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The first cruise ship in two and a half years will today receive a warm welcome to Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland including a tugboat water salute, special offers from downtown businesses, and more. Mayor Phil Goff says it will be great for Auckland ...

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Retail NZ has welcomed the return of cruise ships to New Zealand for the first time since COVID-19. “Cruise visitors were big spenders in retail prior to COVID-19, and retailers in Auckland will be celebrating the arrival of P&O’s Pacific ...

Don Brash writes: A recent report issued by the Community Boards’ Executive Committee, on Local Government New Zealand letter-head, urges the creation of “community boards, local boards, and other forms of ‘local community’ or neighbourhood governance”. When doing so “the default membership [of such bodies] should be such that 50% are elected by residents on […]

The number of New Zealand cricket-related injury claims increased by 42.6 percent but the injury incidence decreased from 59 percent to 42.8 percent over 12 years to 2016, according to new University of Canterbury research just released by the ...

Geneva, 11 August 2022 I am alarmed by reports of several casualties and fatalities yesterday in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown during public protests. I call on the Government of Sierra Leone to hold prompt, impartial and thorough investigations ...

Sierra Leone authorities must ensure an open and accessible internet at all times, and especially during political instability. On Wednesday, August 10 , an anti-government protest erupted in Freetown, Sierra Leone, responding to the rising cost of living. ...

11 August Seventeen recipients were honoured tonight in the Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian Awards which acknowledged their commitment and contribution to the community and the city. Mayor Andy Foster says the winners come from right across ...

GENEVA (11 August 2022) – UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet today expressed alarm at the high number of Palestinians, including children, killed and injured in the occupied Palestinian territory this year, including in intense hostilities ...

Police are making a fresh appeal to the public for information regarding two separate fires in relation to the death of Margaret “Terri” Fordham. Terri, 75, died following a fire that started at her residential property on Bridge Road Birchville, Upper ...

The Making Rail Work team has set out a bold ambition to create New Zealand’s first rail co-operative, which could act as a conduit to a public-private partnership for the delivery of inter-city passenger rail in the Golden Triangle. As a co-operative, ...

Social media posts helped scientists to monitor one of Aotearoa’s rarest whale species, the infrequently sighted southern right whale, or tohorā. Photographs shared by members of the public, via Facebook and nature-watching network iNaturalist, helped ...

Ōtautahi’s much loved multi-venue mini-fest ‘DarkSpace’ returns to Saint Asaph Street on Saturday 10th September with a stacked line up of South Island musical talent performing across Darkroom, Space Academy and 12 Bar. With thirteen acts to ...

The all favourite Gutsy Girls Film Festival returns to New Zealand Screens this August and will feature our very own sweeping landscapes. Kicking off in Auckland, the documentary style film named ‘The Long Pathway’, invites audiences on a journey ...

11 August The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) Dr. Samson Viulu today (Thursday 11th August 2022) had a fruitful roundtable discussion with His Excellency the British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands and Nauru Thomas ...

Report from LDR Ron Mark didn’t plan to run for Carterton’s mayoralty. But with residents and ratepayers asking him to put his hat in the ring, he was more than happy to do so, becoming the only person running against incumbent mayor Greg Lang. “I think I’m insane,” he said yesterday, “I thought I was […]

Press Release – Hawkes Bay Regional Council Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has a full allocation of councillors ahead of Local Government elections in October 2022. There will be just four elections for regional councillors for Mui ki te Raki – the northern Mori constituency, Wairoa, … Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has a full allocation of […]

These were posted on Dr Sharma’s Facebook page. Former Labour MP Darien Fenton attacks him for daring to speak up in public, and he responds about how he has been complaining for 1.5 years and the bullying hasn’t stopped. No tag for this post.

The NY Post editorial: As his followers stormed the Capitol, calling for his vice president to be hanged, President Donald Trump sat in his private dining room, watching TV, doing nothing. For three hours, seven minutes. There has been much debate over whether Trump’s rally speech on Jan. 6, 2021, constituted “incitement.” That’s somewhat of […]

Ready 4 Learning and Te Kete Hono have signed a partnership agreement which will see the two bring an integrated offering to New Zealand schools and ECEs. The two organisations will work together in schools that want both SchoolTalk and the foundational ...

Police and LandSAR have continued to search for Brent Falaniko today in the Waikanae Beach area.

The Greens will continue to push for climate friendly, affordable transport options as part of a new cross-party Parliamentary inquiry into the future of inter-regional passenger rail in New Zealand. “Investing in rail is a great way to connect our ...

· Marlborough Lines is seeking a strategic partner for its wholly-owned subsidiary Yealands Wine Group to further pursue opportunities in renewable energy and electrification as part of its ‘Energise Marlborough’ strategy · A divestment of part of Yealands ...

Just one statistic says so much. In Term 1 of this year only 22% of students at decile 1 schools in New Zealand were fully attending. Simply appalling. No tag for this post.

Waikato District Council and delivery partner Watercare, have completed a range of works to the water supply, wastewater and stormwater networks, enhancing overall levels of service across the district. The Government’s three waters infrastructure ...