Hamilton Airport has been lauded for a successful business strategy which has protected its staff and stakeholders from potentially devastating effects of Covid-19. The Airport, owned by five Waikato councils, has won the Commercial and Non-aeronautical ...
by Andy Foster Shortly after being elected Mayor, just before Christmas 2019, I received a call telling me a major wastewater pipe had broken on Dixon Street. I promptly headed to the site to meet Wellington Water management and contractors. It was the first of several well reported pipe failures in rapid succession. Some were […]
The ASB Classic tennis tournament is returning to Auckland in January 2023 after a two-year break and new research shows it can be expected to bring a boost in consumer spending to the region of as much as $27 million. The tournament attracted around ...
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I very rarely lodge formal complaints with the media. In fact I am unsure if I have ever done a formal complaint, as I prefer to just critique stories on Kiwiblog. But this story in the Dominion Post and on Stuff was so bad, I have filed the below complaint. I will advise of any […]
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Rent prices are being frozen in Scotland until at least March 2023 – evictions are also to be suspended. The Scottish First Minister sees the cost of living crisis as a “danger to life” and demands an energy price cap from London. This is a ...
GENEVA (12 September 2022) – A UN expert has urged the Mexican government to legislate human rights guarantees for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and to allocate adequate funding for their protection and durable solutions. After ending her visit to Mexico, ...
Starring Richard Flood ( Grey’s Anatomy , Shameless , Crossing Lines ) & Acushla-Tara Kupe ( Under the Vines , Mr Corman ) with Michelle Fairley ( Game of Thrones , Gangs of London , Fortitude ) Carolyn Bracken ( The Quiet Girl , You Are ...
GENEVA (12 September 2022) – Afghanistan faces a deepening human rights crisis under Taliban rule that is leading to authoritarianism, a UN expert warned today. In his first report to the Human Rights Council, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation ...
A new global estimate that 49.6 million people are in modern slavery on any given day has shown the need for immediate international action to end this scandal. Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage from the ILO, Walk ...
Foodstuffs has welcomed the end of mask mandates, with Managing Director Chris Quin saying it will be a relief for teams and customers to take off their masks in the supermarket. “I really want to say thank you to our teams and millions of customers ...
Stories of personal journeys and struggles to learn and nurture te reo Māori are now online and in a free downloadable book from Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood NZ. “Our pouako | lecturers and cultural advisors have shared their own stories to ...
Tickets for the biennial airshow, Wings Over Wairarapa, will go on sale Tuesday 13 September beginning a countdown to the aerial extravaganza being held in Masterton this summer. The Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival, to be held at Hood Aerodrome ...
On the 18th September 1992 the New Zealand Society of Diversional and Recreational Therapists Incorporated (NZSDRT Inc.) was incorporated under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908. Since then, every 18th of September we celebrate our National Diversional ...
Eleventh Global United Nations South-South Development Expo Opens in Bangkok BANGKOK, THAILAND (12 September 2022): The eleventh edition of the United Nations Global South-South Development Expo (GSSD Expo), an event highlighting Southern innovations in tackling ...
Pfizer confirms it will supply an additional 40,000 PAXLOVID® (nirmatrelvir tablets and ritonavir tablets) treatment courses to the New Zealand Government, bringing the total to 100,000 PAXLOVID treatment courses in New Zealand for 2022. PAXLOVID ...
12 September Te Pātaka Whaioranga - Pharmac has confirmed today that it is simplifying the access criteria for the three antiviral treatments it funds for treating early COVID-19. From Wednesday 14 September 2022, the number of people who can access these ...
Christchurch City Councillors are about to vote on the most significant planning change ever seen in our city, without knowing the impact or the damage it will do. That’s the view of residents’ groups who have revealed the three to ten (or more) ...
Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing the Australian seafood industry, has released the Australian Seafood Industry's first whole-of-industry Export Market Strategic Plan as part of industry’s biennial conference, Seafood ...
12 September 2022 Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, It is an honour to address you today. First, on behalf of the UN Human Rights Office, allow me to extend our warmest welcome to Under-Secretary-General Volker Türk, whose ...
Today’s decision to scrap the COVID-19 Protection Framework and removing the requirement for household contacts to isolate if they are not ill is the right decision to make. "Relieving businesses of the burden of enforcing mask-wearing requirements and ...
Face coverings will no longer be required on any Air New Zealand operated flights from 13 September 2022 following the Government’s announcement today that face masks will no longer be required on inbound international or domestic flights. Masks ...
Nearly 30 percent of the population are experiencing acute food insecurity, and will likely deteriorate further unless urgent assistance is provided 12/09/2022 JOINT FAO/WFP NEWS RELEASE Colombo/Rome – An estimated 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka ...
People in Canterbury are being reminded to save Emergency Department (ED) for emergencies, due to large numbers of people presenting with non-urgent conditions at Canterbury’s Urgent Care facilities and the Christchurch Hospital ED. Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury ...
The iconic Sky Tower will light up in a celebratory display of rainbow colours on Monday 12 September in recognition of the lifting of COVID restrictions announced by the Prime Minister in a press conference earlier this afternoon. “We are delighted ...