The Public Health Association (PHA) is calling on New Zealand and its delegates to the United Nations Climate Summit, starting on Monday in Paris, to show courage and leadership by setting an ambitious goal for the reduction of domestic greenhouse ...
Wednesday 9 December marks a special December edition of Open Nights at Studio One Toi Tū, with fascinating conversations with our new artists in residence Ian Powell, Ben Palmer, Michael Duignan and Selwyn Vercoe.
CANCEL COMET LANGUAGE STRATEGY Affordable Auckland Mayoral and Albany candidate Stephen Berry says CCO COMET should be disbanded. “The Auckland Council’s foray into education costs ratepayers $580,000 annually and goes well outside the basic ...
Following the success of the the weekly Saturday Farmers' Market at 163 Airfield Road, Takaini, there will be a Sunday Christmas market from 29 November to 20 December.
The Ngarara Stream on the Kapiti Coast took out this year’s Supreme Award for New Zealand’s Most Improved River. The River Awards, run by the Morgan Foundation, recognise long-term improvement in water quality as recorded at over 600 Regional ...
The Mangapapa Stream near Woodville in the Horizons Region has been recognised as the second most improved waterway for dissolved inorganic nitrogen at this year’s New Zealand River Awards.
TOP GRADUATES TO SHOWCASE INSPIRING COLLECTIONS ON iD RUNWAY Hand-made lace, innovative textiles, layering, traditional tailoring, and intricate detailing are part of the inspiring emerging designer collections chosen for next year’s iD Dunedin Fashion ...
Rotorua residents believe their district has become a safer place to live, and they are also feeling safer in the inner city.
Wellington’s top musicians are lining up to raise money for DCM, the organisation that works at the “the tough end of things”.
Substantial pay rises for chief executives and vice-chancellors at New Zealand’s polytechnics and universities reveal growing inequality.
The Zonta Club of Rotorua is asking the local community to “Imagine a World Free From Violence”, as part of its annual ‘Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women’ campaign. Clubs members are riding 16 k’s for 16 days to highlight the 16 days ...
WELSH ARTIST BRONWEN BENDER’s striking copper-wire portrait of West Papuan diplomat Jacob Rumbiak, who escaped from Indonesia’s notorious penal system in 1999, leads a spectacular response by Australian artists for ‘a bounty of image and knowledge ...
SCIRT traffic update: Week starting Monday, 30 November, 2015 Wainoni Rd – one-way for 2 weeks Aranui commuters please allow more travelling time while Wainoni Road is one-way for two weeks from Wednesday 2 December until mid-December • If you ...
In 1985, The Jesus & Mary Chain released their debut album, Psychocandy, to an unwitting and unwilling public. In a pop music scene littered with acts that seemed to value style over substance, the fuzzed-out sound of The Jesus & Mary Chain ...
The New Zealand Farm Environment (NZFE) Trust and its flagship event, the Ballance Farm Environment Awards, have celebrated another successful year.
27 November 2015 Research shows reality of runaway ice loss in Antarctica A new study led by Victoria University of Wellington researchers reveals the potential for runaway ice loss in Antarctica. By studying rocks at different elevations beside the East ...
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27, 2015 – British metal band ASKING ALEXANDRIA are set to return with new frontman, Denis Stoff, visiting New Zealand for the first time since February 2014.
The countdown is on to what’s sure to be the hottest reggae festival in the Southern hemisphere this summer. Proudly presented by Pato Entertainment, One Love is being held in Tauranga over Waitangi weekend, February 6-7, 2016. The festival features ...
ACT Leader David Seymour has welcomed the introduction of the Education Legislation Bill, which will allow tertiary institutions to apply to sponsor Partnership Schools.
Nov. 27 (BusinessDesk) - Moa Group confirmed a smaller first-half loss as increased sales volumes helped widen its gross margin, and as the unprofitable craft beer brewer slashed its spending on sales and marketing.
The announcement of wide-ranging changes via a new education Bill signals a potential shift in the structure of schooling.
Hon Todd McClay Minister of Revenue 26 November 2015 Minimum family tax credit to rise
Lower rate for calculating FBT on low-interest loans Revenue Minister Todd McClay today announced that the new prescribed interest rate used to calculate fringe benefit tax on low-interest loans provided by employers to their employees will be 5.99%. ...
The SSC announced: The number of women in senior leadership roles in the State sector has grown from 16% to 44.2% since 2008, and 38% of current or acting Chief Executives in the Public Service are women – the highest proportion ever And all without quotas. the total spend on employing Public Service chief executives […]
Environment Minister Nick Smith, like his leader, claims the government has been frustrated on its RMA changes by opposition parties – that is absolute drivel, says New Zealand First.