On this day in 1984 a jubilant Labour leader David Lange and a defeated National prime minister Sir Robert Muldoon on election night. Remember the sense of hope that came with the prospect of change as the youngest Cabinet in 100 years took over from the war generation.

BREAKING: The Stonehenge tunnel is going ahead. The Transport Secretary has granted a Development Consent Order (DCO) to construct it. A DCO previously issued for the project was quashed by the High Court in July 2021 amid concern about the environmental impact.

Is the first 24 of the day not running a one-off Metlink, or is this an unannounced permanent degradation in the service?

Did a property speculator write this policy? 1/ #NationalNotFitToGovern

Meet Ho Feng-Shan, a Chinese diplomat stationed in Vienna during World War 2, whose unwavering courage saved the lives of numerous Jewish people by granting them visas, despite strict orders to the contrary. Often likened to the legendary "Chinese Schindler," his name should

A resounding majority of voters across the UK would vote to rejoin the European Union in a second referendum on the issue, newly published polling has suggested thenational.scot/news/23661780.…

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[#TransitTuesday] 📍, Wellington,🇳🇿 ✨After a successful year with 40,000 trips, Transdev's Wellington On Demand public transportation service in Tawa has been extended to Grenada North and Porirua CBD. This type of service offers an alternative to public #transportation. 📲And

An historic day for #kakapo #conservation today. We’re transferring four males to Maungatautari, a large fenced reserve in the North Island of NZ. For the first time in nearly 40 years kākāpō will back living on the mainland of Aotearoa. #returnofthekakapo @Maungatautari1

You can read more in my latest Lost Supper dispatch: lostsupper.substack.com/p/a-cup-of-spa…

Not only do we throw £135m at HS2 EVERY week, ex boss of HS2 disaster handed whopping £39,958 performance related bonus on top of £635,814 salary, despite project hurtling off rails and overbudget. Anything to say Steve Tuckwell ?Danny Beales MP ? #UxbridgeandSouthRuislip

Tonight there are #kakapo in the forest of the North Island of Aotearoa for the first time in over a century. We released four into Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain today. #conservation #returnofthekakapo

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Bunker the kakapo’s first encounter with the Maungatautari ngahere. Congratulations to all connected to @maungatautari_s for all the hard work required to realise this dream.

Spat shows how isolated the UK is post #Brexit Islas Malvinas: EU signs deal using Falklands’ Argentine name theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/j…

So exciting to have new tools for opening streets up for everyone to enjoy. This will make school streets, small events, LtNs, tactical changes and pilots so much easier. beehive.govt.nz/release/counci…

Can you believe that Hairy Maclary turns 40 this year? Yes, it's 40 years since the original book, Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy was released. Tawa library is holding a Hairy Maclary family storytime on Monday. For info go to: bit.ly/3K2VcXB

For all the idiots who say they'll be unable to drive if there are road signs in te reo Māori, fairly sure this one in northland (gaelic) has been like this for a long time and no one's complained as far as I can tell. Until 2020 this was a National electorate too (Shane Reti).

Widespread ignorance of this new rule has nearly got me into several ‘altercations’ with drivers when out on my regular running route. I copped a mouthful from a BMW driver the yesterday, whom I replied to with some *choice* language of my own. Rule 170, Highway Code.

@SaraTempleton_ Yellow part of the graph in the bar chart is important. Local govt spending dictates the NZTA $$ that follow. Canterbury has the rating base and the urban population to support higher levels of PT investment.