Новости за 19.10.2015

Global Beat & Dance Fest The Grand, 69 Courtenay Place, Wellington Saturday 7 November 2015 7:00pm

Open Studios Waitākere 2015 is a weekend opportunity for artists resident in the Waitākere Ranges Local Board area to open their studios to the public.

A stripped back Stagecraft production of the classic Arthur Miller play, The Crucible , opens at the Gryphon Theatre, just in time for Halloween.

New Zealand Beverage Council members are broadly supportive of a wide-ranging plan unveiled by the Ministry of Health today to reduce childhood obesity levels in New Zealand.

The Chills new album 'Silver Bullets' Out 30th October on Fire Records “Driving pop fulled by simple, incessant guitar lines, combined with Phillipps’s facility for a hook-laden melody.” - The Wire “The songwriter that helped kick off indie ...

At heart, Dell and EMC are hardware companies. They face a serious problem: customers have lost interest in hardware. On October 12 Dell said it will pay US$67 billion for EMC. It’s the biggest technology deal ever and the latest in a never-ending wave of mergers. Dell may pay too much for EMC’s business. The […]

This is an analysis of the press releases put out by the Taxpayers Union since formation. I’m proudly that it is independent and vigorous in criticizing wasteful spending and making the case for lowering taxes. As you can see the vast majority of releases have been on the Government, and critical of it. I expect […]

Tags: General Debate

“Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restrain and servitude.” – Alexis de Tocqueville The quote of the week is brought to you by the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. To support the Union’s campaign for lower taxes and less […]

Projection from CBC. The long campaign in Canada has made a difference – but not for the Conservatives. It started with the hard left NDP leading and looking to maybe form Government for the first time ever and the Liberals (sort of like NZ Labour, but more business friendly and  more corrupt) in third place. […]

(Warning: this is a bit meta.)

As an economist, my job often boils down to helping people think clearly about issues. For example, the essence of good cost benefit analysis is being able to categorise stuff correctly – i.e. separating costs from benefits – and making sure that things aren’t being counted twice.

It’s surprising [...]

News from Volpara Wellington medtech company Matakina Technology have announced they are changing their name to Volpara Health Technologies to better align its identity with the international healthcare market it serves. Matakina have marketed their breast imaging tools under their sales and marketing arm Volpara Solutions for over 5 years, with installations in 31 countries, […]

Press Release – Firefly Cinemas Back To The Future Day is here tomorrow. Firefly Cinemas are showing Back To The Future Part 2 tomorrow, on the day made famous by the movie – Wednesday 21st October. Lower Hutt’s Riverbank carpark will be transformed into the Twin Pines Mall, complete with Marty McFly & Doc Brown […]

Press Release – New Zealand Defence Force More than 2,000 military personnel from New Zealand and eight other countries will take part in a month-long international exercise hosted by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) starting this week in the South Island.20 October 2015 NZDF-Hosted International Exercise Begins More than 2,000 military personnel from New […]

Press Release – Waimarino Adventure Park Waimarino Adventure Park is preparing to celebrate its 40th anniversary as one of the Bay of Plentys regions leading kayaking and tourism ventures.Waimarino Celebrates 20/10/2015 Immediate release Waimarino Adventure Park is preparing to celebrate its 40th anniversary as one of the Bay of Plenty’s region’s leading kayaking and tourism […]

The term “development journalism” has been used for four decades in Asia, but in the Pacific and even more so in Western countries such as New Zealand and Australia, the term is met with scepticism, particularly from working journalists. There is extensive debate in the Pacific about the role of development journalism, but little consensus on what it actually means.

Auckland company International Earth Sciences (IESE) will have its work cut out in the New Year installing seismic monitoring equipment in a number of new buildings in Christchurch.

A good interview from Streetfilms with Gabe Klein who is a former transport commissioner from Washington DC and Chicago about his new book “Start Up City”. The content will be familiar to those that heard Gabe talk at an Auckland Conversations event earlier this year alongside Jeff Tumlin.

The Government has today announced a package of initiatives to prevent and manage obesity in children and young people.

I have been a very long standing advocate for term limits for MPs.  In fact as a Young National in the early 1990s I gained a fair bit of media attention for my remit proposing a maximum of six terms for MPs. The Herald pointed out the only two National MPs it would have impacted […]

The Betoota Advocate reports: Inner-city residents of Sydney have today put forward a proposal to local council that enforce an official gluten-free zone in the main street of Surry Hills. After months of petitions and meetings with barristers, local blogger Lynne Seede has officially met with Lord Mayor Clover Moore to discuss the plan, which has been gathering momentum […]

A new report released by Mothers’ Helpers , has revealed serious gaps in the treatment of perinatal depression and anxiety in New Zealand.

Australia has every right to deport non-citizens who commit crimes The threshold of those who have been sentenced to one or more years in prison doesn’t seem unreasonable It would be sensible if Australia used some discretion based on the seriousness of the crime, and how long the person has lived in Australia Ideally the […]

MetService announced today the launch of its automated Severe Weather information service on Twitter, to complement the weather safety information available on its websites, apps and email services.

Congratulations to the NZTA and the team building the Waterview connection after Alice the tunnel boring machine broke through for the second tunnel this morning. There is still a lot of work to do to finish the tunnels such as digging the cross passages and building the actual roads but it is an important milestone. [...]