Новости за 19.12.2015

This is the last Sunday reading post I’ll assemble this year. I hope you’ve enjoyed it – see you in 2016!

News from NZ Police There was a fatal crash in Strathmore tonight. At about 11pm, emergency services were alerted to the crash on Monorgan Road in Strathmore. The car had struck a tree and the single male occupant of the vehicle was dead. Next of kin are being advised An investigation has been launched and […]

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News from Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter A Hastings woman in her 40s was injured in Taihape this afternoon when she was knocked over by a loose horse that had broken free from a tethering point. The incident occurred at a dressage competition and it is understood the patient had not seen the panicked horse before […]

Stuff reports: A new law plans to ban children under 16 living in the European Union (EU) from social media unless they have parental consent – but New Zealand experts say it won’t have the desired effect. EU Parliament introduced the change to the proposed data protection laws last week. If the new legislation is […]

News from Friends of the Turnbull Library Christchurch researcher Jarrod Gilbert has been awarded the 2016 Friends of the Turnbull Library Grant of $10,000 to assist in researching his new project, a social history of New Zealand focussing on the crime of murder. Jarrod Gilbert is an independent researcher, a part-time university lecturer in sociology, […]

News from Shearing Sports NZ Three Hawke’s Bay shearers are angling for a new World record in a remote woolshed west of Hastings on Tuesday, on one of the area’s hottest days of the year. Metservice forecasts the temperature in Hastings will hit 31deg. But it’s expected to be even hotter in the generator-powered Big […]

While many New Zealanders were horrified at the increase in child poverty figures released last week, another news item slipped under the radar. MPs salaries went up by around 4%.

18 Dec, 2015: As a long standing sponsor of the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC), Volkswagen New Zealand congratulates its ambassador of two years Simon Child, and the New Zealand Men's hockey team, for being invited to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic ...

Family First NZ is labeling a decision by Judge Anna Johns to bail a paedophile back to his home right next door to the victim’s home as idiotic, traumatic for the family and victim, and exposes flaws in our bail laws that even allow this to happen.

Police are seeking information about an aggravated robbery of a vehicle on Marriots Road, Christchurch that occurred at about 4:30am on Friday 18th December 2015

Recently New Zealand lost one if its great totara trees, Jonah Lomu. A global superstar, a rugby pioneer and legend who brought joy and excitement not only to those who watched him, but all the lives he touched with his generosity.

Serco has received $8 million in performance bonuses since 2011, despite Serco’s performance being so poor its contract to run Mt Eden Correctional Facility has not been renewed.

A 12-year-old boy remains in a critical condition after falling through a school skylight in Palmerston North yesterday evening.

Sensible Sentencing Trust’s Manawatu Spokesperson Scott Guthrie has labelled the sentencing of a 63 year old Hastings man as disgraceful & a total disregard of the law.

New corporate shareholders for Opotiki Packing and Coolstorage Limited (OPAC) provide the company with a strategic advantage in the growing Eastern Bay of Plenty kiwifruit industry. Te Tumu Paeroa - the new Māori Trustee, and Quayside Holdings Limited ...

News from Lecretia’s Choice The New Zealand Herald has selected Lecretia Seales as New Zealander of the Year for 2015. For 24 years, the Herald has annually selected an individual whom it believes has made a difference to the lives of New Zealanders and a positive contribution to the country. Previous winners have included Sir […]

Stuff reports: A recidivist bank robber has escaped an indeterminate jail sentence and will instead spend nearly five years behind bars.  Steven Kurt Peri appeared for sentencing at the High Court at Auckland on Tuesday, after earlier pleading guilty to the aggravated robbery of a West Auckland bank.  For his conviction he received a second […]

It is an honour to be invited to the New Zealand Cadet Corps regimental dinner and prize giving.

New Zealand First is disappointed that the government has forgotten to nationally commemorate the centennial of Gallipoli’s evacuation thisSunday, 20 December

Queer and transgender prison advocacy group No Pride in Prisons is condemning John Key’s recent engagement in a ‘prison rape joke’ skit on the The Rock radio station.

The New Zealand Herald has selected Lecretia Seales as New Zealander of the Year for 2015. For 24 years, the NZ Herald has annually selected an individual whom it believes has made a difference to the lives of New Zealanders and a positive contribution ...

Stuff reports: A new Saudi-led Islamic alliance to fight terrorism will share information and train, equip and provide forces if necessary for the fight against Islamic State militants, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Tuesday (Wednesday NZ Time). Saudi Arabia announced earlier on Tuesday the formation of a 34-nation Islamic military coalition to combat […]

A very Merry Christmas from the Pacific Scoop and Pacific Media Centre team of student journalists at AUT University – most in this picture graduated this week. Watch for Michael Neilson’s (rear on left) reports from Indonesia in the New Year.

The team at Pacific Media Centre and Pacific Media Watch wish you all the best for the festive season.