Bill Hickman13:07, Jul 28 2021
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Strengthening work continues on Wellington Town Hall.
Good afternoon Pōneke, here’s what is happening in the pages of the Dominion and around the city today.
1pm: A day in the life of a Wellington bus driver Transport reporter Joel MacManus spent the day with Mana Coachlines drivers Stephen Hilliard and Eruera Grace. Hilliard spent 25 years of his career as a funeral director, now he starts most mornings with a school run, and it leaves a smile on his face every time. “I had many, many years of hearing the sounds of sorrow and grief. Now, when I have kids screaming and yelling and carrying on, I love it. I love every minute of it. It’s the sound of happy kids,” he says.
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College Old Boys hooker Cory Purton, centre, goes up the guts against Te Kawau at the Arena on Thursday night.
RUGBY: When Jubilee Cup winners Feilding soared to 17-0 as if on a training gallop, Varsity coach Scott Lewis might have sent out a mayday call at Johnston Park on Saturday. But after 80 minutes it ended only 27-20 to the Jubilee Cup champions Yellows who also regained the Stuart Freebairn Cup after the students had dominated for long periods even without 12 on the injured list including eight starting players. So come the heart of the second round, if the Varsity wounded can be repaired and they can unearth some attacking flair in the backs, they could re-emerge as threats.