The New Zealand Bankers’ Association is urging people to be vigilant as we head into the holiday season. “It’s that time of the year when people have a lot on their plate preparing for summer’s festivities. At this busy time it pays to be ...
UniMed Building achieves BASE rating for sustainability Christchurch’s UniMed Building on Gloucester Street has achieved a rating under BASE, the local rating scheme for sustainable design and construction.
About 9.30pm police were called to an incident in Puriri Place where three men were seen acting suspiciously around a vehicle that had been stolen.
On January 1st, 2016 at Picton, New Zealand, heading East counter-clockwise on foot, solo and unsupported, an endurance-defying attempt by veteran and World Record holder Christopher Neil Linton (53), aka The Earth Walk Man, to become the first person ...
Berlin (7 December 2015) – “Germany is well placed to take the global lead in preventing harm from the use of hazardous substances and ending double standards in the use of such chemicals outside the European Union,” the UN expert on human ...
Research released today focusing on Chinese visitors’ preferences will support further strong growth in the tourism sector, Associate Tourism Minister Paula Bennett says.
A capacity crowd made up of fashion designers, media and sponsors enjoyed iD Dunedin Fashion Week’s first event in Auckland – a catwalk show offering a taste of the iconic fashion event, featuring emerging designer fashion, and collections from iD’s ...
New rose varieties that produce lots of flowers and get less disease topped the New Zealand Rose Society International Trial Awards in Palmerston North in early December with an orange rose ‘Fireball’ coming out on top.
A luxury pet lodge which has indoor and outdoor play areas for its feline and canine ‘guests’, underfloor heating for warm paws, and a state-of-the-art jacuzzi for dog bathing facilities, has gone on the market for sale.
Press Release – Tailrisk Economics A review of the Wellington airport extension cost benefit analysis shows that the net economic benefits of $2090 million have been substantially overstated. The Tailrisk Economics review found that the high benefit estimate relied on projections of long haul passenger numbers that are not credible, and favorable assumptions that boost […]
Canterbury Police are carrying out a scene examination today following an aggravated burglary at a residential address in Hornby at around 7.15pm last night (7 December 2015).
A review of the Wellington airport extension cost benefit analysis shows that the net economic benefits of $2090 million have been substantially overstated.
Hon Gerry Brownlee Minister of Defence 8 December 2015 New rifles for Defence Force Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee today announced that Cabinet has approved the purchase of new rifles to re-equip the Defence Force, 28 years after the Steyr 5.56mm rifle ...
Upon leaving they have stolen a silver Ford Focus registration BSA410 which has not been recovered.
Hit Comedy Panel Show Focussed on Entrepreneurial Ecosystem heads to Auckland and Wellington in December to Educate and Inform
Dec. 8 (BusinessDesk) - Environmental lobby the Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society of New Zealand will today argue in court that the Department of Conservation shouldn't have allowed a land exchange deal letting 22 hectares of Ruahine Forest ...
Evidence shows John Key misled New Zealanders about detainees An Australian Immigration Service form, released this morning by the Green Party’s lawyer Greg Barns, shows that John Key misled New Zealanders about the ability of Kiwi detainees to apply ...
MEDIA RELEASE - Central District Fatal Motor vehicle crash, Feilding 7 December, 2015 At about 3:30pm this afternoon a 76 year old female travelling west towards Feilding collided with an East bound truck.
New Zealand is the newest member of the Global Geothermal Alliance (GGA), Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges announced overnight in Paris.
Hon Bill English Minister of Finance 8 December 2015 New Zealand formally joins Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank New Zealand has formally become a member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Finance Minister Bill English says. ...
A new report about the drivers of urban change in New Zealand by the MBIE-funded Resilient Urban Futures Programme has been launched in Parliament by MPs Nicky Wagner and Grant Robertson. The report ‘Drivers of Urban Change’ brings together the ...
Laura McQuillian writes at Stuff: We, my fellow New Zealanders, are scientifically proven to be a nation of pissheads. Getting drunk is our true national sport: whoever gets there the fastest, without falling down, wins. We’re holding our own against the rest of the world: last year’s Global Drug Survey found while Irish blokes led the […]
Press Release – Office of the Clerk ANDREW LITTLE (Leader of the Opposition): I note that question No. 5, in my name, which was originally directed to the Prime Minister, has been transferred to the Minister of Health. I seek leave of the House to transfer that question back to the … Questions to Ministers […]
Yesterday afternoon the University of Auckland Council deferred making any decision on whether to divest the University Foundations from fossil fuel investments, but said that it will consider the issue further. This occurred after student representatives ...
Today Real Choice released the results of their nationwide referendum on the Trans Pacific Partnership.