A new Open Space Strategy for Kāpiti sets in place a vision for protecting and enhancing the district’s awesome network of parks and reserves, urban space and pathways for the next 30 years. The Kāpiti Coast Open Space Strategy was formally ...
Today, the New Zealand Cystic Fibrosis community are calling upon the Government and Pharmac to fund a wonder drug, Trikafta. We, Patient Voice Aotearoa, stand in solidarity with them. For many people with cystic fibrosis, the drug will make their ...
"The Government’s plan to force retailers in to using biofuels will pump up the price of fuel and is pointless when the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) can help us meet our targets anyway,” says ACT’s Environment and Climate Change spokesperson ...
Tauranga City Council’s Community Development Match Fund is now open for applications for medium grants of up to $10,000. The Match Fund is designed to help community groups deliver new initiatives that foster strong, innovative and vibrant communities. ...
The fire seasons for Auckland mainland and the populated Hauraki Gulf Islands have changed as at 9am, Monday 28 March. Auckland mainland has moved to an open fire season. This means no permits are required to light a fire in the open air. All the populated ...
Bay of Plenty District is now in an open fire season, effective from at 8am, Monday 28 March. This includes Tauranga, South Waikato, Western Bay of Plenty, Taupō, Whakatāne, Kawerau and Ōpōtiki. District Manager Jeff Maunder says that an open fire season ...
Open finance is tipped to become the standard for consumers' financial welfare and empowerment, according to a new Aotearoa fintech research report. FinTechNZ executive director Jason Roberts says the huge opportunities for Kiwi businesses and consumers ...
Report from RNZ by Hamish Cardwell Wellington clinicians say the capital’s youth mental health service is desperately short staffed and has all but collapsed. RNZ reported last year about patients facing long wait times at a number of Wellington mental health services – with demand having ramped up amid a lack of clinicians. Since then […]
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WelTec teams up with Te Rūnanganui o Te Āti Awa to deliver care and kai packages to students isolating with Covid Having started with delivering only eight packages at the start of March, WelTec are now in week four of delivering over 35 kai (food) ...
Peter Davis writes to Newsroom: Second, there will be a drastic reduction in accountability and transparency. For some reason that still puzzles me, the incoming Labour government more or less got rid of the public reporting of health sector performance metrics. I have always felt that was the saving grace of public-sector organisations –transparency, efficiency, […]
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Climate adaptation research in Aotearoa is set to be invigorated by an unprecedented 14 research projects led by Māori, for Māori. These highly localised projects, made up of multidisciplinary teams including tohunga and kairangahau, will investigate ...
As air travel returns, Auckland Airport and Air New Zealand are introducing the Sunflower Hidden Disabilities programme to make it easier for every traveller to take flight. The Hidden Disabilities Sunflower lanyard, with its cheerful sunflower ...
Energy Resources Aotearoa has proudly welcomed Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited (Mobil) as a ground-breaking new member, becoming the first downstream fuel wholesaler and retailer to join. "This is another big step on our journey to represent the ...
David Venn Enterprises is thrilled to announce that the smash-hit Broadway musical that has had Australia in a tizz, The Wedding Singer , is headed for Wellington and Auckland this June and July. From the Broadway creators and writer of the Adam Sandler ...
For the first time, Parrot Analytics reveals our demand data on the Academy Award races for Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Actor, demonstrating the gap between the Academy’s and the public’s movie and talent preferences ahead of tonight's ...
In a virtual repeat of his performance at the same meeting a year ago Auckland ace Grant Martin (Talon MR1/A) claimed his second SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series race win of the weekend in the 10-lap feature final at the Historic ...
If your business has employees in company vehicles, the occasional road accident will not be uncommon. Your insurance company can provide you with guidelines on how to make sure your policy covers all the damage and costs that might be incurred. ...
Today Te Pāti Māori stand in solidarity with the cystic fibrosis community of Aotearoa New Zealand in calling for the government to fund the wonder drug, Trikafta. Unfortunately, Co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi are unable to ...
Report from LDR South Wairarapa’s mayor says the government’s consultation and engagement with local iwi regarding Three Waters reforms has been “severely lacking”. But the government department leading the reforms has rebutted this and says it is committed to even more engagement with mana whenua as reforms progress. Mayor Alex Beijen voiced his concerns at […]
Report from RNZ Wellington-born Jane Campion has received the Academy Award for best director for “The Power of the Dog,” becoming only the third woman in the Oscars’ 94-year history to take home the prize. She joins Kathryn Bigelow and Chloe Zhao as the only women to have received the honour for directing. “I love […]
Press Release – Perpetual Guardian A new tertiary study grant is available to provide people working in or planning a career in the library and information sector with funding towards the costs of a relevant qualification. With more than 7,000 people employed in public, school, … A new tertiary study grant is available to provide […]
Mayoral candidate, Leo Molloy, has today presented his Auckland Comeback Plan to secure Auckland’s future. Leo’s Auckland Comeback Plan will get our city back on track. Leo understands the most persistent challenges facing our city, and with ...
The UN chief on Friday paid tribute to the dozens of United Nations personnel who have been detained this year while working for the Organization, and those whose whereabouts is unknown. In his message marking the International Day of Solidarity ...
Ongoing violence in Ukraine has left millions of people “in constant fear” of indiscriminate shelling, the UN warned on Friday, as efforts continued to reach the country’s most vulnerable populations, one month on from the Russian invasion. ...