Beef about red meat means a lot at stake for exports A recent classification on red meat being probably carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) tends to mince all red meat consumption together, a Lincoln University ...
The Government recently released its plan to tackle the complex issue of childhood obesity – and a barrage of interviews and opinion pieces from medical and health professionals soon pointed to a consensus that the Government’s plan is overwhelmingly lacklustre (also “timid,” “watery” and “really very disappointing”).
Instead of recounting the ways in which the Government’s plan fails to live up to previous recommendations from the World Health Organisation or the advice of public health researchers... Читать дальше...
How should we think through the dynamics of housing markets?
Conceptually, there’s a very simple answer and a very complex one. The simple version is that housing is just another market, shaped by the interaction of demand – i.e. people turning up with money to buy dwellings – and supply – people building new dwellings [...]
Press Release – Massey University Is our flag vote a world first? Should people rig the result by voting for their least favourite design, if they don’t want change? These are among the ten most common questions asked of the Flag Consideration Panel. Now, panellist and Massey University … “Is it a world first?” and […]
Press Release – University of Auckland Growing up in Papua New Guinea Dr Jackie Kauli knew she wanted a career in drama. She grew up in Port Moresby and then moved to Arawa, now known as the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. She spent the rest of her early education in her home province …Childhood dreams […]
Press Release – Fairtrade Australia New Zealand Fairtrade, the worlds most recognised ethical label, is celebrating its tenth anniversary in New Zealand this year, by educating Kiwis on the impact of Fairtrade over the last decade, in the Pacific and around the world.FAIRTRADE CELEBRATES A DECADE OF HELPING WORKERS GET A FAIR DEAL Fairtrade, the […]
Young Kiwi karters Ryan Wood and Connor Davison are in Australia this weekend contesting the KA 12 class at the final round of this year's Australian Kart Championship presented by Jayco and Castrol Edge in Geelong.
A couple of years ago, an English journalist stumbled across some scrawl in an All Blacks meeting room:
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A ridge of high pressure brought settled weather to much of the country this weekend, the main exception being parts of Southland and coastal Otago that had to endure blustery southwesterly winds and showers on Saturday. As the ridge drifts eastwards ...
The Sydney Opera House was lit up in green and gold tonight ahead of the Rugby World Cup final between Australia and New Zealand in London.
Orphans Aid International is delighted to offer supporters around the country the opportunity to meet its Russian project directors for the very first time in November.
Member of the American Samoa Alliance Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (ASADSV), along with representatives from local social service agencies, took part in a workshop on domestic violence co-sponsored by the Social Science Department and Psychology ...
GENEVA (29 October 2015) – Nauru’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the second time on Tuesday, 3 November 2015 in a meeting that will be webcast live.
The Palmerston North based Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to a rural property near Rangiwaea, west of Taihape, this afternoon where a local woman in her 30’s had suffered serious injuries falling from a horse. The patient was stabilised at he ...
Richard Silverstein Source: Tikun Olam-תיקון עולם I first heard about this astonishing video yesterday and spent the entire day attempting to verify its authenticity (for reasons I’ll explain). But this morning, Middle East Eye and Maan published stories definitively authenticating the video’s provenance. Aside from the reporting of the story at MEE and Maan, there’s […]