Новости за 09.06.2016

Around 300 Iraqi soldiers have just completed a six-week training course at Camp Taji bringing the total number of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) trained by the combined Australian-New Zealand training force to nearly 7,000.

PHARMAC is today announcing funding of six new treatments across important areas of health, including major advancements in the treatment of hepatitis C.

Over the past year, some of Hawke’s Bay’s key agencies have collaborated to improve understanding of the region’s coastal resources.

Round 10 Fixture Netball South v Netball Northern 6:00pm, Saturday 11 June Edgar Centre, Dunedin Broadcast: LIVE on SKY Sport NZ 3 from 5:50pm (check local guides)

Christchurch City Council staff have been acknowledged for their "huge commitment" to addressing key findings of a review into the way the District Plan Review process is managed.

Radio NZ reports: It is illegal in New Zealand to sell e-cigarette liquid containing nicotine; only Ministry of Health-approved nicotine replacement therapies such as patches and gum can be sold. People smoke e-cigarettes by inhaling a liquid vapour produced by vapouriser – a practice backed by the government in the UK, which allows them to […]

It is disappointing that yet another Monetary Policy Statement has been released without analysis on the equity of loan-to-value ratios.

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman welcomes Pharmac’s decision to fund six new treatments which will give New Zealanders access to new medicines.

A joint action committee has announced the beginning of an escalating series of actions to stop Australian mining company Evolution Mining Ltd exploring for gold on Puhipuhi mountain north of Whangarei.

At 74, Yvonne van Der Merwe is in the prime of her newfound career as a Granny Nanny - a job that is on the rise across New Zealand.

The new, improved Hampton Downs International Motorsport Park will reopen at the end of October after a $25 million upgrade. The Hampton Downs 101 is a new event featuring some of the world’s leading cars including Porsche, Lamborghini and Aston ...

The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and Radio New Zealand have reached the finals for a prestigious New York award.

Home ownership amongst Pacific people has nosedived and the Government must act immediately, says Pacific Island Affairs spokesperson Su’a William Sio.

The weather over New Zealand is likely to be changeable through until Monday. An intense high, which brought frosty mornings and fine weather to most places during the last week, has departed to the east of the country. This is allowing several ...

How interesting. This billboard is on Onslow Road. In the bluer areas of Wellington it appears the Labour logo is being painted over. As the official Labour Party candidate for Mayor, you’d think he’d be proudly showing off their logo and have bright red billboards using their branding. Tags: Justin Lester, WCC

Legislation to simplify the collection of tax on employee share schemes has just been passed, and much more fundamental change is in the pipeline through an IRD issues paper released last month.

The Government needs to take urgent action to reverse plummeting Maori homeownership rates which have fallen by 20 per cent since 1986, says Labour’s MP for Ikaroa-Rawhiti Meka Whaitiri.

Last year, Z Energy announced its plans to buy Caltex’s New Zealand operations. The merger was approved in April 2016, and took effect last week on 1st June.

Professor of Environmental Planning at the University of Waikato, Iain White, has been awarded nearly $200,000 to assist his research into how cities can become more resilient to natural hazards.

In May Yachting New Zealand announced collectively with the New Zealand Olympic Committee, that a team of 12 sailors had been selected to represent New Zealand in seven events at Rio 2016.

Is your local marae, sports team or social club confident in doing CPR and using an AED to save the life of someone in cardiac arrest?

News from NZME NZME Publishing Limited has signed a conditional agreement to sell the Wairarapa Times Age to National Media Limited, which is owned by Andrew Denholm, the current General Manager of the Wairarapa Times-Age. Included in the agreement are the Wairarapa Midweek and TA Property papers. CEO of NZME, Michael Boggs says returning the […]

Intentionally omitting information on doping control forms could end in a ban from all sport as demonstrated by the two-year ban handed down to former tennis number one Maria Sharapova.

Disability Issues Minister Nicky Wagner has congratulated the Parliamentary Service on their outstanding work in making Parliament more accessible for disabled people.

I blogged in May 2014 on a fraudster who was trying to get a website about him removed under the Harrassment Act. An update on him in the Herald: Three times bankrupt, Grant Norman King stood in the dock in Waitakere District Court where he was sentenced to 262 hours of community work. It was […]