Новости за 02.03.2016

National MPs have blocked Labour’s attempt to get NZTE to come back to the Commerce Committee to correct their answers on suspension of funding for the Saudi agri-hub, says Labour MP David Parker.

Yaldhurst Debt Recovery Dunedin (3 March 2016) –Delta is confident progress is being made to recover the debt it is owed by the Yaldhurst developer for infrastructure work it carried out inside the Yaldhurst Village subdivision more than three years ...

New student growth for Lincoln University Today Lincoln University released the specialist land-based university’s 2016 student numbers – with an overall rise of almost 10% in new students from 2015. The new Vice-Chancellor, Professor Robin ...

Auckland City Limits released its timetable and site map today for the festival’s debut at Western Springs on Saturday 19 March. With over forty acts scheduled to appear on five stages through the twelve-hour event, it's an epic lineup for music ...

Auckland City Limits has published its timetable and site map for March 19 The site configuration will be familiar to anyne who went to the last Big Day out, but there a few differeneces – most notably that the entrance and box office are now at the foot of the Bullock Track and there's an Auckland Kiddie Limits zone in one corner of Motat.
Fat Freddy's Drop, The National and Kendrick Lamar headline the Spark stategs in the stadium with relatively long sets – 75 minutes for the first two and 90 minutes for Kendrick. Читать дальше...

Digital world of work forcing employers to radically change organisational structure and talent strategies Digital technology, changing workforce demographics and speed of innovation are causing companies to redesign organisational structure, evolve ...

Family First NZ will tell politicians today that the proposed changes to Easter trading laws will do nothing to solve the perceived problems, will be a ‘hospital pass’ to local councils, that the National party should allow a conscience vote on the ...

Number 26 Middle School in Xi’an, China and Hutt Valley High School have signed a cooperation agreement, with the aim of boosting the international programme, including student exchanges and staff training.

The NZ Transport Agency advises motorists that State Highway 35 on the East Cape is CLOSED at Ruakokore as trees have come down and are blocking both lanes of the road.

Organiser of the North Shore Home & Garden Show, Daniel Joll, has released a statement confirming that he expects visitor numbers at the Show to continue to be strong in coming years after the recent announcement by Building and Housing Minister Nick ...

3 March 2016 Student loan debt has just hit $15 billion and is likely to increase further. Despite various efforts by successive government over the years to curb debt levels, and significant progress along the way in tracking down recalcitrant ...

Auckland reaches new record high average asking price of $866,080 in February – up $101,656 in 12 months

The second referendum on the New Zealand flag begins today, with more than three million voting packs being delivered to mailboxes over the next week.

On Saturday the 27th of February at around 10.45pm a red vehicle was observed knocking over two mailboxes on the Winton-Lorneville Highway near Wilsons's Crossing Road after it left the road, ending up in some flax bushes.

Motor Vehicle Incident. Police advise they are dealing with a motor vehicle incident on State Highway 25 Waitakaruru. As a result diversions are in place and expected to remain for at least the next hour.

Good morning ladies and gentlemen. It’s a pleasure to be at Downstream 2016 this morning.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully today welcomed the adoption of a United Nations Security Council resolution imposing new strengthened sanctions on North Korea.

The Government is looking at setting national energy targets to send a strong signal to businesses about what New Zealand’s energy future should look like, Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges announced today.

Schools will soon have a new online tool to assess and improve the food and beverages they have available for students.

Tags: General Debate

I published a Q&A on how to vote in the first flag referendum, and because a first-past-the-post election with two choices is one of the few voting systems that cannot be gamed, I was going to write a half-joking post with a single question for this one:

Introduction

In two previous posts (here and here) I have discussed some factors that seem likely to impact on the development of transport technologies. To sum up, these posts discussed:

Trump has won seven, and maybe eight of the 11 states on Super Tuesday. It is hard to see him not ending up with the most delegates at the convention. However he may not get a majority. The best chance of stopping him is to make it a two horse race. But as Rubio and Cruz […]

Article – BusinessDesk March 3 (BusinessDesk) – Tower, the New Zealand general insurer, has updated its estimated potential net loss in Fiji from damage caused by Cyclone Winston. Tower estimates its Fiji cyclone losses at $4mn to $7mn By Jonathan Underhill March 3 (BusinessDesk) – Tower, the New Zealand general insurer, has updated its estimated […]

Press Release – Hutt City Council The Hutt City Council and the Rural Fire Service have issued a full ban on all outdoor fires in the Hutt Valley from 8am on Friday. The ban covers all rural and urban areas in Lower and Upper Hutt. It includes all land administered by the Department of Conservation […]