Новости за 28.07.2016

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July 29 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street was mixed amid disappointing earnings from Ford Motor and better-than-expected results from Facebook.

Who benefits from enabling housing development? And who bears the costs of restricting it?

Stuff reported: Government safety agency WorkSafe NZ has taken television advertisements off-air after the Advertising Standards Authority ruled they exaggerated the impact of workplace accidents. The ASA said the adverts, which were designed to draw attention to the impact of workplace accidents on families, were misleading. The embarrassing admonishment stemmed from WorkSafe’s claim that more than 23,000 people […]

Article – BusinessDesk Fletcher Building paid $12 million below the flagged purchase price to buy rival construction company Higgins Group Holdings after dropping Horokiwi Quarries from its application to reduce its dominance in the aggregates market.Friday 29 July 2016 04:40 PM Fletcher trims $12 mln from slimmed down Higgins acquisition By Paul McBeth July 29 […]

News from NZ Police Several antique items have been stolen from St Peter’s Anglican Church in central Wellington. The items are embroidered vestments that are over 100 years old and have significant meaning to the church. The items were taken from a display cabinet in the church and the church would very much like to […]

Press Release – Fletcher Building Auckland, 29 July 2016 Fletcher Building Limited (Fletcher Building) announces it has completed the transaction to acquire New Zealand and Fiji road construction and maintenance business Higgins for a purchase price of NZ$303 million. The businesses … Higgins Acquisition Completed Auckland, 29 July 2016 – Fletcher Building Limited (Fletcher Building) […]

Press Release – Pacific Trade and Investment Pacific Islands Trade & Invest congratulates Niue Vanilla International whose organic vanilla products will be sold in Trade Aid stores by August.29 July 2016 Niue Vanilla – first Pacific food product in Trade Aid stores Pacific Islands Trade & Invest congratulates Niue Vanilla International whose organic vanilla products […]

Press Release – Massey University New Zealand and Australian defence forces need to rebuild ties with Fiji in the wake of a Russian arms deal with Fiji that highlights a shift in traditional security dynamics in the region, according to a new report. Titled Principled Engagement: …Fiji’s Russian arms deal a wake-up call for NZ […]

News from WCC To address the need for more housing and housing choices, the Wellington City Council has started the next stage of consultation with the Newlands community on a draft District Plan Change. The draft Plan Change incorporates feedback from the previous consultation late last year and proposes a medium-density housing and draft building […]

Press Release – Wellington City Council Wellington City Council Chief Executive Officer Kevin Lavery today released his Pre-election Report, which shows the Council has sound finances and is in a strong position to invest in projects that will transform the city. Publication of the Pre-election Report is a requirement of the Local Government Act. The […]

Press Release – Country TV This twelve part documentary series features rural communities and people for whom rugby is so much more than a game of two halves. There have always been strong connections between our beloved national game and our faming and rural populations.Rugby is in Our Blood – Country Tv Tells These Stories […]

Press Release – University of Otago Friday 29 July 2016 Monitoring for Congenital Zika Syndrome to start in New Zealand From August 2016, paediatricians are being asked to report all cases of infants and children less than six months of age with microcephaly or other brain abnormalities, …Friday 29 July 2016 Monitoring for Congenital Zika […]

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PORT MORESBY (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Media staff have been threatened and harassed by supporters of Western Province Governor Ati Wobiro, provincial administrator Madowa Gumoi and Fly Care Foundation chairman Norman May, drawing protests over a free press.

The three co-accused were found guilty of conspiring to misappropriate public funds, fraud and abuse of office by the National Court on Tuesday.

AUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/ Pacific Media Watch): Climate change reportage in the Asia-Pacific needs to be stepped up and taken more seriously by the regions media organisations.

“A $200 million dairy plant planned near Gore may appear superficially good news for Southland but having a China state-owned company holding majority ownership is not,” says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston ...

Auckland Councillor for Orakei Cameron Brewer says he and seven other councillors are furious that Mayor Len Brown and his supporters today voted to hand over the final consideration of the Unitary Plan to the Auckland Development Committee, chaired ...

July 28 (BusinessDesk) - Westland Milk Products, the Hokitika-based dairy cooperative, has appointed Toni Brendish as its new chief executive.

The latest Canterbury/West Coast DHB responses to OIA requests by the Democrats for Social Credit Party (DSC) have descended from evasive and time-wasting to complete farce, according to DSC Leader Stephnie de Ruyter and Health Spokesman David Tranter.

Te Waipounamu, Rēkohu/Chatham Islands/Wharekauri select their member on Te Mātāwai. 28 July 2016 Iwi from Te Waipounamu, Rēkohu/Chatham Islands/Wharekauri have selected Nuki Tākao to be on Te Mātāwai, the new organisation set to lead the revitalisation ...

Democracy Action is applauding the recommendations of the Independent Hearings Panel to delete Cultural Impact Assessment requirements, and the scheduled “sites of value” from the Auckland Unitary Plan.

Budding young cooks have just days left to be in to win a share of $2,000 in the Just Cook Challenge.

Waikato Diocesan School for Girls wins Monetary Policy Challenge Waikato Diocesan School for Girls has been named the national winner of the 2016 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Monetary Policy Challenge (MPC). Scots College (Wellington) placed second ...

Southern Police are reminding motorists that with the winter season now upon us, extra care needs to be taken on our roads. District Road Policing Manager Inspector Tania Baron says, so far, much of the country has had a mild winter, but the Southern ...

28th July 2016, Wellington NZ - David Jones today officially opened its first international store in Wellington, New Zealand, marking a significant milestone in the department store’s 178-year history. The new look David Jones features a bold, contemporary ...