Новости за 15.03.2016

Boulevard of Dreams will take lead its audience on a promenade performance through the streets of Wellington during Cuba Dupa festival. EMMA MOODY reports.

As reported recently, and on numerous occasions, burglaries and crime are at unacceptable levels. Sadly, many youth and young people are becoming more and more actively involved in committing criminal offences, and the Conservative Party is concerned that lack ...

Consumer organisations around the world are calling on major fast-food companies, McDonald’s, KFC and Subway, to make a global commitment to stop serving meat from animals raised with the routine use of antibiotics important to human medicine.

NZPI has made a comprehensive submission to the Select Committee established by the Ministry for Environment to consider feedback on the Resource Management Legislation Amendment Bill. The submission, informed by legal opinion in some instances, identifies ...

Paul Kenneth Rose and Jane Clare Rose have been found guilty in the Auckland High Court today of fraud against one of New Zealand’s largest power companies.

March 15 (BusinessDesk) - Former Hanover Finance principal Mark Hotchin can try to force the failed lender's former trustee Guardian Trust to contribute to an $18 million settlement after winning his appeal in a split Supreme Court decision.

Marlborough based brewing company Moa strengthens its relationship with adventure racing as the beer sponsor for the 2016 GODZone.

March 15 (BusinessDesk) - Energy Mad chief executive and chief financial officer Paul Ravlich has resigned after three years running the unprofitable lightbulb maker.

A proposed Regional Service Fund to pay for surf lifesaving, coastguard and rescue helicopter voluntary emergency services has our support.

The Salvation Army welcomes the Government's announcement it is taking a more comprehensive approach to reporting family violence, which will be subject of new BPS targets.

We’ve seen Te Ara I Whiti – Lightpath from the ground, we’ve seen it from the air and now we can see it from space. The desktop version of Google Earth gets updated fairly regularly with new satellite images – this one taken by one of the Digital Globe satellites (if you have the desktop [...]

The new-look Central Pulse will get a decent gauge of their capabilities when lining up in the condensed action-packed ANZ Championship Pre-Season Shootout netball tournament in Sydney this weekend.

In two weeks Rotorua will be playing host to over 300 industry representatives from throughout the agriculture, horticulture and forestry sectors. MobileTECH 2016 is a two-day conference focusing on new technologies and innovations designed for our ...

The current school decile funding system needs to change but any new system mustn’t stigmatise children from the age of three, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says.

Seven lucky locals have won prizes after enjoying Lower Hutt’s local swimming pools this summer, including the major prize of a gift card worth almost $1000.

Native Affairs returns to Māori Television at 8pm tonight, celebrating its tenth season on air with a refreshed, 30-minute format and new presenter, Oriini Tipene-Leach.

March 15 (BusinessDesk) - China Resources Ng Fung has acquired 15.3 percent of Scales Corp, New Zealand's biggest apple exporter, for about $55.9 million from Direct Capital Investments.

American E-learning expert to visit NZ in April Well-known international academic and corporate trainer in e-learning, Professor Curt Bonk from Indiana University will be speaking at the national ‘DEANZ2016’ Conference hosted at the University ...

It’s a question often asked, and Local Government New Zealand is determined to answer it.

More efficient use of office space and the sharing of facilities by government agencies has saved taxpayers $57 million over the past financial year, State Services Minister Paula Bennett says.

Apple and LG are winners of the 2016 Consumer NZ Top Brand awards for mobile phones.

In a number of cases they have committed serious crimes soon after arriving. They have little fear of the New Zealand justice and penal system” McVicar. New Zealand is now feeling the full force of the Australians’ tough new policy of deporting ...

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says the first of seven Local Mobility Action Teams will be up and running in the next few months.

Papakura Police have now apprehended four female teenagers allegedly involved in an aggravated robbery at Redhill Superette in Papakura on Sunday.

After mounting pressure last year, ANZ bank will not be supporting this year's New Zealand Oil Conference.