Podcasts about Porirua

A new research lab in Porirua has been built to be set on fire. The Building Research Association said the $40 million facility can simulate the way fire spreads through multi-storey buildings, providing some of the most advanced fire testing capabilities in the Southern Hemisphere. Kate Green reports

In Pacific Waves today: Fiji national describes Israel-Iran conflict as 'freaky'; Bougainville independence talks conclude; Tonga's Princess calls for whales to have legal rights; Pacific Climate Warriors take climate change message to Pasifika in Porirua. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

A new Curia poll has seen Labour overtake National, albeit by a very slim margin. Is it realistic to think Labour could form a government after next year's election? Also, despite soon having a new water entity, Wellington's water bills from the second half of this year will be the equivalent of $50 a week - and by 2033 the bills will reach $20 a day. Can Wellingtonians afford this? To answer those questions, former Porirua mayor and Infrastructure NZ CEO Nick Leggett and political commentator Ben Thomas joined Nick Mills for Friday Faceoff. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today marks 10 years since All Black Jerry Collins and his partner Alana Madill were both killed in a fatal car crash in the south of france. At 6pm tonight Porirua's Jerry Collins Stadium hosts a special memorial match, put on by his first amateur club Norths United RFC.

The Wellington Saints head to Porirua for their latest NBL game, to take on the bottom of table Otago Nuggets. Head coach Aaron Young joined Adam Cooper to reflect on their recent trip north, and update the progress of star player Shea Ili's concussion issue. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A group of Porirua volunteers is offering warm kai to those in need during the chilly winter months. Wellington Issues Reporter Nick James went along to take a look.

The government has announced $164 million in extra funding for after-hours doctors clinics around the country - but the announcement doesn't include any specific funding for services in central Wellington. Currently, those seeking 24/7 care are required to travel to a clinic in Kenepuru - and that looks set to remain the case. To discuss the announcement and the importance of after hours primary care, Porirua GP and chair of General Practice New Zealand Dr Bryan Betty joined Nick Mills. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The search is on for families of nearly 2000 mental health patients who were buried in unmarked graves in Porirua. Porirua Cemeteries Manager Daniel Chrisp spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

In today's episode, smoke has billowed out of the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, and it is black showing no Pope has been chosen, dozens of Indian and Pakistani civilians have been killed after hostilities erupted between the two nations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the government has been told the police need greater powers to properly clamp down on transnational and organised criminal groups, the search is on for families of nearly 2000 mental health patients who were buried in unmarked graves in Porirua, the New Zealand Film Commission is working to strengthen ties with India and Europe as the United States threatens to slap a 100 percent tariff on any films made here, and a meteor shower, which is actually a brightly burning trail of space debris left behind by Halleys Comet, will be visible in our skies over the next few days.

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A government call for mayors to help battle truancy is cheeky and completely at odds with earlier instructions for councils to stick to roads and pipes and keep their noses out of everything else. That from Porirua Mayor Anita Baker, in reponse to a letter from the Associate Minister of Education. David Seymour has written to Aotearoa's mayors asking them to help boost school attendance. He's refered them to daily attendance data and is encouraging them to quote "lead the change they want to see." Porirua mayor Anita Baker spoke to Lisa Owen.

David Seymour's calling on mayors to help in reducing school truancies. The Associate Education Minister's asking mayors to use the Government's new daily school attendance dashboard to understand how regions compare to each other. Porirua Mayor Anita Baker says Seymour's plea was vague. “So if he wants to play us a formal role, I think he needs to look at funding us." LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Former Labour leader and Cabinet minister Andrew Little finally announced this week he is running to be the city's mayor. Is he automatically the hot favourite? Also, we learnt this week that Wellington Water received a report in 2021 outlining many of the concerns around spending identified in the most recent report. But this report was seemingly lost - or ignored. How on earth does this happen? To answer those questions, Nick was joined by former Porirua mayor and Wellington Water chair Nick Leggett, and Iron Duke Partners senior consultant Maddy Burgess Smith for Thursday Faceoff, ahead of a long Easter weekend. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After passing his NCEA Level 1 literacy and numeracy exams last year at just 9 years old. Porirua schoolboy Raymond Hsu set a new goal .. to gain university entrance.. Raymond just sat the SAT test... a U.S. university admissions test typically taken by 12th-grade students ..which is the equivalent to Year 13 in New Zealand... Raymond just received his results and he passed!

OPINION What is it with Prime Ministers from Auckland giving us a bad rap? First it was John Key telling us we were dying. He of course was right - he just got his decades wrong. Now we have Christopher Luxon calling us "lame-o". I haven't heard that phrase since the 90s, but that aside, he's dead right. Why? Well last year the government announced it would be offering councils the opportunity to sign up to what they called 'regional deals'. These would be a 10 year plans based on a 30 year visions which would provide a range of options for funding. Maybe toll roads, maybe a new train line, a new tunnel. Whatever it might be, the idea was to try to help the regions with the high cost of infrastructure and unlock a bit more productivity. It's a great idea. The government invited councils across the country to come up with ideas by the end of February from which it would select five regions to put forward for more in depth proposals and eventually a truckload of cash. Basically this was free cash for a big idea. It was a very good opportunity for Wellington. But guess what... we didn't even suggest anything. Eighteen proposals were submitted last month but none were from the Wellington region. Well Prime Minister Christopher Luxon didn't like that. That's where the lame-o comment came from. Luxon said every other region has been able to work together for the last six months while Wellington hasn't even shown up with a proposal.. Chris Hipkins even criticised our councils too. He said our councils need to get it together. What this really demonstrates to me is that our councils simply can't work together. How often have we said we need a super city? How often do we discuss the fact that our Mayors are not all on same page? Look at Wellington Water. They couldn't keep track of all these cost blowouts and they couldn't agree on whether to sack chair Nick Leggett. And now we find they can't agree on what is essentially free money for a big project. The rest is history, well not quite history. The name calling isn't stopping.. Wellington mayor Tory Whanau said the comments were “poor form” for a Prime Minister. "With due respect Prime Minister we will deliver a deal it'll just be on our time frame. We are determined to get this right," Whanau said. Why does she think its the council's job to dictate timeframes to a government wanting to dish out free cash? Apparently they were told by the Crown observer to concentrate on their water issues and not to put a submission together. Because its really clear our councils have been focused on water.... come on. Whoever you want to listen to, it's clear the relations between the government and Wellington councils have sunk to a new low. They keep trading jabs. What is it with the Wellington region? Why is it that they can't work together for something as simple as putting a proposal together to get some money from the government? And why do we have to keep talking about combining Porirua, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt and Wellington into one council? If ever we needed confirmation that this is required for us to grow it's this week. No unanimous decision on the future of Wellington Water and no discussion to submit something to the government's regional deals. These deals were quite literally money for nothing and we didn't even want it. Frankly we are lame-o for not grasping that with both hands. This just confirms to me how desperately we need one council. One council table to take the region forward, not four. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Porirua mayor Anita Baker says the proposed `kangaroo court' targeted at the Wellington Water chair is a disgrace. 

The fallout from damning Wellington Water reports is ramping up. Upper Hutt mayor Wayne Guppy, Porirua deputy mayor Kylie Wihapi, and Wellington City councillor Ben McNulty spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Questions over the future of Wellington Water's chairman, with calls for him to go after troubling findings within the organisation. A scathing review has found poor procurement processes, potential for fraud, and a serious lack of value for money. Board chair Nick Leggett says if the region's mayors ask him to go, he will, but thinks he's taken good action on the issues. Porirua Mayor Anita Baker says he doesn't need to go. She told Andrew Dickens they're a year out from water reforms and him and Pat Dougherty are working exceptionally well together to achieve them. Baker says she doesn't see the point. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Police announced yesterday they will be opening a new training wing for recruits in Auckland. The current Royal New Zealand Police College is in Porirua, where recruits train for 20 weeks. Police Commissioner Richard Chambers talks to Mike Hosking about the need for the new location, what it will do for the target of 500 new police, if the Police are on track for that target, and flexibility it will give the recruits. LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This two-episode podcast examines the importance of effective, proactive multi-agency collaboration in adolescent forensic mental health settings. In this discussion, Dr James Gardiner and Dr Enys Delmage cover common presentations and highlight best practices across various environments, including inpatient services, community-based care and in-reach programs to youth justice residences (secure units operated by Oranga Tamariki, where some children remanded by the Youth or High Courts may be placed). This series introduces key topics that will be explored in greater detail at the upcoming RANZCP Section of Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry Conference held in March 2025, Wellington. This podcast will be valuable for professionals working in adolescent forensic settings or those involved with children in the justice system.   Dr James Gardiner is a forensic psychiatrist working at Tū Māia, formerly known as Regional Youth Forensic Services in Auckland.  Most of his work involves delivering in-reach mental health care to the two youth justice residences in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.  James has worked as an in-reach psychiatrist in various correctional settings for around 20 years, with the last 10 years working with young people. Dr Enys Delmage is an adolescent forensic psychiatrist working at Ngā Taiohi, a secure inpatient service for young people in Porirua, Wellington. With a specific interest in the interface between mental health and the law in relation to young people, his research primarily explores the international landscape of the minimum age of criminal responsibility. References: UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database World Bank International Crime Rates and Statistics 2000-2025 dataTopic suggestion:If you have a topic suggestion or would like to participate in a future episode of Psych Matters, we'd love to hear from you.Please contact us by email at: psychmatters.feedback@ranzcp.orgDisclaimer:This podcast is provided to you for information purposes only and to provide a broad public understanding of various mental health topics. The podcast may represent the views of the author and not necessarily the views of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists ('RANZCP'). The podcast is not to be relied upon as medical advice, or as a substitute for medical advice, does not establish a doctor-patient relationship and should not be a substitute for individual clinical judgement. By accessing The RANZCP's podcasts you also agree to the full terms and conditions of the RANZCP's Website. Expert mental health information and finding a psychiatrist in Australia or New Zealand is available on the RANZCP's Your Health In Mind Website.

Health NZ is pushing back against the claims patients in Porirua have been declined specialist appointments based on their body mass indexes. A group of Porirua GPs have claimed their patients had been rejected for general and orthopaedic surgeries based on BMI - and they fear it's a tactic to manage waiting lists. Health NZ's Chief Clinical Officer, Dr Richard Sullivan, has stepped up to deny these claims. "We're not using what we call body mass index, which is really a combination of someone's height and weight, to manage wait-lists, that's absolutely not true." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's a call for accountability after assaults against a man ordered by the court to stay in a mental health unit run by IDEA services. Anne Hunt said her grandson, Daniel - who was sent the facility in Kenepuru, Porirua, when he was found unfit for to stand trial on criminal charges - is the victim of bullying, which is affecting his well-being. Police have laid charges after one incident last month left Daniel requiring hospital treatment for a bruised and bloodied face. Jimmy Ellingham reports, and a warning, his story contains distressing details.

All around New Zealand, people are trying to make things just a little bit better for their communities. The 22 Environment Centres, or Hubs, found throughout the country aim to help with this. Claire Concannon visits the Tairāwhiti Environment Centre to learn about their three pou of waste minimisation, education, and biodiversity, and about the environmental projects they support. She also meets their close neighbours – Gizzy Kai Rescue – who are looking to balance the scales of local food waste and food scarcity. Guests:Steph Temple, Hub Coordinator, Tairāwhiti Environment CentreSam Rowland, Manager, Tairāwhiti Environment CentreLauren Beatty, Gizzy Kai RescueDr Sarah Boyle, Wai Connections TairāwhitiLearn more:Visit the websites of Tairāwhiti Environment Centre, Gizzy Kai Rescue, the Every Bite programme, the Aotearoa Food Rescue Alliance, and Wai Connections.Learn about other food rescue programmes around the country, including in Hawke's Bay and Porirua.Another conservation project in Tairāwhiti is aimed at bringing a beautiful endangered plant back from the brink.Sign up to the Our Changing World monthly newsletter for episode backstories, science analysis and more.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

It's been a tough year for foodbanks with more people in financial hardship and funding hard to come by. But one foodbank in Porirua run by Wellington iwi Ngāti Toa says collaboration and connection is what helps them survive a tough year and keep feeding the community. Māori Issues Reporter Pokere Paewai visited Te Umu Ki Rangi-tuhi on one of their busiest weeks in the build up to Christmas. 

Police are warning there may be some traffic disruption on Tuesday as officers keep a close eye on a gang member's funeral in Hutt Valley and Porirua. Acting Area Commander Inspector Shaun Lingard spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Principals say some school-leavers will have to rethink their plans after failing critical NCEA literacy and numeracy tests. Thousands of students failed the numeracy, reading, and writing tests and cannot get an NCEA qualification until they pass. To rub salt into the wound, a nine-year-old Porirua boy was among the students who passed. Education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.

The national hīkoi for te Tiriti has arrived on Parliament's doorstep. After travelling through Hawkes Bay and Manawatu over the weekend the main convoy reached Porirua on the outskirts of Wellington on Sunday night. Māori Issues Reporter Pokere Paewai reports.

For decades, Pat Hanley has been a tireless advocate for the rights of beneficiaries, drawing attention to the persistent challenges they face. In this week's episode of When the Facts Change, he sits down with Bernard Hickey to unpack the deep-rooted causes of poverty in Porirua. Hanley argues that both the underlying issues and society's approach to addressing poverty demand a comprehensive overhaul, calling for transformative change to create a fairer, more supportive social landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Zoe George & Mark Sainsbury to discuss a potential law change to protect comedians, critics and artists who poke fun at others & Porirua's successful ChoctoberFest.

Road users say the projected five-month closure of a link road between Wellington and Porirua will mean longer commutes. Krystal Gibbens reports.

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Communities in Kapiti and Porirua north of Wellington have rallied against telehealth being brought in at their local hospital. Political reporter Giles Dexter has more.

A police college based in Auckland could be on the cards. New intakes at the Porirua college will be bolstered next year by 20 recruits each wing to reach 100 trainees. By late August, applications had overtaken 5,500 - more than double the number for the same period last year. But Assistant Commissioner Jill Rogers says the Porirua facility is already groaning at the seams. "It makes sense for us to look in that Tāmaki Makaurau environment, because that's where the bulk of our people will come from. I think it's a good, sensible decision for us to start looking around there." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emergency services are still at the scene of a fatal house fire in Whitby, Porirua. Reporter Ashleigh McCall spoke to Charlotte Cook.

The Silver Ferns have lost the Taini Jamison Trophy after failing to protect a one-point halftime lead in last night's second netball test against England in Porirua.

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Jordan Ngatai is a New Zealand Basketball player from Porirua. He has represented several clubs, including championship stints with the NZ Breakers, Wellington Saints, and the Otago Nuggets. He has also been a key player for the Tall Blacks across various campaigns. - In this podcast we talked about: Switching codes from Rugby to Basketball Playing alongside legends of the game on the court The feeling of putting on the black jersey and representing New Zealand Leading the Haka for the Tall Blacks, and what it means to represent his culture Filling the mentor role for younger players Dropping 47 points for the Hawks How becoming a father has changed his perspective on everything Episode out now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and iHeartRadio.

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Porirua College has cancelled its NCEA literacy tests because students arent ready for them and there's already too much pressure on them and staff according to the principal. Students need to pass the tests to achieve NCEA qualifications, with the two week assessment period for the numeracy and literacy asessments starting today. Porirua College had decided it students will only sit the numeracy test this time round, because of an already heavy assessment schedule, Porirua College Principal Ragne Maxwell spoke to Lisa Owen.

The downpour has moved to Kapiti and Porirua which both have severe weather warnings in place, as well as Taranaki. There's already flooding across the Wellington region, while 50 homes in Greymouth have been cut off because of a slip after the region was battered by heavy downpours overnight. Wellington Region Emergency Management Regional Manager Jeremy Holmes speaks to Lisa Owen.

There is widespread flooding in Pāuatahanui north of Porirua where rain is still falling heavily.

Heavy rain warnings were in force Monday morning for the lower North Island, as the weekend's wet and boisterous north-to-westerly winds continued. Porirua mayor Anita Baker spoke to Corin Dann.

Kenepuru Hospital in Porirua north of Wellington is poised to use telehealth services to provide after-hours care if there's no doctor available. Nick James has more.

The Porirua Mayor said a new initiative to stop students fighting at the city centre railway station is off to a good start. Three safety officers, known as navigators, started patrolling Porirua station yesterday during peak hours, Krystal Gibbens reports.

Norm Hewitt is being remembered as a giant totara in Porirua where he contributed to the community over many years. The former All Blacks hooker, who had motor neurone disease, has died at the age of 55. In 2005, he and dance partner Carol-Ann Hickmore won the first season of Dancing with the Stars, Carol-Ann Hickmore speaks to Susana Lei'ataua.

Porirua leaders have voted in favour of upgrading a pump station in the hope of stopping sewage flowing into the sea at Titahi Bay. Kate Green reports.

In episode 1574, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, Zahra Noorbakhsh, to discuss... Ron DeSantis Finally Talks About THOSE BOOTS, The Store That Cried ORGANIZED SHOPLIFTING RING!!!!, Dentists Agree: Eat All Your Halloween Candy In One (Disgusting) Sitting, New Zealand's Celine Dion-Based “Plague” Is Actually Evidence Of A Thriving Subculture and more! 3 Expert Shoemakers Say Ron DeSantis Is Probably Wearing Height Boosters Dentists Agree: Eat All Your Halloween Candy In One (Disgusting) Sitting Which Halloween treats are the worst for your teeth? Dentists weigh in Dentist says ‘eat all your Halloween candy at once, for your teeth' Why You Should Eat ALL Of Your Halloween Candy At Once, According To Dentists New Zealand's Celine Dion-Based “Plague” Is Actually Evidence Of A Thriving Subculture A small New Zealand city has been plagued by drivers blasting Céline Dion ballads at 2 a.m. for almost a year Cars competing who can blast Celine Dion songs the loudest plunge New Zealand town into chaos Auckland's underground street music scene: cars, loud speakers and late-night sound battles Fed-up Porirua locals fear petition to ban ‘siren battles' falling on deaf ears LISTEN: So Cold In Koreatown by Sleepy EyesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.