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Petone Beach in Wellington on a hot summer’s day. 10 January 2024.
Caption:One origin of the name is that a certain area on the beach was known for burying the ‘pito’ or umbilical cords in the ‘one’ or the sandy part of the beach. (Pictured is Petone Beach)Photo credit:RNZ / Soumya Bhamidipati
Jackson Street in Petone.
Ō Manawatere Regional Park.
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga
Te Manaaki Māori Trust, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, and Pitt Rivers Museum partners. Front from L to R: Vanessa Eparaima (Council Chair, TWOA), Professor Laura Van Broekhoven, (Director, Pitt Rivers Museum), Puamiria Parata-Goodall and Dr Arapata Hakiwai (Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trustees) Back from L to R: John Pearson, (Acting British High Commissioner to New Zealand), Professor Ngatai Taepa (Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trustee), Professor Irene Tracey (Vice-Chancellor, Oxford University), Evie O’Brien, (CEO, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa), Natasha Beckman, (Director, British Council New Zealand and the Pacific), Dr Te Aro Moxon, (Oxford University graduate, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland), Makere Derbyshire (British High Commission - New Zealand), Holly Peterson, (Director Alumni Relations, Oxford University).
Ngā Hapū o Whangārei members turned out to WDC’s Thursday (SUBS June 25) to hear the council decision on whether it would adopt a joint Mana Whakahono a Rohe agreement with the collective (Photo Susan Botting Local Democracy Reporter Northland. Please credit. This photo is for single use only, with Susan’s LDR story content. Please note this in your company’s visuals
Police in Wellington. Generic image
David Seymour on Budget Day 2026
A file photo shows a midwife with a pregnant woman.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to media in Auckland.