Новости за 13.11.2015

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Stuff reports: A $35 million seaside path linking Wellington and the Hutt Valley has been confirmed. The NZ Transport Agency announced on Friday it had plumped for the more expensive seaside route for a cycle and pedestrian pathway to finally unite the valley and the city, and siphon cyclists off the busy highway. Consent applications […]

Press Release – New Zealand Defence Force United States Air Force aircraft visiting New Zealand to participate in Exercise Southern Katipo 2015 conducted a flypast at Base Ohakea today. Two C-17 Globemasters and three C-130 Hercules took part after performing an air drop at Raumai Range.USAF FLYPAST AT OHAKEA 13 November 2015 United States Air […]

Press Release – New Zealand Government Trade Minister Tim Groser will depart today for the Philippines to attend the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting.Trade Minister travels to Philippines for APEC Hon Tim Groser Minister of Trade 14 November 2015 Trade Minister Tim Groser will depart today for the Philippines to attend the annual […]

Pete Burdon blogs: The comment John Key made in Parliament yesterday about rapists and child molesters has been taken out of context to make it sound worse than it was. This post is not written to debate the rights or wrongs of the comment, but to point out what it actually meant in context. I […]

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall, led by Steel & Tube on supply glut; A2 Milk declines

Three young men, each a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( Mormons ), will graduate from Auckland University’s medical school later this month.

New Zealand Government selects leading dedicated enterprise mobility solutions provider as part of its TaaS supplier panel

Sir Graham Henry will be talking post Rugby World Cup and wildlife conservation in Auckland next Tuesday 17 November, from 5.30pm. Hosted by Westpac New Zealand, the Wildbase Recovery event will also introduce invited guests to the national wildlife ...

For the fourth year in a row, the Albany Lecturer of the Year award has gone to a College of Sciences academic. Dr Fakhrul Alam from the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology took out the top gong, beating out 176 other nominees. Dr Alam ...

The New Zealand Defence Force’s (NZDF) sealift and amphibious support ship HMNZS Canterbury conducted an amphibious landing at Titirangi Bay and Okiwi Bay in Marlborough today as part of NZDF’s largest military exercise, Exercise Southern Katipo 2015.

Internal Affairs Minister Peter Dunne will represent New Zealand at the meeting of the D5 Digital Leaders’ Summit in Tallinn, Estonia 18-20 November 2015.

NZ dollar heads for 0.4% rise this week as traders weigh up interest rate outlook

The model demonstrates that basic spatial interactions between land uses and transport infrastructure are the most powerful factors that govern the patterns of metropolitan growth.

Six men have been charged with Mr Rippon’s murder and will appear in court later this month.

Three of Wellington’s inveterate acts - the Julie Lamb Band, The Spines and Vorn – will perform at The Cabana in Napier on 21 November.

Pacific Scoop: Report – By Pacific Media Watch Journalism schools need to step up and be more significant and independent players in the region’s news media to ensure the public interest is served well, says journalism professor Dr David Robie. Dr Robie, who is also director of the Auckland University of Technology’s Pacific Media Centre […]

Recently TV3’s 3D programme produced a piece about the plight of a group of young New Zealand women. They were all stricken by debilitating medical conditions which would be best characterised as the symptoms of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome ...

Food safety assurance provider AsureQuality is the first Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) in the world to be both accredited to the new FSSC22000-Q scheme, and to issue accredited FSSC22000-Q certification to a customer.

WORLD FIRST FOR FONTERRA Fonterra Te Awamutu has become the first site in the world to be awarded the newly created Food Safety System Certification 22000 – Quality, an internationally recognised food safety accreditation. Where previously food safety ...

Whether sitting on the board of a big corporation or your local not-for-profit organisation, good governance remains critical, says the Institute of Directors.

OPINION: Martyn Bradbury of The Daily Blog:

RNZ reports…

Figures released by Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton on people detained at Christmas Island showed of the 199 detainees, 113 had convictions, with 71 of those serious offenders.

Four had convictions for rape or sexual assault and five had convictions for child sex offences. There were also 11 convictions for armed robbery, 27 for assault and two for manslaughter.

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Stuff rates the James Bond actors from best to worst: Daniel Craig Sean Connery Pierce Brosnan Roger Moore Timothy Dalton George Lazenby I’d rank them differently. My list would be: Sean Connery Daniel Craig Roger Moore Pierce Brosnan George Lazenby Timothy Dalton Tags: James Bond

Horowhenua District Council staff will pitch in again to fundraise for the Wheels for Elias campaign with a garage sale, car wash, sausage sizzle and raffles on Saturday 21 November

Auckland Council has announced a commitment to improve the way it uses energy, as part of a three-year partnership with the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA). The agreement will see steps put in place to save energy and reduce carbon ...