News from NZ Government Wellington East Girls’ College’s historic main block is to be rebuilt as part of a $39 million redevelopment. Education Minister Hekia Parata announced the rebuild today. “Once the work is complete almost half the school’s teaching space will have been upgraded and transformed into flexible, open and light spaces that can […]
We’re closing in on the end of the first full year of the electoral term. So how are things shaping up for 2017?
Let’s start with the current polls. Taking an average of the last 6, they show the left-bloc (Labour, Greens) polling around 43%, up around 7% since last year’s election, or up 6% if you call Internet/Mana “left bloc.” The right bloc (National, Conservatives, ACT, UF) scores an average of around 49%, down little more than 3% from 2014. Centrist parties (NZF, Maori Party) are on around 8%, down a couple from 2014. Читать дальше...
NZ food authorities have failed to properly assess the safety of co-additives used with the pesticides in scores of GE pesticide-resistant foods. The European Food Safety Authority has supported the findings of a recently published study by Mesnage ...
A new report by PwC has found that addressing the growing resistance to antibiotics is an opportunity for New Zealand. Scientific innovations and reduced-antibiotic livestock systems could increase the value of the country’s exports, with the right ...
New Zealand fisheries are well placed to remain at the forefront of managing the marine environment, a leading American economist says.
News from NZ National Party Two “Communities of Learning” involving over 5000 students in seventeen schools have been established in the Hutt Valley. Communities of Learning are funded through the Government’s $359 million Investing in Educational Success initiative. They are designed to lift the quality of teaching and learning. Communities receive additional funding to enable […]
News from WCC The Wellington City Council has welcomed the report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, about the challenges facing New Zealand due to sea level rise. Mayor Celia Wade-Brown says the Council agrees with the approach taken by Parliamentary Commissioner to work with urgency on reducing green-house gas emissions […]
A group of Canadians have set up the Trudeaumetre website which lists the 184 promises made by new Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and monitors if they have been implemented, are in progress, or have been broken. It’s a good initiative, and would be nice to see in other countries, such as New Zealand. The […]
Wellington.Scoop Law firm Chen Palmer today raised questions about the challenge to the Wellington City Council’s recent living wage decision. Media release from Chen Palmer The Wellington Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the New Zealand Taxpayers Union, has issued a judicial review of the decision by Wellington City Council to require its independent contractors […]
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Duncan Garner writes: OK capital dwellers, here’s a tough trivia question for you. What has Celia Wade-Brown achieved in two terms as mayor and decades on the Wellington City Council? Take your time, have a good think. More cycleway campaigns, more ratepayer money for the arts and libraries and – maybe – a longer airport […]
There have been a couple of pieces of news out of Wellington in the last few days.
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Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. Hon ANNETTE KING (Deputy LeaderLabour) to the Minister of Health: What pressures are facing the public health workforce as a result of this Governments decision to fund core Crown health expenditure to cover most, but not all, inflationary …Questions to Ministers Health Services—Inflationary Pressures, Impact 1. Hon […]
Press Release – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists The environment senior doctors and dentists are working in is increasingly toxic, the President of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS), Dr Hein Stander, told senior doctors and dentists this morning. Addressing the ASMS Annual Conference in Wellington, Dr Stander said district health boards (DHBs) were […]
News from Wellington Zoo Wellington Zoo veterinary team have released a nationally endangered Tawaki (Fiordland Crested Penguin) back into its wild West Coast habitat, after successful treatment at The Nest Te Kōhanga. Arriving in September, the female Tawaki came to Wellington Zoo with an infected wound from a predator bite, but recovered well after receiving […]
Press Release – New Zealand Book Council The New Zealand Book Council is thrilled to announce esteemed writer Albert Wendt ONZ, CNZM as our new patron.Celebrated Pasifika writer new patron for the New Zealand Book Council The New Zealand Book Council is thrilled to announce esteemed writer Albert Wendt ONZ, CNZM as our new patron. […]
Press Release – Huia Publishers Just over nineteen years after being first elected, Tariana Turia and the story of her transformative journey through Parliament will be launched in the new book Crossing the Floor – The Story of Tariana Turia on Monday. While Parliament was not part of her life plan, her direct approach and […]
Press Release – Kirkcaldie And Stains Limited The Kirkcaldie & Stains Christmas charity bear is to arrive at the Lambton Quay store for the last time tomorrow. This year’s bear will be dressed as the store’s doorman, and named Mr Kirkcaldie, after the founder of the store who was of Scottish ancestry. The special delivery […]
Press Release – Bridget Williams Books Robert Wade, one of the world’s most incisive analysts of inequality, trade and the global financial system, will be speaking in Wellington on Thursday 26 November. Wade, a professor of political economy at the London School of Economics and a New Zealander by birth, returns to these shores following […]
Press Release – The Maori Party The Mori Party welcomes the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environments report released today Preparing New Zealand for rising seas: Certainty and Uncertainty.Māori Party urges a greater national response to rising sea levels 19 November 2015 The Māori Party welcomes the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report released today – […]
Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. Hon ANNETTE KING to the Minister of Health: What pressures are facing the public health workforce as a result of this Governments decision to fund core Crown health expenditure to cover most, but not all, inflationary pressures? QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 1. Hon ANNETTE KING to the Minister […]
Press Release – World Bank Group SYDNEY, November 19, 2015 As more and more families migrate from rural areas to Pacific capital cities, water, sanitation and health challenges in rapidly growing informal settlements in key Pacific capital cities are in urgent need of response, …NEWS RELEASE World Toilet Day 2015: new World Bank report finds […]
Press Release – Air New Zealand Media release 19 November 2015 Air New Zealand to fly 787-9 Dreamliner to HonoluluMedia release 19 November 2015 Air New Zealand to fly 787-9 Dreamliner to Honolulu Air New Zealand will begin flying the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to Honolulu from 10 May 2016, introducing its popular Economy Skycouch and […]
Twenty-four year old distance student Sian Simpson says it was “mind-blowing” to win an award at the 2015 AIMES (Arts, IT, Innovation and Science, Music, Education, Sport and Service to the Community) Awards.
As part of Auckland Transport’s trial around platform markings they are also updating other signage at stations. I need to get out and have a look at them in more detail but one of the most obvious changes is in the station name signs. Below you can see what it looks like at Fruitvale Rd.
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