Новости за 17.04.2016

Canterbury Police have been kept busy over night with a number of burglaries. At about 11.30pm there was a break in at Redmonds Homeware Store, Ashburton.

The NZDUSD opens at 0.6875 (mid-rate) this morning. It’s been another example of buy the rumour sell the fact as oil producers failed to strike a deal to freeze output in an effort to boost the current oil price.

April 18 (BusinessDesk) - After markets rallied on better-than-expected corporate earnings, notably from US banks, investors will eye more results including from Morgan Stanley, IBM and Yahoo as well as a European Central Bank policy meeting.

April 18 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar fell after oil producers failed to reach agreement to freeze production at a weekend meeting in the Qatari capital of Doha, denting demand for commodity-linked currencies.

The opening of the Spooners Tunnel is a significant and unique addition to the Great Taste Cycle Trail, local National MP’s Dr Nick Smith and Maureen Pugh said today. “Spooners Tunnel will be the longest cycle tunnel in the southern hemisphere and ...

Tags: General Debate

It doesn’t seem to take much to get residents along the Devonport Peninsula to quickly cursing Lake Rd and over the years I’ve seen many comments across all forms of media and politicians calling for the road to be upgraded as a priority – and by upgraded the implication is for it to be widened. One such example is below [...]

Stuff reports: The tenant of a $1 million state house is making a buck off Housing New Zealand, charging boarders rent for a room vacated by her grown-up children. Housing New Zealand said its tenancy agreements forbid tenants to rent out the HNZ-owned premises they were occupying – or “any part of it”.  It will now investigate […]

Article – Binoy Kampmark It sounds tedious, but the point is no less awful. Nauru has ceased being a country, a state of any worth. It has assumed value as only one thing: a (non)processing centre for asylum seekers and refugees Australia does not want. A camp designed for criminalising … Nauru, Suicide and Punishment […]

News from Zealandia Five nationally endangered Maud Island Frogs are making a giant leap – moving from Zealandia to Wellington Zoo this week. The move will see the nocturnal frogs take residence at the zoo’s Meet the Locals He Tuku Aroha. “In Meet the Locals He Tuku Aroha, we shine a light on some of […]

Press Release – MetService High pressure will dominate the first week of the school holidays, bringing long periods of sunshine to most places. However, a front is expected to spread over New Zealand next weekend.MetService News Release 18 April 2016 High pressure to dominate until the weekend High pressure will dominate the first week of […]

Press Release – NZ Transport Agency The big crane that lifted the first beams on to the Waikanae River Bridge is returning to lift two more spans from the northern river bank. To make sure everyone is kept safe, the northern river path will be closed for two weeks – from 7.30am Tuesday 26 April […]

Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party John Key must come clean on how a donor who gave more than $100,000 to his party during a tender process, won a hotel management contract which led to a Government-funded, $7.5million upgrade to the resort, Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little says. Andrew Little Leader of the […]

SOLD! SUCCESS AT AUCTION FOR OUR FIRST HOME’S WOTTON FAMILY The first auction hammer has fallen on Our First Home with the Wotton family securing a final sale price of $780,000, banking them a profit of $99,284.

Hon Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga Minister for Pacific Peoples 17 April 2016 Media Statement Pacific business leader remembered

Members of the public to be aware of flooding and slips in the following Thames - Coromandel district: Whangapoua Rd Te Rerenga (flooding and debris on the road) Port Charles Rd, Waikawau (large slips - road blocked) Thames Coast Rd, Tapu (deep surface ...

17 April 2016 Police were called to a stabbing incident in the Lower Hutt suburb of Naenae at 16.15 today.

Heavy rain has caused flooding in the northern Coromandel this afternoon, cutting off access around Manaia, Coromandel Town, Colville and rural communities north of Colville.

MetService severe issued a severe weather watch for the Coromandel today, with localised downpours and thunderstorms possible, especially in the east until midnight Sunday.

The Board of the Pacific Business Trust is deeply saddened by the passing of its Chief Executive Rob Neru on Friday.

Local Giles Gormack has starred in what has otherwise been a North Island dominated ESNZ Eventing Canterbury FEI South Island Three Day Event atMcLeans Island, near Christchurch today.

News from NZ Police A woman was stabbed in the Lower Hutt suburb of Naenae at 16.15 today. She was taken to hospital with knife wounds. A man has been arrested. Police are not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident.

UNRWA Spokesperson, Chris Gunness Press Statement The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is greatly alarmed and concerned by the desperate humanitarian consequences being inflicted on civilians since 6 April as a result of armed conflict between extremist armed groups inside Yarmouk, Damascus. The fighting has been […]

Stuff reports: Prime Minister John Key, who was in Christchurch on Thursday to open stage one of the BNZ Centre, said he did not take a particular view on “any mayor”, but lauded Dalziel’s time at the helm. “I don’t endorse any mayor around the country. “But I’ve come to Christchurch regularly over the course of the […]

________________________________________ Plenty of gnarly issues face humanity now and in the future – climate change, global terrorism, religious extremism, refugee crises, Donald Trump, to name a few. Daunting, yes. But a Massey University competition ...