Новости за 18.08.2016

Two parties deny charges in relation to Waihi Dam The two parties charged in relation to the works carried out on the Waihi Dam and the subsequent discharge of silt into the Waihi and Waiau Rivers have both denied the charges. Eastland Networks Limited ...

Sissons And Dodds Count Down the Hours to Olympic Triathlon The men get triathlon underway at the Rio Olympic Games with their race set to go at 2am New Zealand time tomorrow (Friday) morning with Tony Dodds and Ryan Sissons amongst the field set ...

SIGATOKA, Fiji (18 August) – Prevention and response programmes on violence against women must be grounded in a rights-based framework and feminist principles and accountable to the women’s movement if they are to be successful and sustainable, participants ...

Wanaka optometrist acquires innovative technology to combat dry eyes Leading Wanaka optometry practice Eyes on Ardmore has acquired cutting-edge technology in the form of a specialised Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) machine to significantly improve the ...

Bill to stop benefit payments for offenders who do not comply with community sentences Parliament is considering a bill that aims to encourage certain offenders to complete their community-based sentences. The bill would allow all or part of an offender’s ...

An interesting first hand account from Alan Duff: Your columnist experienced the man first-hand about 12 years ago at a conference in Coolum, a sort of a think-tank collection of Aussies and Kiwis. I was not impressed. That would be the CIS Consilium conference. Have been to one of them – incredibly intellectually invigorating. […]

The progress made by the Joint Working Group to implement pay equity for female dominated workforces has grinded to a halt as the government hesitates to take the next step, says New Zealand First today

The investments of the default KiwiSaver providers should be reviewed to make sure they are in line with New Zealanders’ values and expectations, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson.

Construction work has begun on a $4 million upgrade for Bayswater School on Auckland’s North Shore, Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye announced today.

Australia/PNG: Closure of Manus Island detention only first step to ending offshore nightmare for refugees

In a trans-Tasman first, a new international trade degree, launching at Victoria University of Wellington in 2017, will encourage students to work beyond traditional academic divides and succeed in the global economy.

After one of the most tranquil weeks of the season, winter returns to he South Island this weekend, delivering some fresh powder - music to the ears of the country’s snow hounds. A few rounds of snow are expected across ski fields through the middle ...

Social Service Providers Aotearoa welcomes the certainty provided by the Minister’s announcement today of the role of the new Ministry for Vulnerable Children and the timeline to establish it.

Radio NZ report: South Auckland Middle School asked for a review of its decile rating last year and in June the Ministry of Education decided it was a decile 1C school, meaning it had a high concentration of children from the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Charter schools – which the government calls partnership schools or kura […]

The International Travel College of New Zealand (ITC) and the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) have combined resources to offer an exciting new tourism and hospitality pathway.

Professor Jacinta Ruru (Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui, Pākehā) from the University of Otago’s Faculty of Law, received New Zealand’s highest accolade for tertiary teaching at parliament tonight.

Three Otago Polytechnic teachers have been awarded prestigious national Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards for “absolutely world-class” teaching – representing a quarter of the field of 12 educators honoured this year.

The government’s choice of name for the new Ministry of Vulnerable Children is short-sighted and may further disadvantage the families it aims to help, the Public Service Association says.

Leading Wanaka optometry practice Eyes on Ardmore has acquired cutting-edge technology in the form of a specialised Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) machine to significantly improve the health of dry eyes.

The experience provided by stylish Silver Ferns shooter Ameliaranne Ekenasio (nee Wells) will be a key component for the Central Pulse in next year’s ANZ Netball Elite League.

Personal computer sales peaked in 2011. In that year businesses and consumers bought around 360 million personal computers. IDC puts the number at 352 million. Gartner says it was 365 million. Consumer PC sales were about half the total. It has been downhill ever since. At some point PC sales will stabilise. We’re not there […]

An e-coli indicator has been found in one of the nine water tankers used to supply drinking water to Havelock North residents. The suspect tanker was parked in the Te Mata Primary School – Havelock North Intermediate School car park. Residents ...

Stuff reports: Labour MP Grant Robertson has offered an apology of sorts to the chief statistician for suggesting there had been “political interference” in the production of the latest unemployment figures, saying he is sorry if she took any offence. … Robertson said on Wednesday he accepted MacPherson’s assurances that the agency remained independent, and was sorry if she felt offended by […]

New Zealand’s 20 DHBs and the New Zealand Resident Doctors Association (NZRDA), which represents the 3700 Resident Medical Officers (RMOs) working and training in the DHBs, have agreed to mediation to help resolve differences they have with RMO ...

The NZ Police Recruitment #runningmanchallenge captured hearts and minds around the globe, and has captured the judges’ scores at the fourth annual New Zealand Social Media Awards, held last night in Auckland.