A new wave of target killings of journalists and attacking on the media houses have again started. With in the span of 24 hours two media persons were killed by, as usual, “unknown persons”. The score comes to five during the current year. According ...
Increasing numbers of GPs are giving up referring patients for first specialist assessments because they know it’s a waste of time, Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King says.
The Minister of Education’s announcement to fund a full time coordinator and provide ongoing funding to support an initiative for lifting Māori children’s learning was met with enthusiastic applause at the Te Akatea Māori Principals’ conference ...
Rising Voices was born out of an inspired collaboration between Grace Taylor and Jai MacDonald, both winners in previous Auckland poetry Slams and teaching artists to young and emerging spoken word poets. Jai and Grace saw a need for a Poetry Slam ...
Duke Apelinga, a second year Bachelor of Creative Technologies student who is majoring in graphic design has taken out the top award in a design competition run by the Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec).
This weekend’s Tanoa Paihia Hotel Rally of the North will represent a fresh start for Clint Cunningham, with a restructured team in the search of improved reliability.
Staff of a 69-strong quango have racked up sky-high bills jet-setting overseas to attend international events, while income from the sector it services has dropped 37 per cent over the same period, Labour’s State Services spokesperson Kris Faafoi ...
The RBNZ yesterday morning cut the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 0.25% to 2.75% as expected, and stated some further easing is possible. The NZ economy is growing at a 2% annual rate, and they see further weakness in the global economy.
This appeal weekend, the service are calling on Wellingtonians to ‘be the onesies’ who help keep their local ambulance service free.
New Zealand’s national butchery team, The Pure South Sharp Blacks, have won the Tri-Nations Butchers’ challenge; their third consecutive win.
Legendary jazz bassist David Friesen, NZ’s own Hollie Smith and Melbourne vocalist Hetty Kate will headline the 2015 Queenstown JazzFest held from Friday 23rd to Monday 26th October. Throughout the Labour Weekend, the 38th JazzFest will showcase a selection ...
You get one chance each year. Put a ring around Sunday November 15. Better still book your ride now www.bikethebridge.co.nz as there is limited spaces. Once they are gone...
A documentary capturing the history and criticality of Northland’s Electricity Rescue Helicopter Service has been launched to coincide with the annual fundraising appeal now underway.
While the government claims its Rural Broadband Initiative is a success in Southland, their two local MP’s say it’s a failure.
The government’s boast in parliament yesterday that it has provided $25 million in compensation for the 2010 Psa-v outbreak is an insult to kiwifruit growers and others who lost at least $885 million as a result of the preventable incursion, The ...
News from Greenpeace Wellington MP Russel Norman, one of the country’s most high-profile politicians, will take the reins as executive director of Greenpeace New Zealand after he leaves Parliament later this year. Norman will stand down as an MP and as a member of the Green Party in October, before taking over at Greenpeace in […]
Open air events at the New Zealand Festival will be free to the public for three weeks in February and March next year thanks to funding support from the Wellington Regional Amenities Fund.
News from MVRA The Mt Victoria Residents’ Association plans an evening of highlighting one of Mt Vic’s most delightful features — our backyards. It’s on on Thursday at 7.30, with the backyard panel beginning after the brief formalities for the MVRA’s annual general meeting. Our backyards are individually appreciated and enjoyed, but collectively they may […]
Manaus, 10 September 2015 - Answering a call from the Ka’apor people, activists from Greenpeace Brazil are working with the Ka’apor indigenous community to monitor and protect their lands from the invasion of illegal loggers in Maranhão state, ...
Ten iconic Wellington nature attractions have launched a time-lapse video showcasing the natural beauty of Wellington’s outdoors. The video is available on YouTube and can be viewed here or by using the search term Natural Wellington .
As many as three Kiwi women are diagnosed with gynaecological cancer every day and one woman dies.
Police are asking for people on the North Shore to check their sheds and outbuildings, as the search for a missing man continues tonight.
At 6.23pm on Thursday 10th September 2015 Police received a report of a collision between a car and a train at a rail crossing.
Collective local government savings worth millions of dollars have already been achieved, and more will be delivered, through collaborative arrangements between the 12 councils of the Waikato region, says a new report.
Christchurch’s Central City travel network is getting another boost, with three further transport projects given the go-ahead – creating a compact pedestrian-, bus- and cycle-friendly core, while maintaining good access for private vehicles.