So, according to the Security Intelligence Service, increasing numbers of young New Zealand women are off to Syria to become what have been called “jihadi brides.” Well, actually, there are not that many. Of the thousands of foreign fighters in ...
Responding to the RBNZ’s cut in the official cash rate, Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union says:
Today's cut in the OCR needs to be supported with fresh ideas from the National Government to grow the economy, lower unemployment and lift incomes, says Labour's Finance Spokesperson Grant Robertson. “The fall in the OCR to 2.5% matches the ...
New Zealanders can celebrate International Ant-Corruption Day, 9 December, by acknowledging this year's achievements to develop robust integrity systems that prevent corruption. The evidence shows that good systems are the best antidote for corruption and will ...
The lower seeded players became the hunted opponents as they fell rapidly in the second round of men’s singles at the Pascoes NZ Tennis Championships at North Harbour as the prize of an ASB Classic wildcard upped the ante for players in the early stages ...
The government has again rejected urgent legislation to allow Pharmac to consider new drugs, like the melanoma drug Keytruda, in special cases. “National was given a second chance in Parliament to step up to the plight of cancer sufferers, including ...
New Zealand's greatest international opera star, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, will attend the January 2016 New Zealand Opera School in Whanganui, taking a private masterclass for the aspiring young opera singers attending, as well as appearing in a ticketed ...
GENEVA (9 December 2015) – In a conflict that has claimed more than 9,000 lives, the last few months have seen a significant reduction of hostilities in certain parts of eastern Ukraine, according to a UN Human Rights report released today. Serious ...
A Kiwi mathematician whose work ushered in ‘the Golden Age of Black Hole Physics’ and a Taranaki engineer whose companies are global leaders in bitumen technologies and heavy engineering are to be honoured by the University of Canterbury (UC). The ...
More Kiwi Kids Equipped to Swim And Survive as Sealord Swim for Life Turns Five
Yachting New Zealand is proud to announce a partnership with Melanoma New Zealand, the not-for-profit organisation offering a national network of information and support, with a mission to save lives and support those affected by melanoma.
A government proposal [1] to allow even larger trucks on our roads will inevitably lead to more road deaths, says the car review website dogandlemon.com .
There are some big changes happening down Eva and Leeds streets as part of Wellington City Council’s initiative to improve and revitalise the lanes of Wellington – and everyone’s invited to the launch party this Saturday (12 December). Wellington’s ...
Convicted paedophile, Peter Dundas Walbran, was today arrested by the Royal Thai Police after he was discovered by Project Karma working as an international teacher at the Narinukun public school in remote Ubon Ratchitani, a region in northeast Thailand ...
Fonterra has announced it will maintain its forecast farmgate milk price pay out for the 2015/16 season at $4.60 per kg of Milk Solids. The key points are:
The Reserve Bank today reduced the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 25 basis points to 2.5 percent.
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited today maintained a forecast Farmgate Milk Price of $4.60 per kgMS. Along with the November announced estimated Earnings Per Share range of 45-55 cents, this amounts to a total available for payout of $5.05-$5.15 ...
Is David Seymour changing the rules for charter schools to make it easier for them to meet their contract performance standards?
The combination of low rainfall and wind has dried the region out to the point where fire risk has escalated, says Hastings principal rural fire officer Trevor Mitchell.
Treasury says the cost blowout of the troubled Joint Border Management System is now closing in on $50 million and could rise to as much as $132 million over the life of the project, says Labour's Customs Spokesperson Rino Tirikatene. “Just ...
Liam Hehir writes: Elite political newsletter Trans-Tasman has named David Seymour its “Politician of the Year”. Seymour, who is the leader of the ACT Party and its sole MP, is said to have played a blinder and to have proved his doubters wrong. In giving him the title, the newsletter editors said they were surprised […]
New Zealand has again received a Fossil of the Day award in recognition of New Zealand’s role in blocking compensation for vulnerable countries for climate change damage in the draft text for the Paris Agreement. Minister Groser’s lacklustre climate ...
Dec. 10 (BusinessDesk) - Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world’s largest dairy exporter, has maintained its forecast farmgate milk price of $4.60 per kilogram of milk solids for the 2015/16 season, banking on global dairy prices improving in the ...
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Canterbury Police have been made aware of an alleged incident where a female jogger was sexually assaulted by a man one evening last week.