News from NZ Police
A 57-year-old man is appearing in court in Wellington this afternoon accused of the theft of more than 800 military medals from the Waiouru National Army Museum. Read more »

Coming ready or not. The foundations are already in place (above) for the airport’s sign – Newswire photo

Press Release – Wellywood or What Competition
The opportunity has arrived for people in the Wellington region to submit and vote on their creative ideas for an alternative to the Wellywood sign on the Miramar Peninsula. Read more »

Press Release – Wellington International Airport Limited
Wellington Airport is installing a 737 sized ALL BLACKS sign on the Miramar Peninsula as a sign of its support for the team during the Rugby World Cup. Read more »

by Lindsay Shelton
At first glance, the competing advertising seems to be making identical claims. Posters in Newtown (above) promote the fact that Maori TV will be showing all the games. A billboard in Taranaki Street (below) blasts out the claim that Sky will be showing all the games. Read more »

Scoop Images
Lieutenant General Sir Jerry Mateparae was sworn in as New Zealand’s new Governor-General, outside Parliament at lunchtime today. Read more »

Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council
Bus commuters around the region are to be surveyed next week about their travel habits. Peter Glensor, Chair of Greater Wellington’s Economic Wellbeing Committee, which oversees public transport, says the survey results will help Council staff plan long-term transport needs. Read more »

Press Release – Chorus
Chorus, New Zealand’s largest telecommunications network operator together with Crown Fibre Holdings, has today marked the start of the ultra-fast broadband (UFB) rollout in Greater Wellington by deploying new network infrastructure in Kelson. Read more »

Press Release – Ministry of Health
Women in the Wellington region are being urged to use September – Cervical Screening Awareness Month – as a prompt to take control of their own health. Read more »

Press Release – Asthma Foundation
The two-day New Zealand Respiratory Conference, which starts in Wellington tomorrow, is about improving the lives of the nearly 1 million New Zealanders with respiratory conditions, says the Chief Executive of the Asthma Foundation, Angela Francis. Read more »

Press Release – University of Waikato
Not being allowed to learn Māori at Wellington Girls’ College was the catalyst for a life-long career in Māori teaching and championing Māori rights for Cathy Dewes. Read more »

by Lindsay Shelton
I stood in a queue at the Newtown Post Shop yesterday and thought about New Zealand Post’s plan to replace the staff with self-service kiosks. It wasn’t a long queue, and when I got to the counter the staff, as always, were friendly and polite, apologising, as they always do, for making me wait. There didn’t seem to be any need to apologise. I hadn’t been waiting more than two minutes. Read more »

Press Release – Victoria University of Wellington
An artwork protesting against the deaths of Iraqi civilian casualties, devised by a Victoria University academic and his US collaborator, is currently showing at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Read more »

Press Release: Department Of Internal Affairs
Members of the Muslim community will be gathering at Parliament on Tuesday to celebrate the Islamic festival of Eid ul-Fitr (Eid). Eid-ul Fitr is a festival of feasts, celebrated by Muslims all over the world when the fasting month of Ramadan is completed. Read more »

Press Release – Oritain Holdings Ltd
Forensic experts, food scientists, producers and regulators are meeting in Wellington on the 1 & 2 November for the third annual GoTrace Conference. Read more »

Press Release – Chilton Saint James School
Chilton Saint James School Year 13 student Emily McGill took part in the Inaugural New Zealand Secondary School Swimming Championships on Saturday and Sunday in Hamilton. Read more »

Press Release – Netball NZ
Teams from Wellington Girls’ and St Mary’s are among 16 secondary school teams which have earned the right to compete at the 2011 New Zealand Secondary Schools Netball Championships at Napier’s Pettigrew Arena from the 11th-14th October. Read more »

Press Release – Elephant Publicity
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Eddie Izzard is set to bring his STRIPPED show to Wellington in November. Tickets go on sale on Monday 5th September. Read more »

Press Release – NZ Drug Foundation
A visiting drug policy expert and one-time “Deputy Drug Czar” to the Obama Administration has told a symposium in Wellington today that the historical approach to treating substance use disorders has missed the mark and has had serious costs and consequences for healthcare in general. Read more »