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Sydney Morning Herald
2 days ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Julie Power
Julie Power is a senior reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald. Opinion Got a cough coming on? Don't soldier on. For heaven's sake, march homewards Based on the cavalier public behaviour I've witnessed recently, I fear we've forgotten the hard-won lessons of COVID. Today, 4.30PM Julie Power Latest Architecture Saved from the wrecking ball, AMP building reopens as a glittering star on Circular Quay Sydney's first real skyscraper has been given a new lease of life after a three-year restoration and modernisation. June 6, 2025 Julie Power Heritage 'Not like there's a Mitre 10 down the road': The mission to rebuild Kosciuszko's famous huts Hiker Hadi Nazari survived nearly two weeks in the mountains, helped by two muesli bars he reportedly found in one of the 60 mountain huts. June 3, 2025 Julie Power Architecture This idea helped build the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. Could it save NSW heritage? Experts say there is too little money to save heritage, and too much red tape. A lottery could help. May 31, 2025 Julie Power Architecture The cake-shaped home that reimagines what a beach house can be A Mollymook landmark for generations, Cakey was 'like living in a tent'. That has all changed. May 27, 2025 Julie Power Heritage How the Paragon, the derelict grand dame of the Blue Mountains, could be saved The owner of the Paragon Cafe in Katoomba has been ordered to secure the site, hire a heritage architect and detail what repairs need to be done. May 16, 2025 Julie Power Sydney councils This North Sydney loo would have a world heritage view. Opponents say the idea stinks One critic says the plan for the Opera House buffer zone was 'equivalent to placing a public toilet in the foreground of Notre Dame Cathedral'. May 14, 2025 Julie Power NSW residential property The small but experimental granny flat that provides a perfect escape Young architects Second Edition have created a new addition to a Bondi home using 'found' everything, even leftover concrete pours from other sites. May 12, 2025 Julie Power
Otago Daily Times
24-05-2025
- Health
- Otago Daily Times
Blood pressure checks, advice offered for all
Oamaru heart health advocate Jan Keown will run another blood pressure check pop-up outside Mitre 10 Oamaru next week. PHOTO: NIC DUFF New Zealand is under pressure and the Heart Foundation is doing something about it. It has launched a nationwide blood pressure awareness campaign to encourage New Zealanders to get their blood pressure checked. Pop-ups are being held across the country, including Oamaru, this month, offering free blood pressure checks. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, affects one million New Zealanders and is the single biggest risk factor for the country's biggest killer — heart disease. One in three New Zealanders over 30 have high blood pressure and there are 350,000 who have high blood pressure and do not know it. Oamaru heart health advocate Jan Keown ran a pop-up outside The Warehouse earlier this week. It was "very much educational", she said. Alongside checking blood pressure, she handed out pamphlets and information sheets explaining how to interpret the results and where the numbers should ideally be. "If the readings are out of kilter with that, we recommend people get them checked either at their pharmacy or with their GP and just know that there are things that they can do to keep their blood pressure down." She said there was a good number of people who came through to get checks. There will be another pop-up outside Mitre 10 Oamaru on Tuesday, from 10am to 2pm.
NZ Herald
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
On the Up: Hawke's Bay bus driver's shelter project keeps kids warm and dry
Somervell's bus is known as the 'music bus' to his young passengers – he has loaded it up with instruments for daily singalongs of Wheels on the Bus and Mary Had a Little Lam b, among other children's favourites, and plays games of I Spy with the children. Father of two of his passengers and Esk Valley farmer Mark Mitchell said the kids love the bus so much that when their parents can collect them from school the kids would still prefer to ride the school bus with Somervell. 'They want to catch the bus because Lee's awesome,' Mitchell said. 'He gives them a present or a bit of birthday cake on their birthdays and all sorts. He's a hell of a bloke.' One wet morning, Somervell saw his young passengers standing in the rain at the end of Mitchell's driveway when he decided 'this is not good enough'. 'It's pretty cold up that Esk Valley,' Somervell said. He and Mitchell discussed building a mai mai to keep the kids dry, but Somervell thought he'd 'go to the top'. 'So I came to Mitre 10,' he said. At Mitre 10 Hastings, Somervell met with advertising, events and sponsorship co-ordinator Pip George, who couldn't help but catch Somervell's enthusiasm. 'We were like, how can we not get behind this project,' she said. 'We receive a lot of requests for good and gift card, but obviously projects like this one inspire us. It's more what we do around the DIY and building and it aligns with our values here at the store.' George sent an email to EIT's School of Trades and Technology carpentry tutor Campbell Johnson, better known as CJ, asking if he and his students would be keen to help build the shelter if Mitre 10 provided the materials, to which he replied 'absolutely'. 'EIT were crucial to this project,' George said. 'Something about students helping younger students, that full circle really means something.' Six weeks later, a bright-orange bus shelter was placed at the end of Mitchell's driveway so his children and their fellow pupils could stay dry during the colder and wetter months. 'It's a hell of a lot better than my garage at home,' laughed Somervell. 'It can be seen from [State Highway 5] and that's a great thing because what we need is giving credit to Mitre 10 Hastings. 'But to have this bus shelter now to unite us all is really good and wonderful teamwork.'
The Age
13-05-2025
- Sport
- The Age
From chasing Ponga to Wallabies bolter: Inside unheralded star's Test push
Nursing a nasty black eye he struggled to keep open, Richie Asiata could not help but laugh when reflecting on his journey from the brink of Australian rugby exile to shock Wallabies prospect. Last year he was doubting his ability to break back into the Queensland Reds fold, let alone garner a Test jumper, as a series of injuries curtailed his career and left him sidelined for the entire Super Rugby Pacific campaign. 'I did my MCL at the beginning of the year, then came back from it and injured it again. I tried to come back again, then injured it again, so it wasn't the best feeling,' Asiata said, days out from the Reds' clash with the Brumbies on Saturday. 'Then I came back and did my back as well, so it wasn't the best of times. There are low times … you always have doubts, we're human after all. 'You've just got to have close ones with you, and my family really helped me through that.' At 29, and with fellow hookers Matt Faessler and Josh Nasser becoming prominent members of the Wallabies squad, he needed something to change. His first elite-level game of 2024 against Wales rejuvenated him – Asiata scored a hat-trick, before embarking to New Zealand to don the Northland colours in the Mitre 10 competition. Star showings on the Reds' tours to Tonga, Japan and the United Kingdom followed, and he won the No.2 jumper to launch the 2025 season, before Faessler and Nasser succumbed to hamstring and shoulder injuries, respectively.
Sydney Morning Herald
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
From chasing Ponga to Wallabies bolter: Inside unheralded star's Test push
Nursing a nasty black eye he struggled to keep open, Richie Asiata could not help but laugh when reflecting on his journey from the brink of Australian rugby exile to shock Wallabies prospect. Last year he was doubting his ability to break back into the Queensland Reds fold, let alone garner a Test jumper, as a series of injuries curtailed his career and left him sidelined for the entire Super Rugby Pacific campaign. 'I did my MCL at the beginning of the year, then came back from it and injured it again. I tried to come back again, then injured it again, so it wasn't the best feeling,' Asiata said, days out from the Reds' clash with the Brumbies on Saturday. 'Then I came back and did my back as well, so it wasn't the best of times. There are low times … you always have doubts, we're human after all. 'You've just got to have close ones with you, and my family really helped me through that.' At 29, and with fellow hookers Matt Faessler and Josh Nasser becoming prominent members of the Wallabies squad, he needed something to change. His first elite-level game of 2024 against Wales rejuvenated him – Asiata scored a hat-trick, before embarking to New Zealand to don the Northland colours in the Mitre 10 competition. Star showings on the Reds' tours to Tonga, Japan and the United Kingdom followed, and he won the No.2 jumper to launch the 2025 season, before Faessler and Nasser succumbed to hamstring and shoulder injuries, respectively.
