Paris, 1 December. A report released by Carbon Market Watch today examines the difficulties and risks of integrating soil carbon absorption projects into carbon markets to generate carbon credits. The report shows that the social and economic needs of farmers to ...
We have good news for John Key! At the climate talks in Paris, Prime Minister John Key said that cost-effective technologies for reducing New Zealand’s agricultural emissions were not yet available.
For the first time ever, Drug Free Sport NZ has used a reformed doper to deliver a series of captivating video messages to warn New Zealand athletes about the perils of drug use.
What started out as a simple love of fishing for a Victoria University of Wellington researcher has led to a complex mathematical study in measuring fish populations.
A group that has spent years campaigning for tougher penalties for those who fuel online child sex abuse material has condemned a judge’s decision to discharge an offender.
The national student union says Steven Joyce’s overdue decision to lift the cap for the number of years students are eligible for loans for some undergraduate programmes is an important win for students
A pioneering Kiwi-German artificial limb project has been recognised by Europe’s largest applied research institution, Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce says.
Tokyo, 1 December 2015 - Greenpeace calls on the government of Japan to cancel the whaling fleet heading to the Southern Ocean under the guise of “research whaling”, and condemned the expedition as both unnecessary and in violation of the findings ...
Dr Nick Smith is a no-hoper as a Housing Minister, says New Zealand First. “He has let down tens of thousands of Kiwis who want a home. He proved it himself in Parliament today,” says New Zealand First Spokesperson for Housing Denis O’Rourke. ...
Stuff reports: A police search of journalist Heather du Plessis-Allan’s home has been criticised by MPs as a waste of resources and an example of the force’s “tunnel-visioned approach”. MPs generally should keep out of Police operational issues. Du-Plessis Allan’s husband, broadcaster Barry Soper, says the police investigation over her gun story is like “taking […]
New Zealand First is calling for Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce to apologise to hundreds of medical students for causing them stress and financial hardship.
Prime Minister John Key and Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel had a productive meeting in Berlin today. “The relationship between our two countries has grown significantly over the last 12 months,” says Mr Key. “It was great to meet with Federal Chancellor ...
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Dec. 2 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street advanced after a report showing a surprise contraction in US manufacturing bolstered hopes the Federal Reserve will keep the pace of interest rate increases slow.
I have been pondering a comment in William Fischel’s generally excellent new book on zoning to the effect that:
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Rodney Hide writes: That’s it: I am no longer faithful and true to the Queen’s heirs and successors. The Queen is an amazing woman, a living and breathing piece of history. I greatly admire her. She gives us no pain and a local president would likely prove problematic. But Prince Charles is a royal trainwreck. […]
Dec. 2 (BusinessDesk) - Dairy product prices rose in the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, rebounding from three consecutive declines, amid an improvement in market sentiment.
Press Release – University of Otago Researchers describe new North Pacific fossil whale A new species of fossil baleen whale that lived in the North Pacific Ocean 30 to 33 million years ago has been described by researchers from New Zealands University of Otago. The whale, named Fucaia …Researchers describe new North Pacific fossil whale […]
Press Release – SPREP 1 December, 2015, Paris, France, COP21 – The message was loud and clear from the Pacific islands at the We the Pacific dialogue forum in Paris at the UN Climate talks today. The Pacific islands are counting upon the rest of the world to ensure … “We the Pacific” amplifying the […]
Press Release – West Papua Action Auckland Raising West Papuas Flag on 1 December revives the hope of freedom It is over half a century since the West Papuan Morning Star flag was raised with pomp and ceremony on 1 December 1961 in the capital Hollandia (now Jayapura). The flag and accompanying …Raising West Papua’s […]
Press Release – Victoria University of Wellington The President of Kiribati, founder of global environmental group 350.org Bill McKibben and the head of Australian National Universitys Climate Change Institute are just some of the big names confirmed to speak at Victoria University of Wellingtons …2 December 2015 Big names confirmed for Victoria’s first Pacific climate […]
1. MARK MITCHELL (National—Rodney) to the Minister of Finance : What reports has he received showing a recent lift in business confidence supports an outlook for continuing moderate growth and a more diversified economy?
Pacific Scoop: Report – By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Paris A far-reaching deal on climate change in Paris over coming days promises to unleash a $30 trillion blitz of investment on new technology and renewable energy by 2040, creating vast riches for those in the vanguard and potentially lifting the global economy out of its slow-growth […]
Dec. 1 (BusinessDesk) - A group of former Auckland University students has won $50,000 in a competition aimed at developing world-leading drone technology for the film, media, and gaming industries in a competition endorsed by movie mogul James Cameron.
Dec. 1 (BusinessDesk) - Fonterra Cooperative Group is considering its options, including an appeal, after losing a High Court case taken by former suppliers to the failed New Zealand Dairies milk processing plant at Studholme who challenged the legality ...