The FSC has launched its flagship annual conference for 2022. The conference theme this year reflects the FSC vision to grow the financial confidence and wellbeing of New Zealanders. The FSC Conference 2022 will be held at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland ...
News from Lotto New Zealand A Wellington woman has won $1 million with Lotto First Division – and it was all thanks to a Bonus Ticket. The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, didn’t think much of it when she won a Bonus Ticket last week – never imagining it would see her become a […]
A significant gathering of illegal street racers was met with a significant Police response, in a major operation undertaken in Waikato District on March 25 and 26. Police intelligence had identified that a significant event involving hundreds of ...
Sir Edmund Hillary’s legacy lives on as the first piece of the new Scott Base infrastructure is installed in Antarctica. The small but mighty building will support several science experiments, some of which have continued uninterrupted since 1957 ...
Police are advising motorists of a serious crash involving a car and a pedestrian on State Highway 14, Tangiteroria. Police and emergency services are at the scene. Early reports indicate one person has sustained serious injuries. The Serious Crash ...
If the Government’s consultation on co-governance was genuine, Three Waters would be put on ice until it’s completed, says the Taxpayers’ Union . “You can’t have a consultation on co-governance while at the same time implementing co-governance ...
The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand says a survey released today on the views of New Zealanders towards Jewish people, shows the need for more Holocaust education in Aotearoa New Zealand, board chair Deborah Hart says. The Antisemitism Survey of ...
Apex Recruitment Limited has been convicted and fined $3,600, and its director, Georgia Carolan-Hyland, has also been convicted and fined $1,500, for their involvement in knowingly employing migrant workers in breach of their visa conditions. Immigration ...
Plant & Food Research will be leading a national team of researchers looking at native honey composition and the characteristics that appeal most to consumers, thanks to new funding from the High-Value Nutrition National Science Challenge. <img ...
“The Government is increasing dependency on welfare with increases to the benefit while businesses struggle to get ahead and employ more people,” says ACT’s Social Development spokesperson Karen Chhour. “On Friday, benefits will increase by an ...
“Commuters across New Zealand will be disappointed that from 1 April the Government’s deeply unpopular car tax will be coming in to effect,” says ACT’s Transport spokesperson Simon Court. “It sounds like it should be an April Fool’s gag, but from Friday ...
“As if small businesses haven’t had a tough enough time as it is, the Government is piling a bit more misery on them with another minimum wage hike on Friday,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “There is a dearth of experience ...
New Zealand is in a cost of living crisis. A big part of the crisis is the rising cost of rental accommodation. Since Labour came to power four years ago, rents in Otago and Queenstown Lakes have increased by a whopping 64%. Rents are rising in ...
RNZ photo Report from RNZ Transmission Gully was officially opened this morning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by the Prime Minister, MPs and mayors. But the public will not get to drive on it until tomorrow. It is the sixth date for opening the 27km motorway between Wellington and Kāpiti. A ceremony to bless the […]
Farmer Hamish Murray knows first-hand what it feels like to be short of the resources needed to create a great workplace. In 2014/2015, he and his family’s high-country sheep and beef farm suffered from one of Marlborough’s toughest droughts. “My ...
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Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says the decision not to hold the next America’s Cup in Auckland had been signalled for some time. “While it is not a surprise, I have encountered strong views from many Aucklanders and New Zealanders about the decision ...
The second session of the 4th ITUC World Women’s Conference will be held online, 30 – 31 March, putting a new social contract, grounded in equality and equity, at the centre of recovery and resilience. Women trade union activists from around ...
GENEVA (29 March 2022) - The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has issued its findings on Hungary, Jamaica, Mexico, Switzerland and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the five States parties which it examined during its latest ...
Emirates Team New Zealand and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are pleased to announce Barcelona, in the region of Catalonia as the Host Venue for the 37th America’s Cup to be held in September and October of 2024. A mixture of history and modernity, ...
“Business owners will be cringing as the Government’s Bill to create another public holiday passed its second reading last night,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Minimum wage increases, so-called Fair Pay Agreements, ...
Transmission Gully will: · Shorten peak journeys by 7 to 15 minutes · Carry 25,000 vehicles a day · Improve productivity, saving travellers 1,640 hours a day across the network The Prime Minister has officially opened the Transmission Gully motorway, ...
Today, the impact of physical inactivity on our mental state has been revealed for the first time in the Mind Race [i] – an ASICS experiment in which regular exercisers paused their normal fitness routines for one week. The impact on their state of mind ...
A three-part webinar series themed ‘ResiliArt Weaving Oceania webinars’ which kicked off last week is having its final webinar discussion on Wednesday 30 March focussing on education and training in the arts sector. The webinar series gathers ...
Canstar is today thrilled to release its inaugural Consumer Pulse report, the result of insights from over 18,000 New Zealanders collected in research waves from February last year to January this year. The survey, which will be run annually, tracks the ...