After five successful years in Australia, leading business management platform, MYOB, will launch its highly sought-after DevelopHer programme for the first time in New Zealand, as it seeks to bridge the skills gap and help increase the number ...
Over the weekend Fire and Emergency responded to multiple vegetation fires in Auckland which had got out of control due to the windy conditions. Ron Devlin, Region Manager Te Hiku, urges Aucklanders to be vigilant, "If you’ve applied for a fire permit, ...
Fruit and vegetable growers who supply the domestic market have welcomed the Commerce Commission’s recommendations following its investigation into supermarkets. ‘The industry is pleased to see the Commerce Commission is recommending actions that would ...
Under Operation Tauwhiro, as of 1 March 2022, Police have: · Seized 1,531 firearms · Arrested 1,255 people · Seized 53.74 kg of methamphetamine · Conducted 926 searches under warrant, and 634 warrantless searches. News that the highly successful Operation ...
“The millions of dollars spent on the Commerce Commission report into supermarkets has reported back on what we could have told Government for free proposing some extra bureaucracy to boot, it’s too hard to build, too hard to invest, too hard to do ...
The Vegan Society of New Zealand has issued the Minister for Women, Jan Tinetti, a challenge to go Dairy Free for 7 days to mark International Women's Day. Celebrated world over, this day highlights the struggles of everyday women within the patriarchal ...
Recognising rural Rodney’s contribution of both property rates and regional fuel tax to the Auckland Super City, mayoral candidate Craig Lord is vowing to reinstate the $124 million budgetary allocation that was previously promised for roading upgrades ...
SAFE is asking New Zealanders to consider the dairy industry from a new perspective - her perspective. It’s common practice for the dairy industry to raise female cows for five to six years before sending them to slaughter. During this time, mother ...
Kiwi Group Holdings Limited (KGHL) is exploring a range of opportunities to enable subsidiary company Kiwi Wealth Management Limited (Kiwi Wealth) to continue to grow and unlock value for its current owners, including the potential sale of the asset. ...
A recent case, investigated by dispute resolution service Financial Services Complaints Limited (FSCL), highlights that a hardship relief agreement with a lender is a short-term stop gap when a consumer’s circumstances change, and cannot be used as a long-term ...
Meat Business Women (MBW) New Zealand have appointed two young and upcoming co-chairs to lead the organisation into 2022 and beyond. The announcement of the new co-chairs is timely as the organisation celebrates International Women’s Day today, Tuesday ...
Health policy experts and nutritionists are disappointed this morning by the rollback of expected recommendations from Commerce Commissions report on the grocery market this morning to split up the two big industry players. "What many people don’t ...
A sharp increase in online ordering and delivery from convenience stores is being driven by hankerings for hot pies and chocolates bars as well as a move to contact-free shopping in response to the pandemic.
A University of Canterbury graduate and staff member who was a life-long advocate for victims and people with disabilities will be honoured when a building on the Ilam Campus is renamed after her. The School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing Staff ...
Save the Children is outraged at the deaths of eight people, including a woman and her two children, killed in a mortar shell attack on Sunday as they tried to flee the town of Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv. The children - a teenage boy and primary ...
New Zealanders will soon benefit from a much more competitive grocery sector as a result of market study findings unveiled by the Commerce Commission today.
We’re celebrating International Women’s Day by recognising the women who have inspired and led the way for some of Wellington City Council’s wāhine toa. Wellington City Council has a proud legacy of women in politics including Annie McVicar becoming ...
Every year as we get set to farewell another summer, the tropical flavours of the feijoa/whitoa signal the start of cooler months and remind us of childhoods spent foraging under the neighbours’ trees for these delicious Autumn fruit. A well-loved ...
Wellington.Scoop In a brief one-sentence announcement on its website, the City Council has announced that the Thorndon Pool has been closed a month early because of covid. Unfortunately we’ve had to close Thorndon Pool early for the season due to staffing shortage as an impact of COVID-19. There was more information on the council’s Facebook […]
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South Sudan’s unity government marked its two-year anniversary against a backdrop of stalled constitutional progress and ongoing cycles of community violence – often fuelled by political groups and armed militias – the senior UN official in the ...
State Highway 5 at Te Pohue is closed following a two-car crash. Emergency services were notified shortly before 6:30am. Initial indications are that three people are injured, one seriously. Motorists are asked to delay travel or use alternate routes.
New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) is helping local kids to a Zero Waste Future. An NPDC grant is boosting efforts by New Plymouth’s Kinderen Early Childhood Education Preschool to expand their long-standing focus on sustainability. Support from NPDC’s ...
Ukraine addressed the UN’s highest court on Monday to reject as a “grotesque lie” Russia’s claims that genocide has been committed in eastern Ukrainian oblasts, or regions, before calling for emergency measures to halt Russian aggression. The ...