Children in Papua New Guinea have benefited thanks to a US$5000 grant from the Mars Wrigley Foundation and the New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA). Dr Yvonne Golpak, an Otago University Doctor of Clinical Dentistry graduate, now with the University ...
Ngāti Uenukukōpako Iwi Trust (Ngāti Uenukukōpako) and Rotorua Regional Airport (RRA) yesterday <<sub: Monday 21 November>> formalised their ongoing relationship with the official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding ...
Last year, holidaymakers and locals were shocked to learn the Department of Conservation (DOC) had closed the 2.3-km track linking popular Kai Iwi Lakes with the wild, northern end of Ripiro Beach. Consequently, walkers in the area also lost access to a scenic ...
A Massey University lecturer and design expert is focusing attention on the importance of preserving New Zealand’s most historic, colourful and community-oriented woolsheds. Federated Farmers is helping Dr Annette O’Sullivan raise the $30,000 she needs ...
Confirmation that the Government is extending the deadline for landlords to meet Healthy Homes standards comes as no surprise, National’s Housing spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “As of July this year, just 50 per cent of the 64,000 homes owned ...
A suite of measures to improve the lives of renters and landlords has been announced by Housing Minister Dr Megan Woods as the Government makes more progress on reform of the rental sector.
BNZ awards $35,000 in prizes in its inaugural Market Made competition Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has today announced the four winners of its Market Made competition - a nationwide search for New Zealand’s up and coming small business success stories, ...
Hutt City Council is appealing to residents to help slash the amount of contaminated recycling that is being collected at the kerbside. "Unclean items, rubbish that should go in red-lidded bins and dirty nappies are just some of the items that our ...
“The ACT Party is proud to have forced the government into evening the playing field for private landlords,” says ACT’s Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Until very recently Labour insisted that Kainga Ora homes would meet the Healthy ...
The government overhauled its Migrant Investor Visa category this year in a bid to attract more wealthy migrants to New Zealand. The new Active Investor Plus visa category is also aimed at boosting New Zealand businesses, with more weighting given to direct ...
The Government’s decision to exclude landlords from property management regulations means more than half of Kiwi rentals will be left out in the cold. And, where they’re kicking the can down the road on Healthy Homes Standards, the Government falls short ...
The tired and predictable reaction of Labour Ministers to National’s plan to combat serious youth offending reveals the Government is scrambling, defensive and knows it is failing to keep Kiwis safe, National’s Justice spokesperson Paul ...
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Police are warning motorists travelling on Main North Road in Taranaki to delay travel if possible following a fatal crash early this morning. About 1.30am, Police were alerted to a collision involving two vehicles on Main North Rd, (SH3) in Motunui, ...
SEOUL/GENEVA (21 November 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar today urged the Republic of Korea (ROK) to take even stronger action to help reverse the international community’s failure to address the crisis ...
Cameron Brewer has been selected by local party members as National’s candidate in Upper Harbour for the 2023 General Election and is excited to hit the ground running and campaign hard for the seat. “I’m thrilled to win the support of local party ...
Liam Hehir writes: Age is not an immutable characteristic. Treating children differently to adults is not the same as treating people differently based on race or sex. And 18 years is the generally agreed-upon age at which a child becomes an adult. For most New Zealanders, the idea of 16 and 17-year-olds voting defies common […]
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News from Wellington City Council The Carter Fountain in Oriental Bay has broken down and needs some significant TLC to get it back up and running ahead of its 50th anniversary in March. The City Council is organising a barge with a crane so the electric motor and pump can be removed for scheduled maintenance […]
Report from RNZ The family of veteran Wellington photographer Peter Bush is struggling to find a home for his vast collection of images portraying eight decades of sporting and socially significant events. Starting his professional career with a box brownie as an 18-year-old shooting a rugby match, Peter Bush’s name is well recognised in sporting circles, but his life’s […]
Report from RNZ A woman who was at Wellington Hospital’s overcrowded emergency department says a nurse gave her a laminated card with the Health Minister’s contact details so she could complain directly to him. She had taken her teenage daughter to the emergency department this month and said she was shocked at how busy it […]
News from Hutt City Council Hutt City Council is appealing to residents to help slash the amount of contaminated recycling that is being collected at the kerbside. “Unclean items, rubbish that should go in red-lidded bins and dirty nappies are just some of the items that our team is finding in yellow recycling bins. We […]
As the nation prepares to vote in the upcoming general elections, the NGO Coalition on Human Rights (NGOCHR) implores all stakeholders as well as the people of Fiji engage in a peaceful transition of power upon the election of the next government. ...
Detective Senior Sergeant James Keene, Hawke’s Bay CIB: Hawke’s Bay Police investigating the 2018 homicide of Hastings man Eddie Peters are encouraging people to watch tomorrow night’s Cold Case tv episode when new information will be revealed. Mr Peters, ...
TOKYO, Nov 21, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it has agreed with leading Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom (SKT) to collaborate on the competitive enhancement of their respective smart-life businesses and communications-infrastructure ...
China President Xi Jinping has recognised New Zealand as an ‘important partner and friend’ and has proposed the relationship between our two countries be taken ‘to a higher level’. The remarks were made in a face-to-face meeting between ...