in the latest consumer price index (CPI). The decline was representative of the...
View ArticleHead of the fish leads the way in iwi radio broadcasting
STATION HEAD: Te Upoko o Te Ika iwi radio station manager Wena Tait. THE current renaissance Maori language and culture is enjoying has many to thank, but one of the main contributors will celebrate...
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