Новости за 14.08.2016

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A guest post by David Garrett: Introduction The Court of Appeal has released its decision in the cases of two murderers who, if “three strikes” (3S) had been applied by the High Court as the law is written, would both have been sentenced to Life Without Parole (LWOP). The two cases are of great interest […]

The demolition of the Downtown Centre for the start of the CRL and the replacement of this 1960s structure by Precinct Properties’ Commercial Bay office and retail development is an important moment for Auckland on many levels.

Press Release – Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Pacific Islands Forum Update 15 August 2016 Historic First Standing Meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers in SuvaPacific Islands Forum Update 15 August 2016 Historic First Standing Meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers in Suva The first standing meeting of Pacific Islands Forum Foreign […]

News from Helene Ritchie Wellington city councillor Helene Ritchie will move to have the Movie museum/convention centre decision “lie on the table”- until after the new mayor and Council have been sworn in. That is normal public sector protocol – no major decisions (and this is major) in the three months before an election. “The […]

Press Release – Statistics New Zealand Medals per capita our alternative Olympic rankings New Zealand moves to top of the per capita medals table at Rio Media advisoryMedals per capita – our alternative Olympic rankings New Zealand moves to top of the per capita medals table at Rio – Media advisory 15 August 2016 On […]

Press Release – United Future NZ Party Visiting Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai discovered a unique piece of his countrys history at the University of Auckland last week. Window to the past for Vanuatu PM Visiting Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai discovered a unique piece of his country’s history at the University of Auckland last […]

Press Release – Mediaworks Last nights nail-biting The Block NZ: Girls vs Boys season finale saw TV3 win Sunday night across all four key demographics (18-39, 18-49, 25-54 and Household Shoppers with Kids 0-14), with a 13 rating and 37.4 share in TV3s key target demographic … The Block NZ: Girls vs Boys Final a […]

Press Release – Benny Wenda Benny Wendas visit to Aotearoa New Zealand on hold Prominent West Papuan independence leader, Benny Wenda, will not be able to visit Aotearoa New Zealand at the end of August as previously announced. There is hope that the visit can be rescheduled to …Benny Wenda’s visit to Aotearoa New Zealand […]

Press Release – Bay of Plenty Regional Council His Excellency Charlot Salwai, Prime Minister of Vanuatu visited with councillors and staff at Bay of Plenty Regional Councils Tauranga Office yesterday.Regional Council hosts Vanuatu Prime Minister 13 August 2016 His Excellency Charlot Salwai, Prime Minister of Vanuatu visited with councillors and staff at Bay of Plenty […]

GENEVA (12 August 2016) – The UN Committee against Torture has published its findings on the countries it examined during its latest session from 25 July to 12 August: Kuwait, Honduras, Burundi and Mongolia.

Nominations closed midday Friday for the 2016 local body elections with a total of 447 candidates putting their hands up for the 170 positions, including 17 for the mayoralty.

Nineteen people have been nominated to contest the nine seats available on the Northland Regional Council at this year’s local body elections in October.

Nepal’s transitional justice bodies closed registration of complaints on 10 August 2016, with over 60,000 cases registered during the last four months. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared ...

Havelock North residents are being urged to boil water as a vomiting and diarrhoea outbreak affects a number of people in the area.

Power Restored for Nearly All Rural Hawke’s Bay Customers in Time for the Weekend

A humble winter soup appeal in Palmerston North has inspired the launch of a fundraising cookbook, which aims to help a New Zealand charity feed thousands of hungry, abandoned and vulnerable children around the world.

New Zealand First says Silver Fern Farms’ shareholders will regret selling majority control of their co-op to the Chinese but expects the Overseas Investment Office will greenlight it at breakneck speed.

A $1.5 million project designed to reduce the risk of crashes on State Highway 1B between Taupiri and Gordonton gets underway on Monday August 15.

The Australian policy for detaining refugees indefinitely is unsustainable, according to Labour’s spokesperson for foreign affairs, David Shearer.

Labour housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says Housing New Zealand has been selling state houses for below the official valuations

Auckland mayoral candidate Phil Goff says the Transport Minister has given the green light to replace the Interim Transport Levy with road user charges

Press Release – TVNZ Natasha Blucher, and Australian woman who worked for Save the Children in Nauru in 2014 for a period, says horrific accounts of sexual abuse, assault and self-harm contained at the detention camps in a leak of thousands of documents to The Guardian …Reports About Violence And Abuse on Nauru 100 Per […]

1. The latest results from the New Zealand’s Olympic athletes competing in Rio over the weekend.

Hawke's Bay Police are appealing to the public for information, following a crash on Te Aute Road, Havelock North, just before 7pm on Wednesday 10 August, where the offending driver failed to stop. The offending vehicle, believed to be a silver Toyota ...