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Auckland City Mission making homelessness a reality for everyone The Auckland City Mission is making homelessness a reality for everyone – at least in a virtual sense. Today, the organisation is launching “ Harsh Reality ,” a 360 film that allows ...

Communications Minister Amy Adams today released an options paper which seeks feedback on the Government’s new ‘utility-style’ model for regulating fixed line communications services after 2020. “Every aspect of our lives is being transformed by changes ...

NZ dollar jumps vs. yen as Abe win in upper house paves way for more stimulus

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Stuff reports: The Greater Wellington Regional Council is working towards one card for all bus travel across the region. The council is working with Snapper Services to create an integrated ticketing system for the region, which is expected to be rolled out early in 2018. At present, the Snapper card system is used only by NZ […]

Within the Auckland Transport Alignment Process Interim Report is the news that the six lane highway across the harbour as currently planned, the Additional Harbour Crossing, just doesn’t work, and is now at least mortally wounded, if not actually dead.

Press Release – Office of the Clerk This week Andrew Bayly MP, Deputy Chair of the Regulations Review Committee, is attending the Australia-New Zealand Scrutiny of Legislation Conference in Perth. The conference is hosted by the Parliament of Western Australia, from 11 to 14 July … For release 12 July 2016 Strengthening Parliamentary Scrutiny This […]

Press Release – Fiji Crop and Livestock Council Fiji Crop and Livestock Council (FCLC) Chairman, Simon Cole, has welcomed the appointment of two high caliber professionals to its Board of Directors. They are former Chief Executive of the Fiji Development Bank, Tukana Bovoro, and Fiji Country Coordinator …Council appoints two board directors Fiji Crop and […]

Press Release – University of Canterbury The University of Canterburys Te Reo programme in Aotahi: School of Mori and Indigenous Studies welcomed its first ever Visiting Canterbury Fellow yesterday. Dr Te Raukura Roa (Waikato-Tainui), from the University of Hawaii at Mnoa, will …Fellow from Hawaii to teach Te Reo at UC The University of Canterbury’s […]

Altrusa International of Wellington are hosting a screening of the latest Jane Austen film, Love and Friendship, on Monday, July 18, at6:30 PM, at Light House Cinema Cuba, to benefit Hutt Rape Counselling Network.

This week, the Sky Tower will again light as a sunrise to herald the final week of Auckland’s Matariki Festival, celebrating Maori New Year.

Nearly 200 groundspreaders from across the country will, next week, gather in Nelson for the 60th Annual Conference of long-standing trade organisation – the New Zealand Groundspread Fertilisers’ Association (NZGFA).

July 11 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar's run to a 14-month high may take a breather this week as investors hold off from taking firm positions ahead of Chinese economic data due at the end of the week.

Dairy farmers in the thick of calving are being offered thousands of dollars for their best bull calves by CRV Ambreed.

A Napier New World supermarket has apparently blocked rival chain Countdown’s neighbouring development, by buying land in the proposed area and paying more than twice its rating valuation, reveals Turley & Co’s Property Market Report.

Mayoral Candidate Jo Coughlan today launched her Digital city and IT policy following speaking at the NXRise ITx conference being held in the Capital. "Wellington is at the forefront of IT and has the potential to be NZ’s first digital city," ...

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is calling for submissions on proposals to change the rules for managing the disposal of hazardous substances. The changes are part of a wider government effort to improve workplace health and safety.

Steven Joyce’s surprise announcement that Housing NZ will no longer be used as a cash cow has forced the Finance Minister to make one of National’s biggest ever U-turns, Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson says.

Having a District Council permit to burn green waste in your rural area doesn’t exclude you from a ban during winter, Environment Canterbury says.

Council selected for excellence programme A new programme to rate the performance of councils across the country will see Gisborne District Council assessed by independent experts, given an A, B or C rating and the results shared with the public.

Glamorous and captivating, Legendary Divas is a feast for anyone who wants to reminisce and celebrate those extraordinary women whose songs will always remain in our hearts.

MEDIA RELEASE: For Immediate Release British Clarinet Virtuoso Performs in Wellington • Concert Features Messiaen’s Masterpiece –‘Quartet For The End of Time’

Between September 16 and when voting closes on October 8, Canterbury voters will have the first opportunity since the 2007 elections to vote for representation on Environment Canterbury Regional Council.

The Government’s backdown on forcing Housing New Zealand (HNZ) to pay a multimillion-dollar dividend shows that the Government can take measures to help end the housing crisis if it really wants to, the Green Party said today.