Residents celebrate as diggers arrive on Wellington south coast beach

Can't view this email, [click here]( [The Dominion Banner]( 17 December 2021 Hi {NAME}, Catch up on the most popular Dominion Post stories you might have missed this week. [Large Article Image]( [Residents celebrate as diggers arrive on Wellington south coast beach]( Truck and digger drivers were greeted with coffee and scones when they arrived with heavy machinery to start work to remove a "wave ramp" at Ōwhiro Bay. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Large Article Image]( [SH59 north of Wellington opens, but delays expected as congestion clears]( State Highway 59 that was earlier closed by a slip is now fully open, but motorists are still advised to expect delays as congestion eases. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Child drowns in sea off Napier's Marine Parade]( Four police officers and a member of the public attempted to save the child, who got into trouble in the water on Friday afternoon. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Pre-Christmas Transmission Gully opening looks doubtful, despite speculation]( Social media chatter suggests the long-awaited motorway will be running from December 18, but authorities have hit the brakes on the rumours. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Police release name of 5-year-old boy who drowned in Napier]( The 5-year-old died while swimming off Marine Parade on Friday – an outcome police describe as “devastating” for the family. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Police confirm body found is missing man Joe Pryor]( Joe Pryor's body was found two weeks after he was last seen at his Kāpiti Coast workplace on December 11. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Transmission Gully will not open in 2021, transport agency confirms]( The long-awaited, billion-dollar Wellington motorway project will miss its fifth opening deadline in the past two years. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Transmission Gully public-private partnership contract was wrong call, Transport Minister says]( Transport Minister Michael Wood says Transmission Gully’s public-private partnership model was a mistake. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Transmission Gully: Blame games and anger at road's fifth delay in two years]( “It’s frustrating for it to go on and on and on." The disappointment is palpable as Transmission Gully misses yet another deadline - and won't be open in time for Christmas. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Train damaged after hitting slip north of Plimmerton]( Passengers on board the Thursday evening train were told to "stay in our seats, not to move and not to panic" after the train collided with a slip in Wellington. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( Stuff daily quiz Have you taken part in today's quiz? [See what it takes to reach the top of the leader board.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus]( [Unsubscribe]( [Newsletter Settings]( [Privacy Policy]( [Advertise]( [Feedback](