The risks of undertaking hot works on a vessel have been highlighted in the sentencing of the business owner in Napier. Kerry Tong the sole director of K.R Tong Engineering Limited (in liquidation), was sentenced this week in the Napier ...
A new suite of videos is telling the story of the people of Te Mahi Ako, and how they tautoko work-based learning in te ahumahi ā-rēhia: the active recreation, leisure and entertainment sectors. Te Mahi Ako has released short video profiles ...
“Today in the Social Services Select Committee it was revealed that the Ministry for Social Development has spent $5.907m of misappropriated spending on accommodation assistance in the past five years, what’s worse is that they knew about it for ...
The damage sustained to Marlborough Sounds’ roads by the August 2022 storm was substantial, with over twice the damage of the storm of July 2021. Over 670km of Marlborough roads received damage, with over 4,000 faults. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2212/0979bc417028fe65e2b7.jpeg" ...
Masters racer John Penny is going all out in the tenth anniversary Toyota 86 Championship to better an already impressive campaign last season. John Penny is hoping a new car and driver training will give him the edge in 2023. Picture Bruce Jenkins 'JP' ...
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Geneva - Human remains from the colonial era being exhibited and auctioned in Belgium recently are evidence of the extent to which Europe’s brutal colonial past is also its present, warned Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor in a statement today urging the ...
Yesterday, Restore Passenger Rail supporters met with Transport Minister, Michael Wood, to discuss the climate emergency and the restoration of an affordable nationwide passenger rail service to year 2000 levels. “Minister Wood admitted that he wants ...
KaiBot may have just come into the world, but it’s already teaching kids and teachers a thing or two about technology. In fact, two months before its official launch date, KaiBot, the little AI-enabled learning robot designed to help five-15-year-old children ...
Hundreds of Uber drivers who say they’re owed thousands of dollars in backpay by Uber have today begun submitting their claims to the Employment Relations Authority. FIRST Union, the union representing these drivers, says the claims will continue ...
Transport Minister Michael Wood has been caught using hundreds of millions of dollars from the Transport Choices Programme to serve Labour’s political purposes, National Party Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “The $350m Transport Choices programme ...
The tech sector has become New Zealand’s second biggest export earner and fintech is the second largest tech sub-sector by revenue. Kiwi fintech firms generate $2.14 billion in export revenues. To support the export growth and momentum, FinTechNZ ...
GENEVA (6 December 2022) – In order to realise a “world living in harmony with nature” by 2050, UN experts today called on States to ensure that the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework is centred on human rights. “Healthy biodiversity ...
- Improved reliability through replacement of boilers, steam turbines and other core components after over 30 years of operation - Refurbishment contributes to Iraq's ongoing recovery following Mitsubishi Power's successful restoration of Unit 4 in ...
06 December Tala Pasifika Director Lealailepule Edward Cowley is calling on MPs to support today's second reading of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill in its entirety . This new legislation recognises ...
All people must be protected from the dangers of discriminatory artificial intelligence (AI), including those migrating, seeking asylum, and living with an irregular migration status. Through a joint statement , Access Now, European Digital Rights (EDRi), Platform ...
06 December Opposition to new laws that will significantly reduce the prevalence of smoking in Aotearoa defies common sense, according to a leading public health agency. The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment ...
Wellington writer John Summers will this week receive the 2022 Janet Frame Literary Trust Award for Imaginative Prose, worth $7000. John Summers has published two books of short non-fiction, The Mermaid Boy (2015) and The Commercial Hotel (2021). His ...
Rounding off Splore’s music programme is Aotearoa’s internationally chart-topping Drax Project, UK’s Dillinja and Seanie T plus Berlin’s DJ Franca. These last acts make up over 125 music , visual and performance artists set to entertain the ...
New Zealand families value age ratings and content warnings, but many aren’t using parental controls on streaming services, new research from Te Mana Whakaatu – Classification Office shows. Chief Censor Caroline Flora today released What we’re watching (Part ...
The Free fares coalition has called on the Minister of Transport to make public transport permanently half price for everyone, and free for certain groups. On Tuesday the 6th of December, the Free Fares coalition hand over their petition to Parliament. ...
Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-Ō-Ngāpuhi says it supports High Court action, taken by Te Runanga o Ngāi Tahu, to block moves by Te Ohu Kaimoana (the Maori Fisheries Settlement trust) for a fundamental change in how Maori Fisheries funds are distributed. Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-Ō-Ngāpuhi ...