Новости за 29.09.2015

A new research study will analyse the level of vitamin C in breast tumours, and compare health outcomes for patients with different levels of the vitamin.

Stuff reports: Dame Tariana Turia will support Chris Brown’s visa application. The former leader of the Maori Party will write a letter of recommendation to go alongside Brown’s long-awaited application for a special direction visa. The singer, booked to play Vector Arena in December, is technically barred from entering New Zealand, as he has been […]

Motorsport fans are in for an action packed season of racing as the newly formed NZ Touring Cars class prepares for its first hit out at Taupo for the Ssangyong Super Racing Weekend, October 17-18.

NEW YORK – A group of Al Jazeera journalists and employees convicted in absentia by Egypt’s courts announced today that they are in the process of formally requesting that President Sisi intervene in their cases.

Kaiapoi’s Marcus van Klink heads to the weekend’s Trusthouse Racetech Rally Wairarapa with a solid lead in the Historic category of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, but won’t let that stop him chasing glory.

Mount Maunganui rally driver David Holder will be looking to reward his supporters with a strong result at the final round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, the Trusthouse Racetech Rally Wairarapa.

ADC urges the Obama Administration to accept at least 100,000 Syrian refugees in 2016

A breakthrough telemedicine abortion service in Australia that will help cut abortion wait times and improve access should be replicated in New Zealand, but is precluded by our outdated criminalised abortion laws, the Abortion Law Reform Association said ...

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The Herald reports: It began with a little girl and a dining table full of junk. The little girl’s family might have been poor, but the assortment of bits and pieces her father would bring home and spread about the kitchen unlocked a special world few kids ever got to see. Her father, frantically trying […]

Yesterday Transport Minister Simon Bridges announced a law changes that will come next year to make it easier to deal with fare evasion. Currently there is a penalty of $150 for fare evasion but only the police are able to enforce it. In the future warranted ticket inspectors will be able to take the details [...]

It now a bit over five years since New Zealand introduced the three strike sentencing regime for “serious violent crime”. And, after some news coverage about this a few months back, I decided I’d try to find out how well it’s working. It may surprise you to learn that the evidence to date suggests it is having a deterrent effect.
More on that later.
New Zealand’s three strikes law has always been a much more targeted law than its North American namesakes. It is designed to avoid particularly unjust outcomes... Читать дальше...

Press Release – Whitireia Polytech Whitireia New Zealand will tomorrow hold a graduation ceremony for the last group of Bachelor of Nursing Māori students to finish in July, before the programme moves to a November end date from 2016. The graduation is typically a festive and colourful event, and this year’s ceremony will be no […]

Press Release – Caritas Urgent action must be taken to help communities in Oceania cope with the serious consequences of climate change and environmental degradation, many of whom have been struggling with these issues for more than a decade. This is one of the main findings …CARITAS AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND MEDIA RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE […]

Press Release – Fulton Hogan A major travelling inconvenience on the main highway between Labasa and Seaqaqa has now been resolved, with the completion of a temporary bridge at Vatudova outside Labasa town.Vatudova bridge opens to all traffic A major travelling inconvenience on the main highway between Labasa and Seaqaqa has now been resolved, with […]

Press Release – World Bank WASHINGTON D.C., September 29, 2015 Work underway to improve Tongas transport sector has received a significant boost with US$4 million in additional funding approved today by the World Banks Board of Executive Directors to strengthen the countrys …Tonga Receives New Funding to Improve Transport World Bank announces US$4 million in […]

Press Release – Deep Sea Mining Campaign As the deep sea mining industry chases investors at the Asia Pacific Deep Sea Mining Summit , a new critique by the Deep Sea Mining Campaign reveals indefensible flaws in the Environmental and Social Benchmarking Analysis of the Solwara project commissioned …World’s first deep sea mining proposal ignores […]

Press Release – Pacific Disability Forum Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) services in the Pacific have been part of the lifes journey of persons with disabilities in the region.CBR vital for persons with disabilities in the Pacific Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) services in the Pacific have been part of the life’s journey of persons with disabilities in the […]

Press Release – Institute for Papuan Advocacy And Human Rights Monday evening, September 28, Indonesian Police shot two Senior High School Students in Gorong-Gorong, Timika, West Papua. Around 7pm (Papua local time) Kaleb Bogau (17 years old) was shot in the chest and died on the scene. Efrando Sabarofek (also 17 …Political Assassination of West […]

Press Release – Fiji Airways Fiji Airways brings on iPads in B737 Business Class Entertainment Upgrade B737 Business Class Guests to experience in-flight movies and TV shows on iPads; advertising spots for all inflight video screens soon Wednesday, 30th September 2015: Fiji Airways, …Fiji Airways brings on iPads in B737 Business Class Entertainment Upgrade B737 […]

Press Release – New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Its not good enough for Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully to shrug his shoulders, and deny knowledge of the $6.2 million Honolulu MFAT mansion exposed by TV3s Story this evening . Taxpayers Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says:Honolulu Mansion Needs Explanation From Mccully It’s not good enough for […]

Last week new Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was making some excellent comments about cities, now it’s the turn of his wife who is chair of the think tank Committee for Sydney and is a former Lord Mayor of Sydney. She is talking about an issue I’ve long agreed with and have unsuccessfully tried to get [...]

For those in Wellington tomorrow, could well be worth attending: The Justice Hot Tub, in association with Victoria University, are proud to announce the inaugural Greg King Memorial Lecture, to be held at Victoria University Law School on Wednesday 30 September (at 6 pm).   The organizers are hoping that the event will become an annual […]

DOC is working with local Rūnanga to ensure tikanga is followed in management of the whale on the beach.

The Selwyn Foundation celebrates 15 years of Selwyn Centres providing friendship and support to older people in the community