News from WCC Work to repair, upgrade and strengthen Island Bay’s seawall will begin next week. Contractors Fulton Hogan will have workers on site setting up from next Wednesday. They plan to complete the job by mid-June. Mayor Celia Wade-Brown says the upgrade work will address structural issues and make the seawall more resilient to […]
Column – Gordon Campbell Since Prime Minister John Key plainly has trouble with the leadership thing, maybe we should keep it simple for him. So, heres a list of what he should do, and what he shouldnt do when it comes to the brutal detention/deportation of New Zealand … Gordon Campbell on John Key’s do’s […]
Press Release – NZTA The Transport Agency and key stakeholders for the Wellington to Hutt Valley Walking, Cycling and Resilience Project have today confirmed a seaside option is their preference for the section between Petone and Ngauranga. This decision follows announcements earlier this year about Government funding for the northern and southern sections – Ngauranga […]
1. GRANT ROBERTSON (Labour—Wellington Central) to the Minister of Finance : Does he stand by his statement, made on the day Statistics New Zealand reported that 151,000 people were unemployed, that “the Government did not intend to do anything specific ...
Nov. 12 (BusinessDesk) - Kiwi Property Group, the country's largest listed property investor, has refinanced its $775 million of bank facilities, extending the terms and reducing the borrowing costs.
Nov. 12 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares rose after New Zealand Refining Co reported better production volumes and margins and A2 Milk Co continued to benefit from Australian speculation that there's a shortage of infant formula in the face of rising Chinese ...
Nov. 12 (BusinessDesk) - Wild Pair has appointed receivers, but will continue to trade as the administrators seek buyers for the women's apparel and footwear chain.
Police investigating the death of a man who was allegedly assaulted in Outhwaite Park on Tuesday evening now understand the incident during which he was injured occurred at about 8pm that night. Teina Pehi Wharawhara, 42 and of no fixed abode, was with ...
A month ago the High Court ordered Trade Minister Tim Groser to reconsider an Official Information Act request from Professor Jane Kelsey, dated January 2015, relating to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).
Australia is getting away with blue murder with its Draconian deportation laws in which visa holders have been convicted of a crime punishable by a year or more in prison, says New Zealand First Spokesperson on Justice Denis O’Rourke.
The Government appears to have magic-ed a figure out of a hat to base its child poverty policy on, Labour’s Children’s spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says.
Bill allowing MPs to swear their allegiance to Te Tiriti o Waitangi back in the House
Nov. 12 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar dropped against its trans-Tasman counterpart after Australian jobs data showed the unemployment rate fell below 6 percent for the second time in 18 months, boosting the relative appeal of Australia's ...
The five signatories to the Lake Horowhenua are delighted with the Lake Horowhenua Trust’s successful application to Central Government’s Te Mana o Te Wai fund announced by Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith and Maori Party co-leader Marama ...
There has been recent editorial coverage on the 2014 riots at the BW Festival, which, although associated with Rhythm and Vines, was a separate festival and campground under separate management. BW campground was solely provided as accommodation for ...
Winner of this year’s prestigious David Fine scholarship, Rebecca Frances Lees is enjoying developing a conceptual art practice at EIT’s ideaschool.
A good little piece of news from the government yesterday with Environment Minister Nick Smith giving requiring authority status to the NZTA for cycleways. As I understand it, previously the NZTA could only designate cycleways within their own state highway corridors while outside of that it was up to Auckland Transport or local councils to do [...]
A development of up to 1,500 homes on the former Three Kings quarry is today a step closer with the Auckland Development Committee approval of a land swap that will enable the preferred housing scheme to take place.
Facts and statistics are being twisted by the government to convince the public that youth unemployment is dropping, says New Zealand First.
Students in the Central Plateau region have handed over their they lovingly crafted Buddies to the New Zealand Army for safe keeping ahead of Buddy Day tomorrow (13 November). Buddy Day is a national awareness event run by child advocacy agency Child ...
The Adam Art Gallery in association with CIRCUIT is pleased to present the Wellington premier of Six artists respond to the poetry of Joanna Margaret Paul.
Finance Minister Bill English today welcomed the passing of the International Finance Agreements Amendment Bill, which enables New Zealand to become a founding member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
“Today’s decision by the Auckland Development Committee (ADC) to support the proposed Three Kings land exchange (for recommendation to the Minister) will be fought by the Puketapapa Local Board”, say Roskill Community Voice members of the Puketapapa ...
Nov. 12 (BusinessDesk) - Fonterra Australia should become profitable in the next year, says Judith Swales, who runs the Australian operations of the New Zealand dairy giant and is the new boss for the cooperative's Oceania consumer brands division.
Changes to the timing of greenfield land being made ready for urban development have been accepted in the Future Urban Land Supply Strategy approved by the Auckland Development Committee.