Bluff Rd Closed Again
Bluff Rd between Matarangi and Kuaotunu is again closed until further notice as a safety precaution.
Bluff Rd between Matarangi and Kuaotunu is again closed until further notice as a safety precaution.
Shortlist for New Zealander of the Year 2016 The New Zealander of the Year 2016 Awards Office is pleased to announce the 10 people being considered for the 2016 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year award. They are: • Dame Margaret Bazley: Public ...
Hagley Park hosts city party to greet the New Year Join the Christchurch City Council for the big countdown to 2016 at the city's free New Year’s Eve party in North Hagley Park beside Lake Victoria. The fun starts at 6.30pm on Thursday 31 December ...
NZ dollar touches six-month high vs British pound as BoE rate hikes pushed out
Cooper Reclaims Honda Summercross Crown DECEMBER 29, 2015: Summer has only just started to warm up, but already Bay of Plenty's Cody Cooper is very hot indeed. The 32-year-old New Zealand MX1 class motocross champion from Mount Maunganui took his ...
The country’s most iconic multi-sport race, Coast to Coast, has welcomed a new direction for 2016 through its partnership with Moa Brewing Co. as its new beer partner.
A movement is spreading around the world to reconnect children with nature. A growing body of research suggests that a child’s psychological and physical health improves when he or she spends time in nature on a regular basis.
A 50-year-old man has died while diving at a secluded beach near Tolaga Bay on the East Cape.
Whanganui Police have released the name of the young man that died at Castlecliff Beach, Whanganui on Christmas day.
Motocrosser flown to hospital This afternoon the Tauranga based Trustpower TECT Rescue helicopter was dispatched to a motocross event at Manawahe in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, a 20 year old Auckland man had broken his leg during a race, he was ...
Police are seeking information on Dunedin man Stephen GOURLAY who was last seen at about 7pm on the 18th of December 2015 in the Ravensbourne area.
Two NZ comedy heavyweights set to light up the stage at the Go Media Comedy Carnival 28/12/2015
The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to Te Waitere, South-east of Kawhia, this morning, to retrieve 61-year old woman who sustained a possible fracture of her left ankle when she accidentally stepped off the boat ramp while launching ...
“The university and its students should prefer improving today’s orthodoxies to imposing them on our forebears.” Tony Abbott, The Independent , Dec 23, 2015
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Dec. 29 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street moved lower with the price of oil amid concern about the global glut at a time of weakening worldwide economic growth.
Received this month the annual newsletter from Wellington City Councillor Nicola Young. As with last year, a good example of concise and useful reporting back to constituents: My 2015 highlights City lanes – I campaigned for Wellington’s inner city lanes to become features, rather than dark corners; it’s been talked about for years, but nothing […]
News from NZ Police A wellington man drowned yesterday at an East Cape beach. He was Tamahou Wanoa, 53. Mr Wanoa had been free diving at Puatai Beach near Tolaga Bay with family and friends. He got into difficulties when he became caught in a rip. The death has now been referred to the coroner. […]
Press Release – Fiji Crop and Livestock Council Researchers and extension officers from around the region met in Samoa last September to take part European Union funded conference organised by the Pacific Agricultural Policy Project (PAPP).Research is an Essential Tool for Farmers Researchers and extension officers from around the region met in Samoa last September […]
The Herald editorial: New Zealanders ought to be able to find Judge Dawson’s 271-page decision online as easily as they can download movies and music and other copyrighted material. It explains the methods allegedly used by Dotcom’s Megaupload site to store such material and even reward those who did so. It is said to have […]
Spark, Vodafone and Chorus will pay almost NZ$44 million towards this year’s $50 million Telecommunications Development Levy. The Telecommunications Development Levy is an extra tax paid by telecommunications companies. Each company pays a little over one percent of its revenue to subsidise rural broadband and finance other worthy but uncommercial services. Spark is the biggest […]
With the year rapidly drawing to a close it’s a good time to look back at all the important events that have occurred over the year. There is too much to squeeze into one post so this is the first of four posts reviewing the year – one each day – and will be followed on [...]
Phil Quin blogs: “We’re finishing an excellent year in which the polls and popular feeling on the streets tells us that we are on course to victory in 2017” – Nigel Haworth, 23/12/2015 There’s an important epistemological distinction – perhaps more accurately a chasm – between bullshit and lies. Quin sees this claim as bullshit. But, […]
News from WCC Following the success of last year’s award-winning New Year’s Eve celebration, Wellington is planning a Big Band New Year’s Eve at the Frank Kitts Whairepo Lagoon. Supported by the Wellington City Council, it will feature entertainers including the Rodger Fox Big Band. As well as music there will be fireworks, and the […]
Flower Show’s Hands in Your Pockets? Kate Hillier is one of the organisers of a new flower show to be held at Bastion Park in November 2016. She has approached the ATEED (Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development) CCO for funding for ...