A prominent road safety campaigner has called on the government to stop promoting self-drive holidays to foreign tourists , and instead to promote less risky alternatives. Clive Matthew-Wilson, who edits the car review website dogandlemon.com , says many ...
Pacific Scoop: Report – By Ryan Dagur in Jakarta A lack of trust between the Indonesian government and the people of Papua has jeopardised hopes for a lasting peace in the restive province, according to a prominent human rights activist. Persistent human rights abuses, a crackdown by the government on civil liberties and a focus […]
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JAKARTA (UCA News/Pacific Media Watch): A lack of trust between the Indonesian government and the people of Papua has jeopardised hopes for a lasting peace in the restive province, according to a prominent human rights activist.
Persistent human rights abuses, a crackdown by the government on civil liberties and a focus on corporate development, rather than on the people, has left citizens feeling disenfranchised and distrustful, Latifah Anum Siregar said.
"The minimal uptake of the national government's petroleum block offer reflects not only the low global oil prices but growing public resistance, and signals the beginning of the end to extreme oil" says Catherine Cheung, member of Climate ...
News from Lloyd Morrison Foundation The Lloyd Morrison Foundation’s gift to Wellington will top the pile under the tree this Christmas, at its launch at 4pm tomorrow outside 5 Market Lane. Lloyd Morrison was a passionate and visionary Wellington businessman, and his legacy will live on through the Foundation’s inaugural gift to Wellington, as well […]
Minister Bridges confession today that the government proposes to include only 5 per cent of New Zealand’s oceans in framework legislation designed to protect them makes no sense, said WWF.
The Herald reports: Labour leader Andrew Little says Labour would support sending Special Air Service troops to fight Isis if the right conditions were met. Those conditions were having a clear and realistic objective, that it would have to be part of a multinational mission mandated by the United Nations and that the level of […]
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The Herald reports: A $157 million Super City computer system has a potentially “catastrophic” risk, says Auditor General Lyn Provost. The NewCore system, the cost of which has blown out from $71 million to $157 million, also carries an “almost certain” risk with a “major impact”, she said. Last night, the council’s chief information officer […]
Auckland Transport are trialling a new warning system in Remuera till the end of September next year in a bid to stop people running red lights. They’re adding red markers to the road that light up when the signals have changed as another visual clue that drivers need to stop. They started in September by installing CCTV cameras [...]
News from VUW They may be one of the world’s oldest species but the tuatara at Zealandia are good as new, a recent survey has indicated. The size and health of the tuatara population was assessed this month in a joint project by Victoria University of Wellington and Zealandia — the first time many of […]
News from VUW A Victoria University of Wellington researcher is developing a new reputation management system for the digital world. Ferry Hendrikx, who graduated last week with a PhD in computer science, is researching ways of building reputation profiles online that draw information from multiple sources. “The widespread use of the internet for social and […]
Press Release – University of Otago The University of Otago, Wellington is working with the Wellington and Dunedin City Councils on a rental Warrant of Fitness (WoF) to be introduced next year. He Kainga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme based at the University of Otago, Wellington, has been funded by the Health Research Council of […]
Press Release – Wellington Electricity The Wellington Regional Council is to be congratulated on its commitment to an all-electric bus fleet for the future of Wellington, says Greg Skelton, CEO of Wellington Electricity. “Not only is it good for the environment, but in the longer term electricity technology will become increasingly cost competitive. In the […]
Press Release – Fulbright NZ Applications for the three month 2016 Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writers Residency at the University of Hawaii are now invited. The residency is available to mid-career or senior New Zealand writers of Pacific heritage to work on a project … Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency Applications for the three […]
Press Release – European Space Agency The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the image of the first-ever predicted supernova explosion. The reappearance of the Refsdal supernova was calculated from different models of the galaxy cluster whose immense gravity is warping the supernovas …heic1525 — Science Release Caught in the act Hubble captures first-ever predicted […]
Julie Webb-Pullman Both Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) held well-attended events in the Gaza Strip in the past week, celebrating the anniversaries of their founding and reiterating their resistance to the Israeli occupation and determination to liberate Palestine. December 12 marked the 48th anniversary of the PFLP, while December […]
Press Release – Medicine Mondiale Sir Ray Averys Mondiale LifePod is a miracle waiting to happen. Ever since he saw a dire need for more reliable and affordable infant incubators, Avery and his team of scientists and engineers have been hard at work innovating, to provide a …Miracles happen. So can LifePods. Sir Ray Avery’s […]
PARIS (Reporters Sans Frontières/Pacific Media Watch): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published its annual worldwide round-up of journalists held hostage, imprisoned or missing.
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Pacific Scoop: Report – By Ryan Dagur A leader of a Jakarta-based indigenous people’s organisation has expressed disappointment at the agreement recently adopted at the Paris climate conference COP21, saying the pact failed to show recognition of tribal peoples. Abdon Nababan, secretary-general of the Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago, said tribal peoples’ position as […]
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JAKARTA (UCAnews/Pacific Media Watch): A leader of a Jakarta-based indigenous people's organisation has expressed disappointment at the agreement recently adopted at the Paris climate conference COP21, saying the pact failed to show recognition of tribal peoples.
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise on bets Fed won't rush to hike; A2, Spark gain, Chorus falls
Dec. 16 (BusinessDesk) - Rubicon, the NZX-listed forestry biotech company, says it will vigorously appeal a US$53 million ruling in favour of nine former employees of its part-owned seedling company ArborGen.
Asia’s largest airline has begun an historic year-round service between Guangzhou and Christchurch, with the first Dreamliner carrying several VIPs landing just before 5pm.
MEDIA RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Insurers resume Bali ash cloud cover in time for Christmas