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San Francisco’s Most-Wanted (Nonexistent) Subway Lines (CityLab)

Hi and welcome back to Sunday Reading. Here are the media highlights from the past couple weeks. Drop your recommendation in the comments section. Happy Labour Day weekend!

New world cities must be kicking themselves for not building underground rapid transit when they had a chance. Here’s [...]

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The Washington Post reports: All this year, as they trudged through an unprecedented economic implosion,Venezuelans have been gearing up for what was meant to be the defining political event of the year: a referendum on whether to recall our increasingly loathed authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro. The tense buildup suddenly ended Thursday as five separate (and supposedly […]

Press Release – New Zealand Government Pacific Peoples Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga is encouraging the Tokelauan community to take every opportunity to share their language with the wider community during Tokelau Language Week which starts today.Week celebrates Tokelauan language, way of life Pacific Peoples Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga is encouraging the Tokelauan community to take […]

News from NZ Police State Highway One was closed for more than three hours south of Paekakariki today after a head-on crash which injured four people at about 11a.m.. The driver of the northbound car was critically injured. He was airlifted to Wellington Hospital. The driver of the second car was taken to Wellington Hospital […]

News from NZ Police Whanganui Police have arrested a 61-year-old man in relation to the hit and run on Anzac Parade early this morning. Police are no longer seeking the car or anyone else in relation to the incident. The injured man remains in critical condition at Wellington Hospital. Earlier news from NZ Police A […]

Unfortunately the child was found deceased at the north end of the beach not long after.

MEDIA RELEASE For release on 21 October 2016 A Romantic Start to the Festive Season In a not-to-be-missed pre-festive season show at BATS Theatre, Wellington vocalist Matthew Pike will present arrangements of much-loved songs from the late romantic ...

Emergency services were called to a drowning in Warea, South Taranaki at approximately 6.20pm this evening, Saturday 22 October, 2016.

Northland has a brand new iconic tourist attraction. On Friday 21 October Te Kakano (the Seed) was officially opened at the Town Basin in Whangarei. A large crowd witnessed the cutting of the ribbon ceremony making Te Kakano, a stand-alone sculpture in the ...

Global union federation the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) have raised fresh concerns about the safety of the new locks on the Panama Canal and a growing threat of privatisation of its members in the Panama Canal at a press conference ...

Saturday, 22 October 2016 NOMINATIONS FOR FONTERRA ELECTIONS CLOSE SOON Nominations for the 2016 Fonterra Elections close at midday on Tuesday, 25 October. Elections are being held for two farmer-elected Directors for Fonterra’s Board of Directors, ...

ICTJ Denounces South African Government’s Attempt to Exit the International Criminal Court NEW YORK, October 21, 2016 — The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) decries the announcement that South Africa will seek to withdraw from the ...

Mother and sons rescued from Tararuas 22 October 2016 A mother and her two sons, aged 10 and 12, have been rescued after spending the night in the open in cold, wet conditions in the Tararua Ranges. The Rescue Coordination Centre NZ (RCCNZ) received ...

PRESS RELEASE: 21.10.2016 Royal Commonwealth Society statement on Maldives leaving the Commonwealth The Royal Commonwealth Society is concerned by Maldives’ decision to leave the Commonwealth, which comes after the Commonwealth Ministerial Action ...

UN Recognizes Meat Production’s Impact on Deforestation and Land Grabbing 21 Oct 2016 : The United Nations Committee on Food Security (CFS) (1), adopted a set of recommendations at its annual meeting in Rome this week that emphasize the need to ...

Habitat III: “It’s not about conferences, but people” – UN expert calls for big ‘Shift’ in approach to housing

GENEVA (21 October 2016) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called for the protection of civilians to be at the forefront of military planning as the Iraqi Government and associated forces attempt to re-take Mosul, ...

OTTAWA / GENEVA (21 October 2016) – The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent today expressed serious concerns about systemic anti-Black racism in the criminal justice system in Canada.

NEW YORK / GENEVA (21 October 2016) – Environmental human rights defenders are critical to our future but they face unprecedented risks, according to a new report* to the United Nations General Assembly by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation ...

DRC: UN reports reveal clear use of excessive force, rife impunity for rights violations KINSHASA/GENEVA (21 October 2016) – Congolese police, armed forces and the Republican Guard used excessive – including lethal – force during demonstrations in Kinshasa ...

On The Nation: Lisa Owen interviews Diane Maxwell and Paul Goldsmith Youtube clips from the show are available here. Headlines: The Retirement Commissioner says the superannuation age needs to rise from 65 to 67. Diane Maxwell says the country can’t ...

You might have heard of Scientology's connections with celebrities like Tom Cruise and John Travolta. But what you probably haven't heard is the extensive links the so-called religion has Down Under. ABC journalist Steve Cannane has just released ...

22 October 2016 Media Statement Minister to attend Counter-Daesh meeting in Paris Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee leaves today to attend the Counter-Daesh Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Paris. The meeting is being hosted by French Minister of ...

The latest of a string of incidents at a South Auckland Youth Justice Facility proves the residence is still being mismanaged, but repeated warnings to the government have been ignored.