Wellington.Scoop An official report this week showed that a mistake by KiwiRail maintenance staff was responsible for the derailment of a TransMetro train in Wellington last year. As a result of the report, urgent recommendations have been made to KiwiRail about its maintenance procedures. News from Transport Accident Investigation Commission On Monday 20 May 2013, […]
The reality of the massive impact the construction of City Rail Link will have is becoming ever more apparent as we get closer the start of works in November. Auckland Transport have already started installing new bus lanes on a number of roads to enable buses to avoid potential congestion caused by the works and now [...]
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The Washington Post reports: The Obama administration is moving toward major changes in its military train-and-equip program for the Syrian opposition after the acknowledged failure of efforts to create a new force of rebel fighters to combat the Islamic State there. In comments that appeared to shock even many of those involved in Syria policy […]
Two months of dry weather has caused a five metre drop in the water level at Yonki Dam in the Eastern Highlands, which supplies power to a third of papua New Guinea. Video: EMTV. Pacific Scoop: Report – By Pacific Media Watch in Port Moresby The United Nations called on Pacific governments this week to […]
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise; Freightways, Sky TV, Z gain, Kathmandu drops as Briscoe offer lapses
The 2015 Youth Ambassadors delegation from Taiwan performed at Wellington Chinese Sports and Culture Centre on Saturday, 5 September. Throughout their 90-minute show, entitled Energetic New Taiwan , the talented 16-member group wowed the audience with ...
Searches have continued today on foot, by boat, and by plane for missing persons Mr Kopua and Mrs Burling.
NZ dollar heads for 1% weekly gain as dairy prices rise, Fed keeps rates on hold
SCAPE Public Art presents a blockbuster combination as the next projects of the Christchurch Biennial SCAPE 8 New Intimacies
Canterbury Police can confirm that Kai Lan has returned home and is safe and well.
The Academy Galleries are showing the World Press Photo exhibition, brought to New Zealand by the NetherlanNZ Foundation.
Workplace Relations and Safety and Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse and the Philippines Secretary of Labour and Employment Ms Rosalinda Baldoz have today signed a bilateral Arrangement on the recruitment and treatment of Filipino migrant workers.
Mt Hutt has announced today the extension of its ski season by a further week, a timely announcement with the imminent arrival of more new snow this weekend.
Global food unions representing 2.6 million workers in the food industries are keeping a close eye on a dispute between a group of New Zealand meat workers and Talleys AFFCO.
A section on lower Mt Pleasant Rd (between Seamount Tce and Billy’s Track) is currently one lane with a priority give-way to downhill traffic. From Monday 28 Sept, this will become a full closure for about 5 weeks. Plan to use Major Hornbrook or Soleares.
Tickets will be available next week for the annual Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust Mayoral Concert for the Elderly.
The tsunami warning for Bay of Plenty was lifted at 2.00pm today by Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management (MCDEM).
A delegation from the Australian Joint Committee Public Accounts and Audit is visiting Parliament from Wednesday 23 to Thursday 24 September 2015. The visit is part of an annual exchange of select committees between the New Zealand and Australian Parliaments.
New Zealand’s second-largest private sector union is backing calls to significantly lift the refugee intake amidst reports that a family of climate change refugees could be deported within the next week.
Stuff reports: A senior doctors’ union has condemned an “outrageous” move by Whanganui District Health Board to summon a hospital doctor to a disciplinary meeting over his part in a protest against the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. Emergency medicine specialist Chris Cresswell, who is also the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists’ Whanganui branch president, was arrested […]
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New Zealand to host 2016/17 Pacific League World Cup Dressage Final Dressage followers are celebrating with the news that New Zealand is hosting the 2016/2017 Pacific League World Cup Final. It was 1998 when the nation last hosted the league final, and the ...
Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce leaves tomorrow for his second visit to China this year, where he will represent the Government at the New Zealand-China Partnership Forum in Beijing. He will also visit Guangzhou in southern China, a significant ...
The company operating a Dunedin Countdown supermarket where a security gate collapsed on an employee has been fined $44,300 and ordered to pay reparations of $33,000.