Why did Yadana Saw, a mother and activist put all her energy into resuscitating the Mt Vic. Crossways Community Crèche?
Yadana also talks about the influences of growing up in one Wellington’s first and most prominent Burmese families – who came here to escape the political regime.
I don’t know a thing about Football, but in this interview I speak to Tony Morrison, the backbone of Wellington football, about Culture Kicks and why teams from all over the world, from all different backgrounds come together through their love of football for this truly international event.
Nestled in the heart of Lower Hutt, Epuni School’s is not only producing amazing food grown and eaten by the kids, but the kids are now exceeding in their national results.
This interview is with the visionary Julia Milne founder of the Common Unity Project about what it is like to be part of this school’s incredible solution for hungry children.
Ania Upstill, one of the instigators of the , spent her summer with a new wave of social entrepreneurs, at the hub, developing a plan to get Wellington eating locally grown food with the Cycle.
When other cities around the world are tearing out their motorways and flyovers, why are we still thinking that building a flyover by the Basin Reserve is such a clever idea?
In this interview Tim Jones, spokesperson for the tells us why the proposed flyover is not a done deal. I also had a chat with all the people who were at the event about why they Love the Basin on Valentine’s Day.
Why is this hi energy girl from Mexico City walking Wellington’s peaks and taking up to 30 women at a time with her?
She runs a group called The Women’s Walking Project and is also encouraging Kiwi’s to stop drinking for Febfast (we don’t drink that much do we?) and has bought the first TEDx talks for women to New Zealand. Hear why Natalia Albert can’t get enough of Wellington in this interview.
No wonder mountain bike instructor Ashley Burgess has won “Wellington’s favourite cyclist”, as her efforts in encouraging women, girls and kids onto bikes are extraordinary. She is part of and set up bike groups like , , WORD Wellington Offroad Riding Department, and Pedal Ready which gets kids ready for cycling. I don’t think we can do without her.