Новости за 14.06.2016

June 15 (BusinessDesk) - PGG Wrightson raised its earnings guidance, saying its retail unit is likely to beat last year's record result, although the rural services firm expects 2017 to be tough.

Police investigating the huge meth haul found in Kaitaia on Sunday night have made a further arrest.

Police and emergency services are at the scene of a fatal crash on SH1 south of Warkworth.

Education Minister Hekia Parata has congratulated students and schools on achieving the best-ever results in NCEA.

Disability Issues Minister Nicky Wagner today congratulates Robert Martin as the first person with a learning disability to be elected to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Omar Barghouti Commentary Source: Al Shabaka Introduction Israel’s attacks on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and other human rights defenders living under occupation, such as Al Haq staff, have dominated the headlines in recent weeks, including the direct threats made by leading Israeli officials against BDS activists and in particular against the movement’s […]

This morning New Zealander Robert Martin was elected to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at UN headquarters in New York.

The NZDUSD opens at 0.7001 (mid-rate) this morning. The USD has been the standout performer over the past 24hrs, on the back of better-than-expected economic data and growing concerns over a potential “Brexit”.

June 15 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar fell as investors shunned higher risk assets amid uncertainty ahead of the Federal Reserve interest rate decision and the British referendum on European Union membership.

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June 15 (BusinessDesk) - Equities on both sides of the Atlantic fell again, while government bonds rose, as the US Federal Open Market Committee began its two-day meeting, while new polls bolstered concern British voters might opt to leave the ...

If I used an ad blocker Wired’s pop-up screen would be annoying but deserved. Publishers need to sell advertising. Ad blockers undermine their business. You can’t argue with the logic. Sure some publishers abuse readers. They serve inappropriate, even offensive advertising. Many ads overstay their welcome. Others disrupt viewers with noisy video. Or they […]

Paradox reports: When I first came into the political scene, it was through my interest in numbers. My first snarky comment was in the form of an absurd little internet video that made a light mockery of some of the empty promises to reign in spending from the Obama administration. Obama promised to find $100 […]

Is Auckland Transport doing enough to improve public transport or is it resting on its laurels basking in the glow of the spectacular increases being seen on the rail network and busway. That’s a question asked by Radio NZ the other day in highlighting that patronage on the bus network outside of the busway has actually [...]

Vacy Vlazna Opinion In April, President Abbas, true to form, buckled under international pressure to sacrifice the integrity of the land of Palestine on the altar of another bogus ‘peace’ initiative by friends of Israel. The Palestinian Authority (PA) had been circulating to UN Security Council members a draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements when the […]

Press Release – Acumen Republic Multiple Grammy and ARIA Award winner Keith Urban, whose eighth studio album RIPCORD debuted at #1 in three countries upon its release on May 6, will play in New Zealand for the first time on December 3 when he brings his “ripCORD WORLD TOUR 2016” with 7-time Grammy Award winning, […]

Press Release – Horowhenua District Council Another half-million dollars in external funding has been obtained for Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom, the flagship facility incorporating the PiriharakekeGeneration Inspiration Centre, the National Dutch Connection Museum, and Foxtons library and community …Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom gains another significant grant Another half-million dollars in external funding has been obtained […]

Press Release – ESCAP-SCAS Suva, Fiji (ESCAP News ) In response to the call of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to leave no one behind, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Ministry of Finance, Government …Reducing inequality is key to achieving sustainable development in the […]

Press Release – Real Estate Institute Of New Zealand New Zealand’s national median house price has reached a record high, passing the $500,000 mark for the first time to hit $506,000, with a record $465,000 in Wellington. The figures were released today by REINZ, source of the most recent, complete and accurate real estate data […]

Press Release – Malaghan Institute Professor Mike Berridge, Cancer Cell Biology Group leader at the Malaghan Institute in Wellington, has been awarded just over $1 million by the Health Research Council to investigate the transfer of mitochondria between brain cells, taking earlier ground-breaking research into this little understood cellular process into new territory. He will […]

Press Release – Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington researchers have been awarded nearly $1.2 million in funding to find new and improved antibiotics from previously untapped sources. The Health Research Council of New Zealand has granted $1,195,267 to Dr Jeremy Owen and Associate Professor David Ackerley from Victoria’s School of Biological Sciences […]

Kiwi magician Elgregoe is once again hitting the dusty trail throughout the country, rearing to get his live show off the road and into West Coast schools this week.

KIWI MAGICIAN TO STOP TRAFFIC AS HE PULLS A RED LIGHT ON SCHOOL YARD BULLYING

Kiwi Magician to Stop Traffic as He Pulls a Red Light on School Yard Bullying

Patricia Grace, Nalini Singh, Ockham award-winner Stephen Daisley and Canadian writer Kate Pullinger are just some of the writers so far announced as participants in the inaugural National Writers Forum taking place on 17 – 18 September. They will be ...