News from Waka Kotahi NZTA State Highway 59 remains closed between Pukerua Bay and Paekākāriki as contractors work to stabilise the hill above the road. This area had multiple slips last month and requires a significant amount of work to allow the highway to be made safe for road users. Mark Owen, Regional Manager Wellington […]
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Young innovators across the Bay of Plenty have come together this week to share their creative ideas, solve problems, experience artificial intelligence, and celebrate the Young Innovator Awards (yia!) for 2022. The yia! programme, which was created ...
Consumer NZ is urging Nando’s customers to check whether their free delivery is as free as the company suggests. Customers of delivered food continue to be fed up with the lack of transparency and hidden information about delivery pricing. Earlier ...
WorkSafe NZ, Construction Health and Safety NZ (CHASNZ) and the Council of Trade Unions (CTU) are calling for a renewed focus on construction health and safety after a number of serious incidents recently. “Despite sustained effort to reduce harm ...
Continuing the revitalisation of te reo Māori and kicking off Mahuru Māori, twenty-six new waiata were released today ahead of Waiata Anthems Week (Sept 5-11). From newcomers Coterie, to NZ legend Tim Finn, artists span the full spectrum of musical genres, ...
News from NZ Police A Wellington Free Ambulance was broken into while attending a medical event in Lower Hutt this morning. The ambulance was parked outside an address on Waiwhetu Road around 12.11am while the paramedics were inside tending to an individual. The ambulance was left locked and secure on the street. When the paramedics […]
September 1, 2022 A collection of 74 art works by some of New Zealand’s most influential and respected artists has sold for a hammer price of more than $1 million at an auction sale at the International Art Centre in Auckland tonight. Proceeds from the sale ...
The New Zealand Indoor Bowls team (the Mat Blacks) are locked in a titanic battle for Trans-Tasman supremacy after day one the three day test match currently being held in Ballarat. The last time New Zealand played Australia was three years ago ...
U.S. President Joe Biden has ignored activists and civil society groups’ call to address the extreme human rights abuses perpetrated by leaders from the Middle East and North Africa during a recent visit to the region. Access Now stands in solidarity ...
Bilal Tanweer to chair high-profile international judging panel Prize opens for submissions until 1 November 2022 Entrants can submit in 12 languages for the chance to win international recognition and prize money London, UK. Pakistani writer and ...
From September 1 to October 31, 2022, ASC is running a public consultation to refine proposals for two major topics in the upcoming ASC Farm Standard, Fish Health and Welfare and Benthic Impacts. The consultation specifically aims to collect feedback ...
Southland’s real estate market is about to experience the new branding encompassing two of the region’s prominent real estate companies. The new entity of Bayleys Southland Real Estate represents the unification of two leading real estate brands ...
Thursday, September1st 2022 Pop superstar Pharrell, Former All Black Coach Graeme Henry, and Emmy Award nominee Melanie Lynsky were just some of those who joined in congratulating the eight winners of this year's Kea World Class New Zealand Awards ...
Press Release – Pride NZ Two icons of Wellington’s Takatāpui Rainbow communities – Chrissy Witoko (1944-2002) and Carmen Rupe (1936-2011) – are to be honoured with memorial seats in the heart of Wellington’s Rainbow Precinct. Located on the corner of Cuba and Vivian Streets, the seats are a collaboration between PrideNZ, the Chrissy Witoko Memorial […]
Press Release – Wellington City Council The Wellington City Council and the Hannah Playhouse Trust are collaborating to re-open the iconic venue as an affordable theatre space for the development of the professional performing arts sector in the city. Through Council’s Aho Tini 2030 Arts, Culture and Creativity Strategy consultation last year, the creative sector […]
The Justice Committee has called for public submissions on the Coroners Amendment Bill. The bill seeks to facilitate better access to justice for families interacting with the coronial system by making amendments to the Coroners Act 2006. The bill ...
Having got its kick start in 2017 sanctioning major mass-participation events like NaZCAR’s budget-friendly 8, 12 & 24 Hour ‘Lemons’ endurance events and the Ultimate Rally Group’s various Targa NZ tarmac rallies, New Zealand’s ...
Manawatū District Council will apply for $3.76 million to go towards the Manawatū Community Hub (Feilding Library) Redevelopment project, as part of the government’s Three Waters “Better Off Funding” to help offset costs with the Three Waters ...
New Zealand’s most loved children’s authors and illustrators are being live-streamed to hundreds of classrooms around the country as a free reading initiative designed to combat declining literacy rates and spark a lifelong love of reading takes off. ...
Press Release – Food and Grocery Council Raewyn Bleakley will be the new Chief Executive of the New Zealand Food & Grocery Council, replacing Katherine Rich who is stepping down after 13½ years. Raewyn is an experienced and successful senior leader who has worked across and within government for more than 20 years, 6½ years […]
Macleans College continues to prove they are the golfing school to beat in New Zealand, taking out the New Zealand Boy’s Secondary Schools Championship for the third time in the last four events, while Kings College took out the girl’s event comfortably. ...
The Boys Premiership Semi-Finals are set to take place tomorrow after a hectic three days. Southern Cross Campus claimed a spot in the semi-finals as they upset competition favourites and Auckland competition winners St Pauls College in yesterday’s marquee ...
Highlights The New Zealand economy has witnessed negative growth in the first quarter, but the central bank is keen on raising rates. The housing market is now not as hot as it was last year, but this price affordability is marred by rising costs of a ...