Code red is the fourth and final step in a traffic light system that matches staff availability and patient demand. Red is defined as a “critical care capacity deficit”.

"We have always been supportive of appropriate and respectful development. We don’t believe this is appropriate or respectful."

"When 5-year-olds and 70-year-old couples [are sitting listening to] one of your songs, it’s a good reminder that you don’t need to box yourself into a certain space. It’s special."

"No-one is denying that rising rates is an issue across the country ... but before coming up with a solution, we need to properly identify what’s causing the problem."

Green MP Julie Ann Genter: "For a city like Wellington it just make sense to have trains to the planes."

Nell on her mum watching her act in horror film Evil Dead Rise: “She had read the scripts, so she knew when all the bad bits were coming. Basically, she watched two minutes of it.” www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...

“National have to do something because unless they hold Auckland, [the coalition government] is f....ed.”

The national museum’s chief executive Courtney Johnston says the options were presented to provoke a wide-ranging discussion and demonstrate the significance of the financial challenge Te Papa faces.

The first Articulate episode of 2026 is live, featuring @vicciho.com discussing the power of visibility and stereotypes.

"It is just time for me to let it go, live my life."

“We said would you be able to consider the rent in line with market conditions but their answer was no. We were a bit sad, so we thought we’d have a look at what was available.”

"I just want to sell scooters. I never thought it would involve the fear, the sleepless nights, the obsessive security camera checking."

“They knew if I went to use a phone for anything other than communicating with them, and I was asked not to use the phone at all while they were trying to catch the scammer.”

“The citizens of Invercargill can be proud of the enormous legacy leaves.’’

"The PM has been catching up on work from home this week, planning for the year ahead."

John and Penny Pennington are still looking at other sites, despite both being in their 70s. The cafe is their retirement nest egg.

Local Government Minister Simon Watts: "I am closely monitoring the situation to ensure the integrity of the electoral process is upheld."

NZTA expects to complete the bridge project early in the new year - pouring the rest of the concrete surface, fencing, lighting, planting, landscaping, and installing artworks and utilities.

“As with Auckland, a cautious attitude seems to be pervading the Wellington housing market.”

"People are looking for some reassurance [that] there is a plan, there's a strategy for the city that is inclusive, and also that it's about getting the council spending under control."

For those keen on a real book, Tania Roxborogh has a suggestion: Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea.

“There’s not too many sales, but I’m buying stuff anyway cause we’re here.”

“It would be difficult to move them now and without attracting any attention."

Luke Pierson: "What we don’t have here is perfection. But what we do have, is a chance to fix a longstanding transport challenge for Wellington."

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“Comparing apples-to-oranges like this calls into question the validity of the conclusions in the report.”

“Cycling is a low-cost way to get around the city. The council needs to be doing everything it can to enable people to make cheaper, low-carbon journeys.”

Chilli Cheese Hotdog ... go fetch!

Screenshots of Chung’s phone, taken after the incident was uncovered, show he answered an incoming call from Bloxham at 11.10am on November 13. The call lasted exactly 40 minutes. It was followed at 12.09pm with a message from Bloxham: “can you talk?”.

The figure is just a “starting point”, councillors have been told.

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“Church St is a broken KO model where they cram high needs, complex tenants into apartments and expect them to do well.”

Regrets from a big figure The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and Miramar film empire: “I thought, ‘oh no, what have I put my money into’.”

“We opened to serve our people and to keep our food accessible, not be exclusive. Maybe that makes us bad business people on paper, but raising our prices beyond what our community could afford didn't sit right with us.”

"Not releasing these figures earlier casts a shadow over the public survey's findings."

“This will make it cheaper and easier for Wellingtonians to travel, and for people to visit Wellington. And that's the game changer for the city.”

“It certainly takes me away from my core business, which is the students here and the staff here. It's very hard because there's a real lack of power to do anything about it.”

"The reality is you're pretty much up against a monster. They are masters in manipulation."

James Cameron on Avatar: "It doesn’t feel like an animated film ... it exists as some kind of lucid dream-like state in between, which I think is part of the power of the film."

Mayor Andrew Little: “I encourage everyone to head into Wellington and get amongst the exciting atmosphere, and support our local shops and hospo while you’re there.”

“We already share a number of services regionally, including water and public transport. More can be done, which is why mayors are jointly committed to getting on with a plan to see what is workable.”

Councillor Nureddin Abdurahman secured a clear majority for the revocation notice, with only four Greens and two Pouiwi declining to sign.

The deadline for the legally required returns is today, but Andrew Little was the only main mayoral candidate to have his forms in by the end of the day yesterday.

“If it’s okay for our ministers to speak like that, saying that our academics suffer from ‘derangement syndrome’, it makes it okay for the general public to say that.”

Nicola Willis going thermonuclear on Ruth Richardson and TPU's upcoming campaign against her. She says she wants Ruth Richardson to stop "lurking in the shadows with secretly funded ads in the paper" and debate her directly on her "tolerance for human misery". www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...