More special housing areas for Wellington
Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith and Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown today announced three new Special Housing Areas across Wellington.
Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith and Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown today announced three new Special Housing Areas across Wellington.
Eden Park Opening Ceremony for World Masters Games 2017 New Zealand’s pre-eminent event producer, Mike Mizrahi, will be the creative visionary behind the World Masters Games 2017 (WMG2017) Opening Ceremony to be held at Auckland’s Eden Park. The location ...
Auckland streetwear shoppers have reason to rejoice. Leading NZ online streetwear retailer Clash have announced they will have their Clash Showroom open every day until December 24th, 2015. This opens the door to a great holiday shopping opportunity ...
It is today announced that 60 young people from across the Commonwealth are being recognised as exceptional leaders in their community and will receive a prestigious Queen’s Young Leaders Award.
Scales Corporation Limited yesterday celebrated the opening of its subsidiary Polarcold’s 11,800 sq.m. coldstore facility on Ports of Auckland's South Auckland Freight Hub.
The Commerce Commission has released its final decision about how much 18 telecommunications providers will pay towards the $50 million Telecommunications Development Levy (TDL) for 2014/15.
WESTFEST 2016 christens the little town just nor west of Auckland, Kumeu in 2016 with a sonic tonic of highly bi-onic Punk Rock action.
What exactly is the purpose of government? Should it include mitigating risks that apply at a whole of population level? High levels of suicide, perhaps, workplace deaths and injuries, minimising the risk of catastrophic climate change, mitigating ...
The first days play at the New Zealand Tennis Champs proved to be a warm up of what is to follow when the top seeds take the court as they target the available wildcards and ranking points in next month’s ASB Classic. There were no major upsets in the ...
The 2015 ASB Classic has been voted "Best Asia-Pacific International Tournament" by the WTA Players for a second consecutive year at the annual WTA Year-End Awards. The annual WTA Awards began in 1977 to recognise the year and prestigious honours ...
Commercial wild deer recovery operators are killing female deer leaving newly born fawns to die a slow lingering death says a national sporting hunters organisation.
Christmas time is the busy season for burglars with a higher chance of homeowners being away from home on holidays, out shopping or socialising with friends and family.
World SuperBoat champion Peter Caughey is pumped just hours before he leaves his Canterbury home base en route for the opening round of the Suzuki New Zealand SuperBoat series at Meremere on December 12.
Dec. 9 (BusinessDesk) - A lawsuit against building products maker James Hardie Industries has lost its bid to let potential plaintiffs join after a Dec. 31 cut-off date, as the law firm involved awaits a ruling on whether it can proceed as a class action.
A 39 year-old man will appear in the North Shore District Court, charged with indecently assaulting a woman at the Sunnynook Bus Station a week ago.
News from WCC Santa Claus will ride into town on Sunday for the Wellington City Council’s Capital Christmas Santa Parade. Onlookers will see around 1000 entertainers participating in the parade. The lengthy line includes 300 musicians playing everything from bagpipes and brass to Latin beats, 320 dancers, stilt walkers, clowns, actors, volunteers, and sporting legends […]
News from WCC The Wellington City Council’s initiative to improve and revitalise Eva and Leeds streets will be celebrated with a launch party this Saturday. Colourful graphics, lighting installations and improved street lighting, planted walls and extra seating are part of the makeover. A Hannahs factory building heritage graphic highlights the history of the area. […]
School students visiting Borland Lodge in Fiordland will be better engaged with the natural environment with the launch of a new conservation education resource.
Queenstown Lakes District Council is about to start clamping down on freedom campers parking up in the wrong places. Freedom camping is a popular way to see the district and QLDC Regulatory Manager Lee Webster says there are many places where visitors ...
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MANILA (SciDevNet/Pacific Media Watch): As 190 nations grapple with the world's future at the global climate summit in Paris, forest fires in Indonesia have been continuing to rage since July 2015.
It has been announced today that the most capped test rugby player of all time and All Black legend Richie McCaw, who led the All Blacks to two world cup victories will be competing in the 2016 GODZone adventure race.
The Productivity Commission has released an issues paper calling for input on the future of urban planning. “Well-functioning cities matter a great deal to the wellbeing of New Zealanders and can help raise our productivity,” said Commission Chair, ...
Stuff reports: Meanwhile Labour leader Andrew Little said there needed to be a proper commemoration of the land wars. “If we can find a space to have a public holiday I wouldn’t disagree with that either. We are at a time when more and more New Zealanders are comfortable about coming to terms with history […]
New Zealand’s efforts to fight climate change have been condemned by Climate Action Tracker as ‘inadequate’ in a final update of their report for the COP21 Paris Climate Talks. Other countries whose efforts were judged as ‘inadequate’ include ...
As Parliament rises this week your property will be safe for the summer (Auckland readers should still beware of their Council). Government interfering in your life is anathema to Free Press so we will stop emailing you for the summer unless something ...