Новости за 14.03.2016

It's no secret WOMAD is a family-friendly festival and this year it’s taking it a step further by teaming up with the Taranaki District Health Board to offer a small Parent Hub at this year’s festival.

Porirua Police are investigating an assault on a 16 year old female which occurred in the alleyway between Mungavin Avenue and Wiltshire Place, Porirua at approximately 4 pm on Sunday 6th March 2016.

For most Kiwis, the refugee crisis occurring halfway round the world seems literally a distant issue.

Non-Profit thought leader to speak at FINZ Conference The Fundraising Institute of New Zealand (FINZ) has invited a leading non-profit thought leader, Clive Pedley, to be a keynote speaker at its upcoming conference. Clive Pedley is a director of ...

Berhampore Primary School is holding its famed craft event, the Knack Market, this weekend, featuring beautiful, original New Zealand made craft and design.

Waikato-Tainui is seeking a judicial review to stop Solid Energy marketing and selling lands which are subject to Right of First Refusal.

The Variety Trillian Bash launched into a busy week of South Island school visits by rolling up its collective sleeves for a working bee at tiny Waitaria Bay School.

News from NZ Police Porirua Police are investigating an assault on a 16 year old female which occurred in the alleyway between Mungavin Avenue and Wiltshire Place, Porirua at approximately 4 pm on Sunday. The suspect is described as a male Maori or Polynesian, aged in his 30s or 40s with a moustache. Detective Sergeant […]

Peter Fraser, Principal - Rōpere Consulting, responds to the Prime Minister’s statements made on Morning Report on Monday 14 March that the proposed Wairarapa water storage schemes and controversial Ruataniwha dam are ‘more than just dairy’.

Local technology company Kiwa Digital has made it to Nashville, introducing its voice synchronization software to the US market through leading film school Watkins College of Art, Design & Film.

Free Press ACT’s regular bulletin A Thought Experiment Rest assured, general raconteuring will be back. But this week Free Press ponders a parallel world where MMP was introduced straight after the Muldoon Government and before the free market reforms of the '80s ...

The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was dispatched Matiere, west of Taumarunui, late last night, to retrieve a 72-year old woman who experienced a collapse due to critically low blood sugar. After being treated at the scene, she was flown to Waikato ...

An estimated 3.7 million Syrian children – 1 in 3 of all Syrian children - have been born since the conflict began five years ago, their lives shaped by violence, fear and displacement, according to a UNICEF report. This figure includes more than ...

Author of hunting and fishing books Tony Orman of Marlborough has hit out at governments for their lack of respect for the outdoors and the environment.

Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce today launched Kākāpō 125 – a joint New Zealand Genomics Limited (NZGL) and Genetics Otago project that will sequence all the genomes of the kākāpō species.

Auckland Airport has today met with taxi operators to outline the changes it plans to implement to deliver consistently lower prices and better service for its customers.

MARCH 14, 2016: With a huge international event coming up on his horizon, Wellington's Jake Whitaker was looking for a difficult task at which to test himself and they don't come much tougher than the weekend's Mount Damper Hard Enduro.

Claire Trevett reports: The report points out New Zealand benefits from it more than it gives – for every report the SIS handed over to other agencies it received 170 back and for every report the GCSB gave it got back 99. It notes that Five Eyes offered New Zealand much more than it could […]

March 15 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar fell as the US dollar strengthened ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision this week.

Tags: General Debate

“Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required by taxing the citizens or by borrowing from the public, it abolishes on the one hand as many jobs as it creates on the other. If government spending is financed by borrowing from the commercial banks, it means credit expansion and inflation. […]

March 15 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street was mixed while US Treasuries rose a day before the Federal Reserve begins its two-day policy meeting that will be closely watched for clues on the path for interest rate increases. Oil fell as Iran appears unlikely ...

Introduction

In this post I discuss two related issues. These issues relate to common “fantasies” that regularly underpins opposition to the Unitary Plan, specifically:

The misery rate or index is the combination of the unemployment rate and the inflation rate. A country that has high inflation and high unemployment is in misery, while low unemployment and low inflation is the aim. So of the 33 countries, only 9 have a misery index below 6%. NZ is 7th best at […]