Новости за 05.04.2016

News from NZ Post The Crown’s two major investment funds, the New Zealand Superannuation Fund and the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), may soon join New Zealand Post as the owners of Kiwi Group Holdings (KGH) Limited. New Zealand Post Group Chairman Sir Michael Cullen announced in Wellington today that New Zealand Post has received an […]

April 6 (BusinessDesk) - NZX, the financial markets operator, is developing a new market offering New Zealand dairy farmers a way to lessen the risk of volatile milk prices.

Wellington.Scoop Former regional councillor Daran Ponter is returning to the council. He announced the mobr on his Facebook page this morning. Just been advised that I have been appointed to the Greater Wellington Regional Council to replace the position vacated by Fran Wilde. Looking forward to serving again. Some big transport issues coming up in […]

News from NZ First The much-loved SuperGold Card, carried by over 640,000 Kiwis, is in peril, says New Zealand First’s leader. “There’s been an attempt to erode it for several years by the National government – now it is trying to score a fatal blow,” Winston Peters said today. Mr Peters took a train from […]

News from MBIE The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has ordered a Wellington business ShopperStop 1 Limited to pay approximately $54,000 in penalties for employment law breaches and arrears owed to an employee. ShopperStop was a small business in Courtenay Place that sold takeaway food and grocery items. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Labour […]

Tags: General Debate

Amalgamating Auckland under a single council was always going to be a big task and the first 5½ years of it have seen the council needing to make some fairly big decisions. Many of these big decisions have helped set Auckland on the path to becoming a great city and I’d argue could not have been achieved [...]

Stuff reports: For 6-year-old Maddy Hales bringing down opposition players on the rugby pitch is simple. “You have to take out their legs and use your shoulders to tackle.” Yep. The rugby mad Maddy, even though still too young for tackle rugby, loves that part of the the game so much she practices her tackling at home Along with big sister Briar, 8, the pair […]

April 6 (BusinessDesk) - Equities on both sides of the Atlantic slid as concern about the global economy, spurred by reports including a surprise drop in Germany’s factory orders, returned to the forefront of investors’ minds.

April 6 (BusinessDesk) - Dairy product prices rose, the second advance in the seven Global Dairy Trade auctions held so far in 2016. The GDT price index rose 2.1 percent.

Press Release – Habitat for Humanity The national director of Habitat for Humanity in Fiji has expressed concerned for families without shelter, as locals prepare for a 6pm curfew and Tropical Cyclone Zina makes landfall.MEDIA RELEASE Habitat for Humanity New Zealand 4:40PM, 6 April 2016 Habitat Concerned for Families That Only Have Tarps for Shelter […]

Press Release – NZ Red Cross As Fiji works to recover from the devastating damage caused by Cyclone Winston, the island nation is again being battered by strong winds and extensive flooding from Cyclone Zena. 6 April 2016 Red Cross on Standby as Cyclone Zena Batters Fiji As Fiji works to recover from the devastating […]

Press Release – Oxfam NZ Oxfam on alert as Cyclone Zena threatens Fiji Fiji faces further extreme weather today as Tropical Cyclone Zena threatens to damage weak buildings and crops, and heavy rains bring catastrophic flooding, just over a month after the country …Oxfam on alert as Cyclone Zena threatens Fiji Fiji faces further extreme […]

Press Release – Habitat for Humanity The head of shelter charity Habitat for Humanity was today urging for Kiwis to support its disaster response fund, as families in Fiji, brace for the second tropical cyclone in six weeks.Shelter Charity Ready as Fiji Braces for Another Tropical Cyclone The head of shelter charity Habitat for Humanity […]

Press Release – Amnesty International A dramatic global rise in the number of executions recorded in 2015 saw more people put to death than at any point in the last quarter-century. The surge was largely fuelled by Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International found in its review …6 April 2016 Death penalty 2016: Alarming […]

Press Release – UNICEF Only weeks after Category 5 Cyclone Winston ripped through the country, Fiji is once again facing extreme weather conditions due to the presence of three tropical disturbances, one of which has formed into rapidly intensifying Cyclone Zena.UNICEF: New cyclone threatens children and families in Fiji Only weeks after Category 5 Cyclone […]

April 5 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar fell against the Australian dollar after the Reserve Bank of Australia gave a less gloomy account of the global and domestic economy while keeping its cash rate unchanged at 2 percent.

Wellington.Scoop A new $3million initiative was launched tonight to take a fresh look at planning Wellington’s roads and transport systems. The partners in the plan – which was developed after the double defeat of the flyover proposed for the Basin Reserve – are the City Council, the Regional Council and the Transport Agency. Community involvement […]

One of the world’s best known stories, The Wizard of Oz, has been lovingly crafted by the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Artistic Director Francesco Ventriglia into a magical two act ballet.

Patients who received faulty ASR metal-on-metal hip implants have until 16 September 2016 to join the New Zealand proceeding against the manufacturer, DePuy, according to orders made by the High Court at Wellington. As of today 26 claimants have signed ...

Queues started forming at 6.30am on the first day of Auckland Action Against Poverty’s fourth beneficiary ‘impact’ at Mangere Work & Income.

April 5 (BusinessDesk) - Fisher & Paykel Appliances is to close its small refrigeration appliances factory in Auckland's East Tamaki, with the loss of 186 jobs, saying the plant did not have the scale or cost-competitiveness to remain open.

Disability Issues Minister Nicky Wagner says New Zealand can be proud of its achievements in supporting the Deaf community as it prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of the adoption of New Zealand Sign Language as an official language.

Here’s a reminder of the upcoming Auckland Conversation featuring Joe Minicozzi from the States. Joe’s work has inspired a bunch of blog posts over the last few years including: The high cost of low rise, Urbanism dividend: return on rates, and Proximity and Integration: (The Metropolitan Revolution). This should be a really interesting talk.

The loss of 180 jobs as iconic manufacturer Fisher & Paykel will close the door of their East Tamaki manufacturing plant this year is a major blow to the local community and shows that the manufacturing sector is not recovering nearly a decade after the ...