Новости за 16.03.2016

Double Olympic medallist Hayden Roulston will ride PlaceMakers Le Race for the first time with his focus still firmly fixed on forcing his way into the national track team for the Rio Olympics.

Last year's inaugural African Film Festival New Zealand (held at Rialto Cinemas, Newmarket) was so well-received and so successful that the volunteer organising team was encouraged to go ahead with the plan to make it an annual event. This year's ...

The FOMC have left rates unchanged at 0.25% to 0.5%. The key points were:

"The Better Local Services reform package announced today by Local Government Minister Sam Lotu-Iiga offer the opportunity for Local Councils to improve services, improve economies of scale and deliver better value for rate payers," says Stephen ...

Fall from cliff Mellons Bay Police were called to Mellons Bay where a 70 year old male fell from the cliff edge whilst undertaking gardening work.

The failure of Labour’s Environmental Protection Authority Amendment Bill to secure a parliamentary majority at its second reading today is an appropriate end to a weak Bill that would have undermined sound environmental decision making, Environment ...

Foreign Minister Murray McCully today welcomed the start of an official visit to New Zealand by the United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

In 2013, Wellington City Council decided to work towards becoming a living wage Council and to implement a living wage for its employees. In 2015 it proposed to consider the application of the living wage to its external contracts on a case-by-case basis.

The Government must pressure Australian trading banks, which pocket almost $90million in profit each week, to pass on the recent OCR interest rate cut and help not only struggling farmers but all New Zealanders, Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little ...

“Today the Labour Party joins with other political parties to support the introduction of Treaty Settlement legislation for Te Atiawa, Taranaki Iwi and Rangitane o Manawatu” said Labour Treaty Settlement Spokesperson Nanaia Mahuta The House is considering ...

Stuff reports: Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Little, said immigration was “positive for any country” but in times when “our economy is creaking, we need to be able to turn the tap down a bit”. If that was all he said, I would agree. I think adjusting immigration settings can be quite sensible if there […]

Revelations that John Key and the SIS mislead the public about Muslim women leaving New Zealand to go ISIS controlled areas in Syria and Iraq is the latest example of the Prime Minister misusing the spy agencies for his political purposes, said the ...

The biggest question on the minds of almost everyone following the US Presidential election race is: can Donald Trump be stopped? I will cover that question last as it is the most consequential but there are a number of other questions that Kiwi followers of the race might have. Let’s cover off the Democrats side […]

Today’s launch of the Forest Industry Safety Council (FISC) Charter is an important milestone for improved health and safety outcomes and operational excellence in the forestry industry, says Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse.

Māori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell says the deep wounds inflicted on Taranaki and Te Ātiawa iwi can start to heal today as their Treaty Settlement Claims Bills starts their passage through Parliament.

Māori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell has described the Rangitāne o Manawatū Claims Settlement Bill as bittersweet, as it begins its passage through Parliament today.

March 17 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar jumped a cent against the US dollar after the Federal Reserve pulled back its expectations for US interest rate hikes this year, on concern about the impact of slower global growth.

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Auckland Transport hold their monthly board meeting next week and the papers for it have now gone up.

The Herald reports: Drink-drive convictions have fallen by a third in five years but the percentage of repeat offenders has remained almost the same. The Government is reviewing the penalties for drink-drive offences and campaigners say penalties need to be tougher on drunk drivers, including making ignition interlocks mandatory for recidivist drunk drivers. In the […]

March 17 (BusinessDesk) - Equites moved lower before the end of the US Federal Open Market Committee two-day meeting.

BusinessDesk report by Jonathan Underhill Wellington property developers John and Michael Chow have reduced their holding in Chow Group as part of their efforts to meet NZX listing requirements but the Takeovers Panel wants to know if any new shareholders should be considered “associates” that wouldn’t count for code compliance. The Chows reduced their holding […]

News from NZ Government Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett today opened the Centennial Community Centre, which she hopes will become the heart of Berhampore as well as the refurbished Centennial Flats it is located in. The Housing New Zealand Centennial Flats have undergone a $7 million upgrade to make them safer, warmer and healthier for […]

News from Wellington City Council The Wellington City Councils Environment Committee has agreed on a draft Animal Bylaw and Dog Policy for formal consultation. Public consultation will run from 1 April – 2 May and a new bylaw must be in place by September. Decisions will be made after Council has undertaken a full consultation […]

Press Release – Crown Worldwide One month after the hugely destructive Cyclone Winston tore through the Fijian Islands 131,000 people are still in urgent need of shelter assistance and up to 250,000 people, including those remaining in evacuation centres, do not have access to safe water, …‘Container Army’ appeal for temporary housing in Fiji One […]