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Stuff reports: If you look at the floor as you walk into the office of outgoing Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Vanessa van Uden you might notice the carpet is different from the rest of the building. She was new to the office in 2010 when she was advised carpet was being laid. “I said ‘there’s nothing wrong […]

Wellington.Scoop We’d like to invite you to a special one-off event, the Wellington Wannabe Mayors Forum, on Tuesday (September 13th). The doors – and the bar – will be open from 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Koha entry. To be held at the stylish Prefab Hall on Jessie Street in central Wellington, the event will […]

Press Release – NGO Coalition on Human Rights The NGO Coalition for Human Rights is deeply troubled with the arrests of prominent academics, trade unionists and political party representatives today. The recent arrests were related to the Pacific Dialogue event that was held on Monday 5th September. …10/9/2016 MEDIA ALERT: Troubling Developments The NGO Coalition […]

Press Release – IUCN Global conservation summit sets the direction for post-2015 sustainability agenda Honolulu, Hawaii, 10 September 2016 (IUCN) The IUCN World Conservation Congress closed today in Hawaii, setting the global conservation agenda for the next four …Global conservation summit sets the direction for post-2015 sustainability agenda Honolulu, Hawaii, 10 September 2016 (IUCN) – […]

Press Release – Netball NZ Netball New Zealand (NNZ) welcomes the announcement by the New Zealand Government to invest in the Pacific Sporting Partnerships programme. The programme, delivered over five years, is aimed at encouraging increased sports participation and improving …Netball New Zealand supports Pacific Sporting Partnerships programme Media Statement Sunday 11 September, 2016 Netball […]

Press Release – New Zealand Government Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman Minister of Health 11 September 2016 Media Statement Healthy Homes Initiatives expansion will help 25,000 more vulnerable families Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says thousands more vulnerable families living in unhealthy homes …Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman Minister of Health 11 September 2016 Media Statement Healthy Homes […]

Press Release – New Zealand Government Prime Minister John Key has announced a $10 million Pacific Sporting Partnerships programme aimed at getting more children in Pacific countries playing sports and making them healthier. Sport plays an important role in New Zealand and in the …John Key Prime Minister 11 September 2016 Media Statement PM announces […]

Nature lovers and movie goers are in for a treat with an award winning New Zealand climate documentary and a compelling presentation from the Forest & Bird national Climate Roadshow.

Empires are often in the habit of producing brutes. Colonies, once left to their own devices, can either improve in the face of history, or degenerate. The Philippines provides an example of cruelty fashioned into office: dictatorships with a pro-US ...

New national cross-country skiing champions share tracks with Winter Olympians at Snow Farm NZ WANAKA, New Zealand (10 September, 2016) – Elite international athletes joined home-grown talent at Snow Farm near Wanaka today as this season’s National ...

Moving beyond stereotypes: Responding to unheeded needs of the ageing populations Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service) • Photograph of Dr John Beard, Director WHO Department of ageing is online at: http://bit.ly/2c7P4kb • Interview podcast ...

Police in Whangarei are seeking the community’s help in finding a man who has gone missing from a local rest home.

An 11-year-old girl is in a critical condition after a crash at Thompsons Crossing, north of Invercargill, this afternoon.

Bull has best climbing legs to win fourth round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series in Dunedin 10 September 2016 Adam Bull had the best climbing legs to win the elite men’s race in the fourth round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Armstrong ...

Child Sex Offender Register Should Be Publicly Available 10th September 2016 “The government are denying access of critical information for the very people that this law was introduced to protect. Knowing who lives in your community and the risk they ...

Whanganui Wastewater Inquiry: Findings “Shocking” Former Wanganui district council mayor Michael Laws today welcomed the findings of an independent inquiry into Whanganui’s failed wastewater treatment plant, saying that the findings “still have the capacity ...

A man has died after being thrown from a 4x4 vehicle when it rolled on an off-road track near Makarora, in the Queenstown Lakes District, this afternoon.

Kiwi recruitment software company QJumpers celebrates its 10th birthday by launching in the US and finding a fresh new look

A groundbreaking new study released this week on giraffe genetics is making big waves within the wildlife conservation community. Giraffes, previously thought by scientists to be one species divided into nine subspecies, could in fact be four completely ...

Violence against women: UN human rights expert to visit Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

GENEVA (9 September 2016) – The United Nations expert on human rights and international sanctions, Idriss Jazairy, today called for the creation of compensation commissions under the auspices of the UN, to help those affected by unilateral sanctions bring ...

GENEVA (9 September 2016) - In accordance with a resolution* adopted by the Human Rights Council on 23 March, the UN High Commissioner for human rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has designated two independent human rights experts, Ms. Sonja Biserko ...

imagineNATIVE to host International Premiere of The Native Slam In March of 2016, just days before Maoriland Film Festival 15 Indigenous Filmmakers gathered around Aotearoa to make a film. They had just 72 hours, with a budget of $800 NZD and yet ...

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