Новости за 06.07.2016

Lt Colonel Ian Hutson, Director of The Salvation Army’s Social Policy Unit today indicated support for Mr Ngapari Nui based on the contribution he is understood to have made at Whanganui Prison.

A 35-year-old Christchurch man was today jailed for four years and two months on offences involving objectionable pictures of child sex abuse.

Professor William Webster of the University of Stirling will be the NZ-UK Link Foundation’s first Visiting Professor to New Zealand. He is a recognised expert on the governance and regulation of privacy and data protection, and the implications and consequences ...

As more than 100 world-leading and award-winning scientists voice their support of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Federated Farmers continues to endorse farmers’ rights to decide what technologies are used on their farms.

The NZ Transport Agency is about to start work constructing two new retaining walls to help stabilise the hillside on the Nelson side of the Takaka Hill. Mark Owen, Regional Performance Manager, NZ Transport Agency says the work is important to ensure ...

In a world of online bookings, remote check in and endless websites on ‘tourism hot spots’, is there still a need for the travel broker?

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Paul Goldsmith today announced the start of consultation on proposed regulations that will enable wine and spirit makers to register the geographical origins of their products.

Stuff reports: The Government is not ruling out intervening to keep planes in the air after threatened strike action by aviation security workers during the school holidays. Transport Minister Simon Bridges confirmed Cabinet was briefed on contingency plans to keep airport security checks going if mediation to avert the strike failed. While neither Bridges or Prime […]

Family First NZ says the revelations that the so-called ‘caregivers’ of Moko had extensive criminal records is further evidence that we are not taking child abuse serious enough and are not targeting the rotten parents that should be regularly ...

In hindsight most users agree Windows 8 was a stinker. Many thought so at the time. Windows 8’s reception so traumatised Microsoft the company drew a clear line under the operating system. To emphasise this, Windows skipped a version moving direct from 8 to 10. One reason desktop and laptop owners didn’t warm to Windows […]

"Good employers do not prevent those they employee from coming to work. This is exactly what Civil Aviation is intending on doing by "locking out" people who have joined together in union to achieve better terms and conditions at work," ...

There is something seeing and there is something being seen 13 July – 6 August 2016

Captain William Brewer of New Plymouth will be marching in one of the world’s oldest and largest military parades when the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) takes part in the Bastille Day French parade on 14 July.

Applications are invited for the 2016-17 TCDC Major Events sponsorship fund from Friday 8 July 2016.

Hekia Parata’s refusal to rule out bigger class sizes as a result of her new bulk funding regime speaks volumes about the real agenda behind her proposed changes, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says.

Following the First Reading passage of the Fire and Emergency Bill today, Internal Affairs Minister Peter Dunne has released a discussion document on new fire services regulations as part of the reform of the fire services sector.

Iwi, environment and recreational organisations are welcoming the Environment Minister’s decision to take the next step in protecting Hawkes Bay’s Ngaruroro and Clive Rivers with a Water Conservation Order.

Nearly 400 athletes plus coaches, officials and supporters will be in Tauranga this weekend for the 2016 ITKD Taekwon-Do National Championships and Oceania Invitational.

In recent weeks a spike in burglaries and thefts from unlocked homes and vehicles has been reported in the Waikanae and Paraparaumu communities.

After a hui with 200 people today representative of a cross-section of the local community, Ngati Ruanui is demanding the immediate resignation of Ray Smith CEO of the Department of Corrections following the actions he has taken in removing Ngapari ...

July 6 (BusinessDesk) - Rishworth Aviation, which supplies pilots, engineers and other staff to the airline industry, has been sold to Empresaria Group, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market, for US$10 million.

Don’t let measles ruin the school holidays. Make sure your family is fully immunised.

Social Development Minister Anne Tolley says changes to accommodation support for studying sole parents mean that more parents are accessing higher rates of the support.

Police can confirm that a man who is the subject of an incident in Henwood Road, Mangere has been taken into custody.

The Green Party and Labour will launch an inquiry into the growing homelessness crisis after the Government rejected calls from MPs on the Social Services Select Committee to investigate the issue.