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Handy video explains the new Give Way rules

Who gives way after 24 March 2012?

Changing the road rules is a big deal. Fortunately there’s a helpful video.

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A walk on Te Raekaihau headland provides great views

View from Te Raekaihau headland.

On a cool overcast Sunday the dogs and I explored tracks on Te Raekaihau headland on Wellington’s South Coast. The climb was steep, the little-used tracks narrow, but the views were absolutely worth the effort.

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The Royal New Zealand Navy comes to town

Navy helicopter on board ship.

The Royal New Zealand Navy celebrated its 70th birthday in Wellington. It was the first time since WW2 that all the vessels were in Wellington at the same time apparently.

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Facial recognition for fun and law enforcement

Surveillance cameras at the top of Mt Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand.

If cameras track our every move and software analyses behaviour in crowds who defines ‘suspicious activity’? How accurate is the software? Will this escalate serious crime?

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Te āhuka kanohi hei whakangahau, hei uruhi i te true

Surveillance cameras at the top of Mt Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand.

If cameras track our every move and software analyses behaviour in crowds who defines ‘suspicious activity’? How accurate is the software? Will this escalate serious crime?

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Shaken and disturbed

No longer a fine old building in Christchurch.

I visited my old home town of Christchurch 8 months after a devastating earthquake. Dust, rubble and empty lots make up its broken heart.

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