Новости за 08.08.2016

Mayor Len Brown and Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse have announced the following appointments to the boards of Auckland’s council-controlled organisations: · Margaret Devlin as chair of Watercare Services Limited (WSL): Margaret is chair of WEL Networks

Horowhenua District Council is another step closer to ensuring crystal-clear drinking water for all Foxton residents. To improve the water clarity, the pH-level of the water in the town supply is being adjusted slightly to decrease its acidity and increase ...

Marooned in the Auckland harbour – who wants to be New Zealand’s Best Best mate?

Monday 8 August, 2016 – With some 400 customers without power, Unison Networks is focused on restoring power where access allows and assisting the Taupo Plains community to get through what the company estimates will be at least a week without ...

Despite a dramatic global economic backdrop, the growth outlook for the New Zealand economy remains very respectable, according to the latest ASB Quarterly Economic Forecasts.

The ODT reports: Dressing up in blackface or as a Nazi will not be out of bounds at next year’s Hyde St keg party after University of Otago students voted against costumes being regulated. In a binding referendum, students overwhelmingly voted against the Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) regulating what costumes could be worn to […]

At 5pm tonight tune into the launch of Oompher Web Series One to meet the powerful duo behind international Kiwi success story - Soldiers Rd Portraits. Soldiers Rd Portraits is a unique business that styles and photographs customers for native-inspired ...

Record-breaking numbers of Auckland’s future voters will be learning about local democracy and voting this election time. A total of 11,500 students from 56 schools have signed up to take part in Auckland Council’s Kids Voting 2016. This compares ...

8th August 2016: A major move by Landcorp to rid New Zealand farms of rainforest-destroying palm kernel has been welcomed by Greenpeace.

Aug. 8 (BusinessDesk) - Michael Hill International chief executive Mike Parsell is to step down after 16 years leading the jewellery company that bears its founder's name.

Construction of a unique volcanic themed skatepark in the Auckland suburb of New Windsor starts at the end of August. The skatepark, which takes inspiration from Auckland’s volcanic fields, will complete the third and final stage of the Valonia ...

GREG The right to know what our politicians are up to on our behalf to is a fundamental tenet of any democracy, but former New Zealand Herald editor Dr Gavin Ellis is concerned that those rights are being eroded. In a new book, Complacent Nation, he claims the ...

Apart from the 2016 MacBook, Apple’s entire Mac line is overdue for a refresh. Sam Byford at The Verge caused a stir last week writing; “Apple should stop selling four-year-old computers“. MacBook aside, Apple’s August 2016 catalogue is the same as it was a year ago. It is more than a year since any other […]

The NZ Transport Agency says suggestions that it is focused on a road only solution for a future tunnel across Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour are misleading and inaccurate. “We are 100 per cent committed to providing Aucklanders with a future multi-modal ...

Every party needs a grumpy uncle...so let me be that curmudgeonly guy for the upcoming Open Source//Open Society conference.

South Island drivers need to slow down and watch following distances on both icy roads and gritted roads this morning and this week, says NZ Transport Agency Journey Manager Lee Wright. Shaded areas may be icy until midday and later in some places.

GREG Auckland construction companies are desperately looking for workers as the city enters the biggest building boom in its history. There are thousands of jobs going, just not enough trained people to fill them. Political editor Corin Dann spoke ...

NIWA coastal engineer/scientist Dr. Rob Bell will talk next week about the problems coastal communities, councils and infrastructure operators will encounter from sea-level rise. His talk will cover the basic science behind the rise, and what we can do to ...

Heavy snow fell in inland Hawkes Bay, and eastern parts of Taihape and Taupo from Friday to Sunday morning. Snow drifts of around a metre affected some areas, closing the Napier-Taupo Road. This was caused by a low east of Gisborne, which directed ...

Aug. 8 (BusinessDesk) - IkeGPS, the laser measurement tool maker that expects to be cash break-even in the fourth quarter of 2017,is in a trading halt pending a placement of shares to institutional investors in Australia and New Zealand.

Mayoral candidate Phil Goff has today released a fiscal policy designed to restrict rate rises to an average of 2.5 percent, introduce a major new programme to drive savings across Auckland Council and restore public confidence in its management of ...

Hundreds of Auckland schoolgirls will later this month have a hands on experience how some of New Zealand’s most hi-tech companies such as Air New Zealand, Microsoft and Vodafone operate.

Fish & Game is mounting a nationwide bird count today – to pin down the number of shoveler ducks found around the country.

Claims that girls are less safe in the co-educational environment at Halswell Residential College, are absolute rubbish.

Time is running out for those who haven’t enrolled to vote, and the Electoral Commission is urging people to act quickly if they want to make voting easy in next month’s local elections