The Government has quietly carved out an immigration exemption for employees of FIFA, while Kiwi businesses continue to face major hurdles in their efforts to bring in the workers they desperately need, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica ...
Police are continuing their investigation into the disappearance of 22-year-old Breanna Muriwai. Breanna was last seen in the early hours of Sunday, 28 August at Te Horo Beach. As part of the investigation residents of the beach settlement were ...
In these challenging times, it is natural to seek out beacons of hope and optimism. Today we can focus on a beacon that is lighting the path to a better future in the Middle East. Two years ago Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed ...
Otago Community Trust have funded over $500,000 in support of a wide range of community projects in its September funding round, with the Upper Clutha | Wānaka area in particular benefitting from recent grant approvals. A $180,000 grant was approved ...
Telecom complaints back to pre-pandemic levels Telecommunications Dispute Resolution service enquiries surged in the first half of 2022. The enquiries were a third (33 per cent) higher than in the previous six months and 34 per cent higher than the same period a year earlier. The TDR says enquiry volumes are now back to pre-pandemic […]
Two of New Zealand’s top business events professionals were presented with Outstanding Contributor Awards for 2021 and 2022 at Business Events Industry Aotearoa’s (BEIA’s) industry gala dinner last night hosted at ToiToi - Hawke’s Bay Arts and Event Centre. ...
Congratulations to Georgia Mehlhopt from Greystone Wines for winning the Central Otago competition on 6 October and becoming the 2022 Tonnellerie de Mercurey North Canterbury Young Winemaker of the Year. She will be the first person to represent ...
London-based Gabriel Swartland has been promoted to Senior Vice President – Client Services at Movio, the global leader in data-driven marketing solutions for the cinema industry. The move follows the appointment of former Chief Client Officer, Sarah ...
Prices for energy, food and other essentials are spiraling to levels that are sending millions of working people into poverty, while they are being told by some governments, economists and central bankers that raising wages to enable them to withstand inflation ...
Greenpeace Aotearoa says that a new report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) shows New Zealand can’t plant its way out of climate pollution from intensive dairy. Instead, the Government has to act - and cut synthetic nitrogen ...
New Zealand’s golden couple of eventing Tim and Jonelle Price are now officially on top of the world. The latest FEI rankings have Tim at no.1 and Jonelle at no.2 and it is believed they are the first married couple to do so. It’s been three-and-a-half ...
As a result of a fault on the HVDC system which transfers electricity from the South Island to the North Island this morning Transpower called a grid emergency. The grid emergency allowed the System Operator to work with lines companies to remove controllable ...
Tomorrow, 8 October, is World Migratory Bird Day, an international awareness day as birds embark on their seasonal migration. These epic journeys happen twice a year, one for each migratory season. Tītī/sooty shearwaters, toanui/flesh-footed shearwaters, ...
Specialised monitoring equipment has been installed in Bay of Plenty estuaries to understand whether our coastal wetlands can survive the threat of inevitable sea-level rise. Bay of Plenty Regional Council contracted NIWA to install 12 Rod Surface Elevation ...
Tinkering with price settings in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will create major uncertainties and cost increases for Kiwi households and businesses, says Straterra CEO Josie Vidal. Straterra, the industry association representing New Zealand minerals ...
A cross-party delegation of members of Parliament (MPs) will join nearly 1200 other participants attending the 145th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, being held in Kigali, Rwanda. The New Zealand delegation is Vanushi Walters MP (Head of Delegation), ...
Wellington.Scoop A power emergency in the North Island is over and the fault has been fixed. Transpower had issued two warnings early this morning, warning there was a risk of insufficient generation to meet demand in the North Island. Transpower reported a fault on the HVDC cable which transfers electricity from the South Island to […]
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Transpower has called a grid emergency and is working with electricity lines companies to manage controllable load such as hot water systems. It follows a fault on the HVDC cable which transfers electricity from the South Island to the North Island. ...
Stuff reports: Now, teachers’ unions are joining forces to call for streaming in schools to be abolished. … Webber cited evidence which showed “how educationally harmful [streaming] is for male students”. … Albany Senior High School English teacher Philippa Wintle has worked in education for 15 years, and said any system where male students were at […]
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Hospitality New Zealand is looking forward to the announcement of a relaxation in immigration settings to allow skilled chefs into New Zealand. Chief Executive Julie White says she understands the Minister of Immigration will make an announcement ...
Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster arrival in the early 1990s marked a stunning rebirth of cinematic cool steeped in the classiest kind of Top 40 nostalgia. With its soundtrack programmed by fictional DJ K-Billy for his "Super Sounds of the Seventies" ...
GENEVA (6 October 2022) – UN experts concluded their visit to Ecuador by calling on the State to take immediate and additional measures to tackle the country’s complex prison crisis and protect the human rights of those deprived of liberty. ...
LJUBLJANA/GENEVA (6 October 2022) – Slovenia is a global leader in recognising the right to a healthy environment, but faces challenges in protecting this right, such as toxic pollution hotspots, lack of access to safe drinking water for vulnerable ...
All remaining dates of his world tour postponed to next year. INCLUDES ALL DATES UP TO AND INCLUDING MARCH 25, 2023 TICKETHOLDERS WILL BE INFORMED ON NEXT STEPS AS UPDATES OCCUR The tour, originally slated to begin in 2020 before being postponed ...