Stuff reports: The Government is trumpeting a big reduction in back office staff over the past year, with the number of core administration staff now at the lowest level since the current “cap” was put in place in 2012. That comes just a day after it was revealed that the Treasury had blown its 390 […]
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Last week the Ministry of Transport released a very interesting report looking at how travel in NZ has changed over the last 25 years. The data is based on the ministry’s Household Travel Survey (HTS) they conduct which monitors the travel of all members of a large number of households all across New Zealand. One of [...]
The Herald reports: When Jimmy Carr warned The One Show his jokes might get them into trouble, the presenters probably took it as another quip. But yesterday the BBC1 programme found itself at the centre of a formal probe by the broadcasting watchdog, after a risque comment about dwarves backfired. Carr, who was on the […]
Press Release – Expedia UNSTOPPABLE KIWI TRAVELLERS – MOVE OVER MAINSTREAM, KIWIS ARE AFTER THE UNIQUE AND UNSPOILED Auckland, New Zealand, 26 November, 2015 The Expedia.co.nz brands annual State of the Nation report, released today, reveals how passionate Kiwis …UNSTOPPABLE KIWI TRAVELLERS – MOVE OVER MAINSTREAM, KIWIS ARE AFTER THE UNIQUE AND UNSPOILED Auckland, New […]
News from WCC Bus fares will be cheaper every weekend from this Saturday till Sunday 20 December on GO Wellington or Newlands Coach Services buses – with $1 fares for one zone of travel, and a $2 adult fare or $1.50 child fare for two or three zones. Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown is pleased that […]
Press Release – World Meteorological Organization Geneva 25 November 2015 (WMO) The global average surface temperature in 2015 is likely to be the warmest on record and to reach the symbolic and significant milestone of 1 Celsius above the pre-industrial era. This is due to a combination of a strong …WMO: 2015 likely to be […]
Press Release – R.Tucker Thompson Sail Training Trust In four years time the Bay of Island will celebrate and commemorate the arrival 246 years ago of two exceptional navigators, Tupaia from Tahiti and James Cook from England on the HM Bark Endeavour and planning is well underway!Commemoration planning begins! In four years’ time the Bay […]
Article – Binoy Kampmark In Kuala Lumpur, the US president continued the line that Bashar al-Assad had to go. His approach, one that has failed on all fronts thus far, has been to marginalise Assad while supplying a fictional grouping of regime opponents conveniently designated … The Perils of Certainty: Obama and the Assad Regime […]
Nov. 25 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares fell, driving the NZX 50 Index down from a record high, as investors cashed in recent gains in a2 Milk Co, which was cut to 'underperform' by an analyst, and companies including Xero.
Photo: Lyndon Hood Wellington.Scoop Police cordoned off part of Lambton Quay this afternoon, saying that a suspicious package had been found. Buildings were evacuated and buses were detoured. The army’s explosive ordnance disposal unit was brought to the Quay. At about 4pm, an explosion was heard, and onlookers assumed that a police robot had been […]
The Met Service has issued a severe weather warning for Southland with high winds expected in dry conditions, fuelling concerns about an extreme fire risk.
A 54 year old man has died in a workplace accident in Aintree Avenue, Mangere this afternoon.
The Government has sent a clear signal that arrangements put in place to ease the impact of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) on certain sectors during the Global Financial Crisis could be scrapped as early as next year.
Police search and rescue staff, along with Aoraki-Mt Cook Alpine Cliff Rescue and Fox Glacier Alpine Cliff Rescue crews were able to return to Fox Glacier briefly today to resume the recovery operation.
Racing for the 2015 Finn Gold Cup continued off Takapuna as the large 75 boat fleet took to the water for day two of the six day regatta.
New tourism figures out today show overseas visitors are voting with their wallets and endorsing New Zealand’s reputation as a world-class destination, Associate Tourism Minister Paula Bennett says.
Wellington City Council, along with Housing New Zealand and the New Zealand Police, is supporting a community-led rejuvenation of Strathmore Park.
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Today we are here to acknowledge the first 14 wāhine Māori to embark upon the # Rise 2025 Indigenous Coaching and Development Programme supported by MWDI. This global coaching certification aims to deploy these certified coaches to work with MWDI clients. ...
I am delighted to welcome you all here to the Banquet Hall of Parliament to celebrate the Honourable Dame Tariana Turia , and to launch her biography, as written by Helen Leahy . It is a mark of the high esteem in which she is held that there are so many ...
The Auckland Housing Accord is freeing up land faster for housing and helping drive increasing momentum in residential construction, Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith and Mayor Len Brown said today in releasing the second year monitoring ...
Nov. 23 (BusinessDesk) - Wilson Parking New Zealand, owned by Hong Kong’s Kwok family, more than doubled annual profit as it reaped more revenue from an expanding security business.
NZ dollar gains as futures market points to pick up in dairy prices, US holiday looms
Coastguard is excited to announce the re-launch of the ‘Old4New Lifejacket Upgrade’, a popular and highly successful boating safety initiative.