Новости за 27.02.2016

Welcome back to Sunday reading. This week, let’s start with a new research paper on complexity. Oxford University researchers ask, “are big-city transportation systems too complex for human minds?”

Tags: General Debate

If I was Gareth Morgan, all I’d say on the successful crowd funded campaign for the Awaroa land was “Well done”. But  instead he thinks it is a good idea to tell us all how stupid we are. Morgan blogs: Congratulations to all those who contributed to the Awaroa crowdfunding campaign – you got your […]

Press Release – New Zealand Government HMNZS Canterburys departure for Fiji welcomed Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has welcomed todays departure of the main New Zealand Defence Force contingent on the HMNZS Canterbury for Fiji with relief supplies, Army engineers and helicopters. …HMNZS Canterbury’s departure for Fiji welcomed Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has welcomed today’s departure […]

Press Release – Nick Warren Junior scratch race World Champion Campbell Stewart (Palmerston North) out-sprinted George Jackson (Island Bay) for victory in the Laykold Cup, the capital’s premier track cycling event, held at the Wellington Velodrome in Hataitai today. Stewart is the latest in a long line of high calibre riders to have won the […]

UNRWA Press Release UNRWA spokesperson Chris Gunness reported today: With the completion of humanitarian missions this week, UNRWA has been able to sustain two weeks of humanitarian access to besieged and hard to reach communities in the Syrian capital, Damascus. We were able to resume operations in the Damascus suburb of Yalda on February 14 […]

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Press Release The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) salutes and mourns the martyr, Comrade Omar Nayef Zayed, the former Palestinian political prisoner and lifelong struggler for the freedom of Palestine, assassinated this morning in the Palestinian embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria. We in the PFLP hold […]

Regions Miss Out As ‘King Kong Auckland’ Bellows New Zealand has become a country of them and us – Auckland and the rest, says New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters. “Auckland has become King Kong ...

Stop Outsiders Voting on the NZ Flag The rights of citizens of other countries to vote in the flag referendum are being challenged by New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters. “It is the right and ...

Vehicle Crash - Scotsman Valley Road - Waikato The Police Serious Crash Unit is investing the circumstances of a vehicle crash on Scotsman Valley Road, Tauwhare that resulted in the death of a 19 year old Hamilton man. Senior Sergeant Robbie ...

It’s all on for the NZL Sailing Team for the final day of the 2016 470 World Championships with New Zealand vying for medals in both the men’s and women’s divisions after a solid penultimate day.

Taylor interview highlights desperate need for prison transparency TV3’s interview with prisoner Arthur Taylor once again highlights a worrying lack of transparency around our prison system, which the National Government has refused to open up to ...

Paramedics Australasia New Zealand – the professional body representing paramedics in New Zealand – echoes calls from St John Chief Executive Peter Bradley for double crewing of emergency ambulances.

A spa pool at the Tepid Baths closed down two weeks ago after testing positive for legionella bacteria has been reopened. The spa was opened again yesterday afternoon after being treated according to procedures recommended by the Auckland Regional ...

Phil Goff has said he doesn’t want to be a partisan Mayor, and work across the Council table. Yet he has a gratuitous swipe at John Key in this Herald article, which to me suggests as Mayor he will be more interested in attacking the Government than working with it. The Herald reports: Auckland mayoral candidate Phil Goff […]

Western Springs Lakeside will come alive tomorrow (Sunday, 28 February) with picnic baskets & teddy bears at the 33rd running of the ABE’S Bagels Teddy Bears Picnic from 10am – 3pm. This iconic Auckland event is now the longest running event of ...

Lifeline Aotearoa is delighted to announce an extension of its 0800 Kidsline service in to Christchurch in May 2016.

Te Kupenga Whakaoti Mahi Patunga/National Network for Stopping Violence Services (Te Kupenga) welcomes the fifth report of the Family Violence Death Review Committee released yesterday. “The Report is exceptionally well thought out and the ideas ...

School ballot fees undermine free education Charging parents to enter their kids in school enrolment ballots is unfair and further undermines the principle of a free school education, Labour's Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday are proving the big days for ticket-buyers heading to the Farmlands Horse of the Year Show in Hawke’s Bay.

BAYGOLD Limited, a large-scale kiwifruit operation, has taken out the Supreme title in the 2016 Bay of Plenty Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

McCaw Looking for Lady in the Mist All Black great Richie McCaw takes on a new challenge next week as he joins 200 others in a race to find the Coromandel’s mythical “lady in the mist”. The race is Coromandel’s annual Osprey Packs ARC Adventure Race, ...

Auckland provided another gorgeous sunny day for day two of 2016 Oceanbridge Sail Auckland with an arriving sea breeze building through the day allowing all scheduled fleets to get underway and complete plenty of racing on day two.

The McGuinness Institute is delighted to announce the winners of the Nation Voices essay competition. The topic for the essay competition was: What makes a good prime minister of New Zealand? The essays were to focus particularly on the character,personality ...

HA’APAI, TONGA (26 February, 2016) – The Prime Minister of Tonga, Akilisi Pôhiva, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President, Stephen P. Groff, and New Zealand High Commissioner to Tonga, Sarah Walsh, today participated in an opening ceremony ...