October 2022 – Demand for quality office space has remained strong through the third quarter of the year with vacancy decreasing or stabilising in our three major centres, according to JLL’s latest Office Vertical Vacancy Report, out today. In ...
A panel representing Aotearoa’s rangatahi climate change leaders will raise their voices and share their concerns, views and aspirations for change with Climate Change Minister James Shaw before he heads to the 27th UN Climate Change Conference. Hosted ...
Wellington Airport has scored highly for sustainability in an independent global assessment, rated third in the world for participating airports. The assessment was carried out by GRESB who rate the performance and management of environmental, social ...
New Zealand investment banking firm Murray & Co has entered a partnership with leading Australian financial advisory firm Gresham Partners that will provide important benefits for clients. Murray & Co Executive Chairman Justin Murray ...
A new report from Greater Wellington’s Environmental Science team shows the positive impact Metlink’s EV buses are having on Wellington’s air quality along the Golden Mile, leading both to positive health benefits and climate change mitigation. The ...
In Aotearoa in October 1972, poet JK Baxter died, Donny Osmond had the #1 hit with Puppy Love, Norman Kirk was about to be elected as Prime Minister, and the Equal Pay Act came into being. 50 years ago on October 20th, the Act was passed “to make ...
Social investment speech to the Victoria University School of Government Thank you to the Victoria University School of Government for hosting this lecture today. I was a first-year student at this university 23 years ago. It’s an honour to return ...
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) - Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko has issued a formal warning to InvestNow Saving and Investment Service Limited for failing to comply with anti-money laundering requirements, including conducting customer due diligence, ...
News from Waka Kotahi/ NZ Transport Agency Due to protest action on the Paekakariki hill, State Highway 1 Transmission Gully was closed to southbound traffic at 8.05 this morning. Drivers heading into Wellington should detour via State Highway 59. Delays are expected and road users should allow extra time. The southbound lanes were still closed […]
Sisterhood passionate about creating ripples of change for a stronger Aotearoa New Zealand Theresa and Angela Gattung have today announced the launch of the Gattung Foundation, a charitable foundation that among its aims, wants to address inequalities ...
As the cost of food remains on almost everyone’s lips, Bargain Box, New Zealand’s affordable meal-kit, is revealing what foods Kiwis are turning to as they manage food budgets this year. The Bargain Box chefs are also sharing the kitchen secrets ...
Social investment will be the organising framework for the next National Government’s approach to the funding and delivery of social services, said National’s Social Investment Spokesperson Nicola Willis in a Guest Lecture hosted by Victoria University ...
Secondary teachers are planning to hold two-hour paid union meetings around the country at the end of November to decide the next steps in their collective agreement negotiations. “We have been in talks with the Ministry of Education for months ...
A single national mortality review committee will be established next year, following an independent review of Aotearoa New Zealand’s mortality review function. Currently, the national mortality review function comprises five individual national mortality ...
Ethical investor Southern Pastures, the country’s largest institutional dairy investment fund, has been judged to be a Responsible Investment Leader for the seventh year running. It remains the only organization from New Zealand’s agriculture and ...
Greenpeace is calling for corporate sponsors to be kept out of United Nations (UN) international climate talks. The call comes after Coca-Cola, the world’s worst plastic polluter, was named as a sponsor of next month’s COP27 climate conferenc ...
Te Kāhui Tika Tangata, the Human Rights Commission, says its new housing inquiry website, “He Kāinga Rawaka, A Decent Home” ( housing.hrc.co.nz ) can help put human rights at the centre of government and private sector responses to the housing ...
FIRST Union members who work for the Société Générale de Surveillance ( SGS ) in Ruakaka, New Plymouth, Napier and Tauranga are today beginning a full withdrawal of labour until the 25 th of October following unsuccessful negotiations over a new ...
Police are aware of protest action affecting the southbound lane of Transmission Gully, at Judgeford, Porirua. Up to 20 people are understood to be involved. Police are responding, however motorists using the road should expect delays.
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NewstalkZB reports: Middlemore hospital has been undergoing a wait time crisis, with people being unable to receive medical care for hours after arrival. This has become more apparent after a five page report was released that confirmed Middlemore hospital was dysfunctional, overcrowded, and unsafe. The problem is not just Middlemore. Only 77.2% of ED patients […]
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It's time we got real as a nation about our carbon emissions. New Zealand produces only 0.17% of world emissions of “Green House Gas”. The current government is using flawed data and assumptions to unfairly disadvantage and hobble New Zealand ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Leading IT and Network Technologies company, NEC Corporation of Malaysia Sdn Bhd (NEC Malaysia) has been awarded a sub-contract for the implementation of its class leading Automated Biometric Identification System ...
GENEVA (18 October 2022) – The latest alarming airstrikes on the Tigray region risk seriously exacerbating the already devastating impact of hostilities on civilians, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned today. “Since 31 August ...
Thousands of severely malnourished boys and girls in Somalia are at risk of dying, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday, urging donors to step up support amid historic drought. “Without greater action and investment, we are facing the ...