Новости за 22.12.2015

The daily Last Post ceremony will continue throughout the Christmas period, including Christmas and New Year’s Days, at the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington, at 5pm.

Associate Transport Minister Craig Foss is urging Kiwis to stay safe on the water this festive season.

While many New Zealand workers are counting down to the holiday season, the Public Service Association is paying tribute to its members who’ll keep essential services afloat over the break.

Just over a month remains before public consultation closes for seven place name proposals, the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa advised today.

Auckland has been admitted to the world’s leading local government climate change action group, C40.

The Paris Agreement on climate change will be at the heart of progress in public health in every country around the world, providing the blueprint for a healthy and safe future. The deal lays the groundwork for global action to limit warming well ...

Stuff reports: Of the 75 political claims by Donald Trump during the current campaign that have been vetted by the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact checking organisation Politifact not one – not a single one – has been rated as “True”. Politifact has a six-point rating scale from True to Pants on fire. It rates five of Trump’s comments […]

So I read the news stories about Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' breaking streaming records and I thought what does that even sound like? So, dear reader, I added one more to the 155 million views of the song on YouTube and found out.
It actually starts really badly with some dreadful trilling and caterwauling – but then the chorus kicks in and it turns out to basically be a 60s girl group number with a beat straight from some kind of 70s glam pop like you'd hear on Top of the Pops... Читать дальше...

The ancient Kauri in West-Auckland that has been the focus of a community campaign to save it was attacked at 6.15am this morning and viciously ring-barked risking the safety of Johno Smith occupying the tree.

Huawei made two of 2015’s better Android phones. It also makes watches. Huawei’s first watch, the Talkband B2 was unlike any other wearable device before or after. The newer model, called Huawei Watch, looks more like an analogue watch. It’s bigger than most watches and is round. It looks conventional and comes with a conventional […]

Emergency Services were called to a fatal crash on Paterangi Road, Te Awamutu at about 4.30pm this afternoon, following a head-on collision between two vehicles. Diversions are in place and motorists are being advised to avoid the area if possible.

Matt Vickers, widower of the late Lecretia Seales, has concurred with Health Minister Jonathan Coleman and welcomed Te Ara Whakapiri: Principles and Guidance for the Last Days of Life , which was published by the Ministry of Health on Monday. He also expressed ...

It is a pity that as a Parliamentary committee is holding the first public inquiry into the issue of medically-assisted dying to end intolerable suffering of the terminally ill, opponents have resorted to a campaign of blatant lies, Dr Jack Havill, president ...

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The Herald reports: Merry Christmas Kim Dotcom – you could be in jail on December 25. No he won’t be. I do wish the Herald wouldn’t feel the need to sensationalise. There’s a 15 day appeal period. I can’t imagine there is any chance bail will be revoked until appeals are done. The Courts of […]

They’ve been a few interesting pieces of news from Wellington over the last last week.

Press Release – Warbirds Over Wanaka Wanaka: Rare aircraft, big aircraft, jet pack aircraft, floating aircraft, aircraft firing guns, aircraft dropping bombs and aircraft stopping in a matter of metres. These are just some of the acts which have been confirmed for next Easters Warbirds …Airshow shapes up as best ever Wanaka: Rare aircraft, big […]

Press Release – KiwiRail The next stage of the project to upgrade the rail bridge on Eastern Hutt Road, near Silverstream, gets underway this holiday break with new spans being installed to give motorists more clearance when driving underneath. KiwiRail Incident Recovery Manager Emma Cowell said that work will start on 28 December when the […]

The Islamic Resistance Movement and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) have both released statements condemning the assassination of Lebanese resistance fighter and Palestine supporter Samir Kuntar, who was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Damascus, Syria on December 19,2015. The Israeli airstrike was both an extrajudicial […]

News from Wellington City Mission The response to the Wellington City Mission’s Christmas Star Appeal has been incredible: over 500 Christmas Star Boxes filled with food and toys came in from businesses, government departments, community groups and other organisations. Pack the Bus was also successful, as businesses, schools and individuals helped fill the bus with […]

Column – Gordon Campbell Too bad that the New Zealand Immigration and Protection (hah!) Tribunal dont know how to use Google . If they did, their bizarre decision to send home a former polio vaccinator and her son back to Pakistan -on the grounds that they would be … Gordon Campbell on the rejection of […]

Press Release – Southern Cross Travel Insurance Southern Cross Travel Insurance (SCTI) paid out over half a million dollars for one claim in 2015, the second highest in the companys history.SCTI release the highest claims for 2015 Southern Cross Travel Insurance (SCTI) paid out over half a million dollars for one claim in 2015, the […]

Press Release – Auckland Council Auckland has been admitted to the worlds leading local government climate change action group, C40.Media Release 23 December 2015 Auckland’s climate change effort acknowledged on world stage Mayor Len Brown at the Paris summit Auckland has been admitted to the world’s leading local government climate change action group, C40. “Our […]

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Dec. 22 (BusinessDesk) - The owners of 22 business units are suing the building products company James Hardie for negligence and breach of the Fair Trading Act over its Titanboard product, which was used in commercial buildings from the mid-1990s. They're to join ...