Новости за 28.09.2015

A new nationwide research project will investigate whether giving oxygen to heart attack patients is actually helping.

These dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks called recurring slope lineae flowing downhill on Mars are inferred to have been formed by contemporary flowing water. Recently, planetary scientists detected hydrated salts on these slopes at Hale crater, ...

AUCKLAND (Māori Television/Pacific Media Watch): While New Zealand agonises over whether or not it should change its flag, spare a thought for those who have a real problem with theirs. 

The Atlantic reports: As Brazil or Italy is to soccer, New Zealand is to rugby. And aside from their superior performance on the pitch, the All Blacks—as the country’s national team is known—are perhaps most famous for a special pre-game ritual. Before each match, the All Blacks, who are set to play Namibia on September […]

Tags: General Debate

In comments to a recent post I wrote reviewing recommendations from the Australian Productivity Commission’s review of public infrastructure investment, reader Brendon Harre raised an important question about transport cost-benefit analysis (CBA). He commented that:

Aotearoa BDS Network Two Israeli soldiers who participated in Israel’s 2014 attacks on Gaza have been given a platform to speak at Victoria University on 29/9/2015. Student groups and academics have been concerned about this for various reasons, and have raised a number of points. When the current Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon came to […]

PUBLIC STATEMENT As academics, researchers and educators associated with Victoria University, we are dismayed to learn that the Student Union Building will play host next week to soldiers from the Israeli Defense Force, touring Aotearoa/New Zealand as part of a nation-wide campaign to justify Israeli crimes in last year’s war in Gaza. Operation Protective Edge, […]

Brian Fitzgerald reviews the new documentary exploring the origins of Greenpeace.

The documentary film How To Change the World has just splashed out on cinema screens in nine countries. It is by far the best telling of the origin story of Greenpeace I've ever seen, and I've seen a few.

AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): Māori Television’s Native Affairs story on West Papua went to air tonight. This is the report by the first New Zealand television crew allowed into the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian region in 50 years.

Here’s a story I wrote earlier today for The Register: Oz telco consolidation continues. Fibre and data centre owner Vocus and consumer/business carrier and service provider M2 are merging to create what they are calling a “full-service vertically integrated telco”. Assuming shareholders agree and the plan gets nodded through by regulatory authorities — both seem […]

As noted in the post this morning, Auckland Transport have today launched a series of short videos with the theme of “Time to cool your love affair with your car?”

A nationwide dairy farm survey is under way as part of a project to evaluate the effectiveness of current vaccination practices to prevent leptospirosis in dairy herds – the country’s most common zoonotic disease that affects the health of ...

AUT’s Briefing Papers initiative has kindly allowed us to syndicate their recent series on housing. The seventh briefing paper is by former Reserve Bank economist Michael Reddell:

MEN as young as 40 need to adopt a natural preventative approach, which includes more sex, to improve prostate health, according to a new report.

Record participation in the Great Kererū Count 2015 has been welcomed by conservationists and scientists who say New Zealanders have embraced efforts to count our native pigeon.

Literacy Aotearoa helps raise awareness at Wellington Railway Station.

Child, youth and family mental health in the Pacific to be discussed at Vanuatu conference

After the cold southeast flow that persisted over the country last week,this week sees a change to weather patterns which are more typical of spring. A ridge of high pressure is expected to bring fine weather to most places duringTuesday and Wednesday, ...

3 News ratings have seen steady growth across the week in the 18-39 demographic; with Thursday’s ratings double that of Monday.

Beach BBQs fired up Two new electric double burner barbeques that have been installed along the newly completed Oneroa cycle and walkway have been turned on and are ready to use.

The National Government must listen to the overwhelming chorus of voices calling for them to come clean on exactly what’s in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), including from people who support the deal, the Green Party said.

Stating Our Values Serial migrator Oliver Hartwich of the New Zealand Initiative has lived in Germany, England, Australia and New Zealand. He observes that all countries put migrants through the wringer with endless forms before they can become residents ...

This is a guest post from reader Bryce P

As you should be well aware by now, the New Bus Network for Hibiscus Coast is due to go live in late October. This brings a large number of changes for bus services on the Hibiscus Coast, notably the extension of the NEX to the Hibiscus [...]

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