Новости за 23.04.2016

Tags: General Debate

Blackland PR has looked at the backgrounds of our 121 MPs: The study, by political researcher Geoffrey Miller and public relations expert Mark Blackham, researched and compared the career histories of all 121 Members of the current Parliament. They found that business owners, agriculturalists and unionists have a falling share of voice in their traditional […]

Press Release – Oxfam After a night of howling winds, torrential rain and power outages, Samoa has emerged largely unscathed from Cyclone Amos.Samoa escapes mass destruction After a night of howling winds, torrential rain and power outages, Samoa has emerged largely unscathed from Cyclone Amos. Despite falling trees, some roads being swept away and flooding […]

Aspiring Conversations festival of ideas begins with full houses and open minds WANAKA, New Zealand (23 April, 2016) – Audiences at Aspiring Conversations 2016 enjoyed a series of thought-provoking sessions as Wanaka’s annual festival of ideas ...

Successful trip to China concludes Primary Industries Nathan Guy has concluded a successful trip to China as part of a delegation led by Prime Minister John Key with Trade Minister Todd McClay and New Zealand businesses. “This visit has reinforced ...

The New Zealand Institute of Forestry (NZIF) is calling on the Government to stop fiddling while Rome burns regarding reducing greenhouse gases.

BRUSSELS (International Federation of Journalists/European Federation of Journalists): Legislators must take concrete steps against unfair contractual clauses in their laws. This is the message put across by the International Federation of Journalists and the European Federation of Journalists to mark World Copyright and Book Day today.

NZeno blogs: At NZeno, we believe xenotransplantation is ready to enter the clinic because of the major advances made possible by new gene editing techniques. The vast majority of xenotransplantation literature and news stories describe results with pigs created using genetic engineering technology that is almost 20 years old.  For instance, the recent research featured […]

Scientists 'gasping for oxygen' under National Steven Joyce's claims to be creating a science and innovation hub in New Zealand are a sham based on PR fluff, says Labour's Science and Innovation Spokesperson David Cunliffe. “A damning critique of the ...

Stokes Valley residents have only a week left to submit their views on council’s $5 million community hub project. The project will be finalised soon after April 29, which marks the last day submissions will be accepted. KEENAN MAY reports.

Tracy Watkins writes: As for McCully’s handpicked appointees, these are the members of the Niue Tourism Property Trust whose members are indeed appointed by McCully on behalf of the Niue Government. It has already been widely reported that they include the likes of the island’s High Commissioner and former police officer Ross Ardern. (Ardern also […]

A national outdoor recreation forum has spelled out a strong “no” to the concept of tradable water rights. In a submission to government on water and rivers future management, the Council of Outdoor Recreational Associations (CORANZ) said while ...

The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae presented the 2016 Anzac of the Year Award to Mataura ‘local hero’ Barbara Cunningham at a function at Government House in Wellington this evening. The Governor-General’s Anzac of the ...

Ending malaria: A priority in the Western Pacific Region MANILA, 22 April 2016 – On World Malaria Day (25 April), the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific Region calls on governments and partners to accelerate malaria control and ...

Asia-Pacific countries work to protect and maintain trade in seafood while improving conservation of threatened species of aquatic life Penang, Malaysia, 22/04/2016 – With an international net closing in on the trade in threatened species of aquatic ...

UN Human Rights Chief deeply concerned at growing military role in Thai Government GENEVA (22 April 2016) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday expressed growing concern about the military’s deepening role in Thailand’s ...

An Article by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDIA: Negligent about negligence: Mass disasters and the Indian State By Urmila Pullat On 9 April 2016, a massive explosion at the Putingal Temple near Paravur in Kollam, Kerala, resulted in the death of more ...

Sandra Tisam looks at Michel Tuffrey's work honouring the Cook Island's World War 1 legacy, which is remembered each year in Porirua. MATT TSO reports.

What would happen in a society where there is no sense that murder is a grave wrong to be prevented by the state and the people? The same thing could be asked about rape, sexual abuse of women, children or anyone else, about robbery and theft, extortion ...

A group of people at a workshop identified the following as the basic adverse consequences of delays in litigation:

Charity’s ‘Rebuild Nepal’ response continues on When a devastating earthquake hit Nepal on 25 April 2015, Orphans Aid International responded immediately, both on the ground and from New Zealand, with its ‘Rebuild Nepal’ emergency appeal. ...

Joyce and Haydon Come Up Trumps in Round 2 at AON NZ Junior Open The top 4 seeds in both the Boys and Girls Open of the AON New Zealand Junior Open have come through unscathed. The upsets have come from the lower seeded players Winona-Jo Joyce and ...

Round one of the AON New Zealand Junior kicked off in Whangarei with most games going to plan, however there were some unexpected upsets in the boys and the girls divisions. In the Girls Open the top seeds went through unscathed with Abbie Palmer, Anna Hughes ...

Brussels, 22 April 2016 (ITUC OnLine): The announcement by President Gianni Infantino of FIFA that it will establish an oversight body to monitor working conditions on World Cup stadium sites in Qatar shows that FIFA is beginning to take responsibility ...

Committee on Rights of Persons with Disabilities publishes findings on Portugal, Thailand, Chile, Slovakia, Serbia, Lithuania and Uganda GENEVA (22 April 2016) – The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons (CRPD) with disabilities has published ...