As the Israeli government announces an escalation of its military operations in Gaza, a new ecumenical group, Christians for Justice in Palestine, has today held a ‘die-in’ in Wellington’s Civic Square near the Rabin memorial.
I was recruited to be a workforce coordinator, a fancy title for someone optimistic enough to think it is possible to organise 8000 volunteers into some kind of workable schedule.
I forced myself to get up and get dressed but there was no life in me at all even after feeding the goldfish and the cat.
Ignatius, however, soon realised that such a disengagement from the obligations of work and home would not be possible for some people.
He says, ‘I meant to get more rat bait last trip to town.’ ‘Did you know their sleeping bags are still damp?’
Schools Heather McCabe, Madeleine van Woerkom, Alex Shackleton, Emma Leahy and Belinda Dodge7 January 2009 Ss Peter and Paul School’s Intermediate classes have won four prizes in the finals of the Wearable Arts Extravaganza for the Lower Hutt region. Of the 20 garments entered in the show, seven of Ss Peter and Paul Intermediate were […]
‘I get the feeling that a lot of people think it’s really simple and you should be able to do a, b and c and you’ll get d.’
St Vincent de Paul has experienced a 40 percent rise in requests for food, furniture, clothing and counselling in the past few months. The demand will only increase as Christmas draws near and the chill of recession bites deeper.