Transparency International, the global anti-corruption movement, today released a report looking at the publicly available information of all 209 Football Associations (FAs) on their finances, their activities, their governance structures, and their ...
Topping off a sensationally eventful year both at home and internationally, Nelson born brother-sister duo Broods has taken home four Tuis from this year’s 50th annual Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.
Nelson City Council has just released its latest rateable valuations, which shows an average increase of 8.7 per cent for residential property values.
20 November 2015 25 years of the rights of children but Government failing to deliver
Just after 7.00pm this evening Simon NELLEY handed himself in at the Whanganui Police Station.
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 23rd November 2015.
A staggering 80 per cent of Kiwi kids believe they are at risk of abuse or mistreatment online – one of the highest proportions in the developed world
Professor Chris Battershill, Chair of Coastal Science and Head of the Coastal Marine Group at the University of Waikato, has been awarded Science Communicator of the Year by the New Zealand Association of Scientists (NZAS).
20 November 2015 | NZ Transport Agency – Auckland and Northland Two safety projects getting underway soon
Black petrel/taiko were welcomed back to New Zealand this morning after their long journey from South America. At Great Barrier Island/Aotea to welcome them home were local iwi and Great Barrier Island community and members of the Black Petrel Working ...
Prime Minister John Key is cold hearted in refusing to repatriate “the Malaysian 36” – Kiwi war dead lying in graves dotted around Malaysia, says New Zealand First.
Mr Hay has been a Principal Policy Analyst at Auckland Council and at Manukau City Council before that. He also stood for the Green Party in Rodney, in 2008, and Epsom in 2011. He is no longer a member of the Greens, nor does he work at the council.
JustSpeak is concerned that the newly enacted legislation which creates parole-like conditions for New Zealanders who served prison sentences overseas is unfair and breaches fundamental rights protected by the Bill of Rights Act. The legislation ...
The Northland Regional Council has confirmed its intention to progressively implement a national policy on freshwater management over the next decade. Council chairman Bill Shepherd says the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (NPSFM) ...
Police are concerned for the well being of Solomani KUMI who was last seen at 7:20pm on Thursday 19 November 2015 by a staff member at Capella House, 39 Bolton Street, Blockhouse Bay. He is a 69 years old Fijian male. He is of medium build and 1.7 meters ...
Vision science researchers at the University of Auckland have found that prenatal marijuana use benefits a biomarker of visual neurodevelopment in preschool children.
A miniature climate summit, held ankle deep in Oriental Bay’s briny waters, will demonstrate the threat of inaction on climate change.
Voting starts today. For those interested here is how I will be voting in the first referendum: For the last two weeks I was preferring the black, blue and white fern, as black is our de facto national colour. But it was seeing the flags all flying outside the Westpac stadium that swung me back […]
Voting papers are being delivered to over three million New Zealanders from today, as the first referendum on the New Zealand flag gets underway.
Deputy Prime Minister, Bill English, is encouraging Kiwis to have their say on what New Zealand’s flag should look like. The first postal referendum, which will give New Zealanders the first ever opportunity to vote on the flag that best represents ...
Family First NZ has launched the inaugural annual search for the Longest Married Couple in New Zealand
The government plans to ride roughshod over opposition to the flag referendum process, the Finance Minister Bill English confirmed in Parliament today.
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Press Release – Robert Walters A survey released today shows that Aucklanders are more optimistic than Wellingtonians about receiving a pay rise and bonus next year. According to the findings of a survey of 500 professionals conducted by specialist recruitment firm Robert Walters, there are clear regional differences, with Auckland professionals being the most optimistic […]
News from MPI A Manawatu farmer got an expensive reminder about managing intestinal parasites in stock when he was sentenced in the Palmerston North District Court yesterday for animal welfare offences. Paul Ross Henson, 48, of Rongotea, had earlier pleaded guilty to charges of reckless ill-treatment of animals and failing to ensure the needs of […]