Новости за 25.04.2016

April 26 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street moved lower with disappointing earnings including from Xerox and the price of oil, while investors geared up for the two-day US Federal Reserve policy meeting starting on Tuesday.

The Guardian reports: Dutch politicians have voted through a motion calling on the country to ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars starting in 2025. The motion has only passed through the lower house of the Netherlands’ parliament, and would need to pass through the Dutch senate to become legally binding. But its success […]

March was definitely mad for many bus and train users with the annual surge in usage resulting in many reporting full services – which in the case of buses often resulting in having to wait for a number to go past before one with enough space to squeeze on came along. Infact it was so mad [...]

Parliament’s Justice and Electoral Committee has released its report on the 2014 general election. There are number of useful observations about the process, and recommendations about possible law changes. Nothing particularly major – work on online voting is not a priority – but hopefully a few changes to make our elections a little bit better will result.
People bring up all sorts of things in submissions on the Inquiry into the General Election: someone will usually ask for photo ID to be... Читать дальше...

News from VUW The building at 16 Waiteata Road on Victoria University of Wellington’s Kelburn campus, which is home to the International Institute of Modern Letters, is to be named Bill Manhire House. This is in recognition of the exceptional service Emeritus Professor Bill Manhire has given the University and to honour his contribution to […]

Press Release – Gallagher HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND Gallagher has teamed up with the Gallagher Family Hospice, the Gallagher Chiefs and Sport Waikato to supply an aid shipment in support of cyclone-affected Fiji. Gallagher, Gallagher Family Hospice and the Gallagher Chiefs Unite to Support Cyclone-affected Fiji HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND – Gallagher has teamed up with the […]

Latest aid figures for education estimated by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, UNESCO, show that levels went down by almost US$600 million, or 4%, between 2013 and 2014. The share of total aid being allocated to education also fell from ...

The Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to Okauia Springs near Matamata at 2pm where a three year old boy was found by his relative floating on the surface of the hot pools. Once removed from the pools, the child started breathing on his ...

Prime Minister John Key is the country’s number one salesman, not of exports, but of our land and property, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters.

Police are still in the early stages of our inquiry into this matter and we do not have an identity for the body at this stage. We would like to hear from anyone who may have information that could assist with the identification of this person. Please ...

In cool and showery conditions over 1,200 people attended the Dawn Service at the Anzac Commemorative Site at North Beach on the Gallipoli peninsula today, celebrating the 101st anniversary of the ANZAC landings (the 100th Anzac Day).

NBR reports: The Treasury has confirmed it is to go ahead with a lock-up for journalists for the budget on May 26, despite the Reserve Bank’s decision to end the briefings. In a note sent to media organisations, Treasury chief executive Gabriel Makhlouf said he had weighed up whether to end the practice. “On balance, […]

New Hospital Wing to Be Named After Medic Killed in Afghanistan A new ten bed hospital ward at the Rannerdale Veterans Care facility in Christchurch is to be called the Jacinda Baker Wing in recognition of the service and sacrifice of a younger generation ...

Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett has signaled that the private sector will need to play an active role in helping New Zealand reduce its carbon emissions. At the same time the integrity of the Government’s carbon offset supply from the Ukraine ...

News release from Coalition for Better Broadcasting RNZ is yet again announcing job losses and explaining them away as a reorganisation of jobs. But the underlying reason is that the government is chronically under-funding RNZ. “The Government is slowly strangling RNZ, limiting its ability to provide core services – quality news, current affairs and entertainment […]

The front that affected the country over the weekend has now moved north, leaving behind it a cool southwesterly flow. Coastal areas in the far south saw severe gales with gusts of 120 km/h yesterday.

Campaign to strengthen intellectual property awareness in Fiji, Samoa and Solomon Islands 25 April 2016 Suva, Fiji – The Pacific Community (SPC), European Union (EU), Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and partners are celebrating World ...

ANZAC Day Service Kerikeri RSA 10 am, 25 April 2016 “How We Should Remember Them” Wars and the effects of wars live with us. New Zealand like many other nations is remembering the so called war to end all wars –World War One. In August 2014 we ...

Debut WRC round victory in Argentina for Paddon and Kennard Kiwi rally drivers Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have made history with their victory at Rally Argentina in their Hyundai i20 rally car as the first New Zealanders to ever win a round of the ...

Early this morning the Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to Waihau Bay where a 27 year old Gisborne woman was suffering a severe asthma attack. The patient was staying in Te Araroa for the weekend when she became very unwell. She ...

Four points separated the top four racers heading into the tightest SuperBoat season finale ever held in New Zealand, and three of those racers are current or former world champions.

Spence Earns Career High Result in Cape Town Rebecca Spence (Auckland) enjoyed a career high finish of 13th at the Cape Town leg of the ITU World Triathlon Series overnight, pacing herself superbly over the sprint distance. The Kiwis were to the ...

Tony Schwartz, at the Harvard Business Review, says dividing attention between tasks is dangerous. He says digital devices with always-on connections train us to split attention between tasks without ever focusing on one. Schwartz says this hurts productivity increasing the time to finish a task by 25 percent. In The magic of doing one thing at a time he recommends […]

Where kiwis spend their free time This summary enraged two men in Auckland. So much so that they set up easylifestyle.co.nz to encourage NZers  to work to their strengths – with less housework like laundry and ironing and more charitable giving. Let’s look through some of the interesting insights: When I see this graph I […]

APRIL 24, 2016: The Anzac weekend had started as a fairly straight-forward and predictable set of affairs at the annual New Zealand Motocross Championships in Hawke's Bay, but it ended as being one of the most exciting, fickle and capricious of contests. ...