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May 9 (BusinessDesk) - A report on US retail sales will offer a key focus for investors after last week’s weaker-than-expected jobs data practically removed any remaining bets that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its June policy meeting.

Last week the government announced a package of options to try and boost the number of electric vehicles in New Zealand including the extremely idiotic move of allowing electric vehicles in bus lanes – something that even seems to have surprised our transport agencies. As part of the announcement they also set a target for [...]

Bob Jones writes in NBR: Let’s get some facts straight, once and for all on this matter.  First, most house dwellers in Auckland are owners.   Make no mistake, it’s no crisis in their eyes.  Good luck to them for this wealth windfall.  Prime Minister John Howard summed it up beautifully a dozen years back.  He […]

Press Release – Victoria University of Wellington The number of new businesses created from the work of Victoria University of Wellington researchers has the potential to grow dramatically with the completion of a Memorandum of Understanding between Powerhouse Ventures Limited and VicLink, the University’s commercialisation office. The two parties have agreed to work together to […]

Press Release – Flight Centre Flight Centre travel experts are fluent in many languages including NZ Sign Language. Renee Olsen, from Newtown Flight Centre in Wellington, is one such travel expert. Ms Olsen learnt NZ Sign Language at university and now uses it regularly to converse with her hearing impaired customers. In support of NZ […]

News from WCC The Wellington Tramway Museum volunteers are getting an Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian award on Wednesday for their service to Wellington, as is former Wadestown Residents’ Association president and community devotee John Shrapnell. The Wellington Tramway Museum society preserves tramcars and other items of tramway interest. They make sure that Wellington’s fascinating tramway history […]

News from NZ Police Hutt Valley Police are looking for 26-year-old Teariki Leo John Malloy for breach of home detention. He has removed his ankle bracelet and absconded. Malloy is a patched Mongrel Mob member and is described as Maori, 172cm tall of medium build with tattoos on his neck, forearms, left hand, legs and […]

Press Release – Dress For Success Dress for Success invites Wellingtonians to take part in their annual Power Walk in support of Wellington women getting into work. The walk is 5 kilometres along Wellington’s waterfront on Saturday. Quality spot prizes and raffles include a night for two at Rydges Hotel, a three month membership to […]

Press Release – Council for International Development The Board of the Council for International Development (CID) is very pleased to announce the appointment of communications consultant and political commentator Josie Pagani as its new Director. Josie Pagani has a high-level understanding and experience in the aid and development sector. Her career includes working as the […]

Press Release – Green Party The Green Party is calling on the Government to target aid towards Pacific Island communities forced to migrate because of rising seas, after a new study revealed that the Solomon Islands are already being significantly affected by climate-related …9 May 2016 Aid needed as Pacific coastlines vanish The Green Party […]

Press Release – Public Service Association Health minister Jonathan Coleman must reconsider his decision to cut funding in real terms for 10 District Health Boards in this year’s budget, the Public Service Association says. Documents received by Labour’s Annette King have revealed DHBs across the country will get a funding cut when population growth and […]

Speech – New Zealand First Party Speech by New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston PetersSpeech by New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters Pukekohe public meeting, Pukekohe Town Hall, Massey Road, Pukekohe 2.30pm, Sunday, May 8th, 2016 “A fig leaf covering […]

Press Release – The Nation Lisa Owen: Before we crack into health, breaking news overnight regarding the Panama Papers. The leakers spoken for the first time and in what he or she is calling a manifesto names John Key. He is the only world leader named. The leaker says Mossack …On The Nation: Lisa Owen […]

Press Release – The Nation Headlines: New leaked document shows 10 District Health Boards face budget cuts in real terms in this years BudgetOn The Nation: Lisa Owen interviews Annette King Youtube clips from the show are available here. Headlines: New leaked document shows 10 District Health Boards face budget cuts in real terms in […]

Wellington.Scoop A leading Wellington surgeon with a strong environmental agenda is to be a candidate for the Regional Council in the October elections. Dr Russell Tregonning, a local orthopaedic surgeon for 37 years and past president of the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association, says he will campaign to make Wellington city and its environment more healthy […]

Press Release – New Zealand First Party New Zealanders will be alarmed that Prime Minister John Key is the only current leader of a nation named by the Panama Papers whistleblower in his manifesto statement, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader […]

Press Release – New Zealand First Party The Prime Ministers denials re the Cook Islands ignores New Zealands tax history with the Cooks and the facts, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters.7 MAY 2016 Key Can’t Deny That NZ Has Become An ‘Antipodean Panama’ The Prime Minister’s denials re […]

Press Release – New Zealand Labour PartyGrant Robertson MP for Wellington Central Finance Spokesperson MEDIA STATEMENT 7 May 2016 Govt must act as NZ singled out in Panama Papers scandal New Zealand’s international reputation is seriously at risk as further information from the Panama Papers comes to light, says Labour’s finance spokesperson, Grant Robertson. “New […]

by Julie Webb-Pullman Yousra, Rahaf, and Naser Al Hindi died in a house fire in Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza City on Friday night, after a candle fell on a mattress. The death of the three children, aged from one to five years, are being blamed by Gazans on the Israeli siege, and the lack […]

Stuff reports: Another Countdown supermarket in Blenheim has been banned from selling booze, meaning all three Countdown supermarkets in town are alcohol-free.  Countdown Springlands, on Middle Renwick Rd, cannot sell alcohol for five days, from May 20-25, after failing a controlled purchase operation in September last year. Countdown Blenheim, on Arthur St, is serving a 42-day suspension after it was caught […]

The Herald reports: Students accepted into teaching degrees have some of the lowest entrance scores across all bachelor programmes, prompting calls to mandate postgraduate entry to lift teacher status and quality. Education leaders from seven New Zealand universities wrote a joint letter to government last week recommending the move, in a bid to get the […]

The Herald reports: A New Zealand-born Chinese teenager has blasted the attitudes of some Kiwis towards her, saying they see her as “just another foreigner” here to buy their houses. The 17-year-old student, who wanted to remain anonymous, said she now felt unwelcome in the country she was born and raised in. Her experience is […]

The Herald reports: Auckland mayoral candidate Vic Crone is promising to look at relocating the city’s port, saying its current downtown location is obsolete. The port, she says, will be unable to keep up with the growth of Auckland in the next 50 years unless is expands further into the harbour. “The community has spoken […]

I can’t believe it’s already May. What’s happened to the year? Anyway, welcome back to Sunday reading.