Новости за 19.09.2016

A male entered the service station in the early hours of this morning armed with a tomahawk and demanded money and cigarettes from the attendant, while a second offender kept watch outside.

Sept. 19 (BusinessDesk) - Financial services professionals and regulators are offering movie buffs the chance to get their fill of fraud in a two-day film festival in November.

Sept. 20 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street moved higher, while the US dollar slid, as investors await the outcome of the Federal Reserve policy meeting on Wednesday to gauge the timing of the next interest rate increase.

Prime Minister John Key has reinforced the benefits of the Trans Pacific Partnership in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York today.

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Auckland’s Watercare has been recognised by the country’s risk sector body as a leader in risk management. The provider of water and wastewater services received the award for Excellence in Building Risk Management Capability at the 2016 RiskNZ ...

The latest release of Mt Ruapehu life passes, go on sale for a limited time only on September 19th, and give people lifetime access to New Zealand’s largest ski areas. The sale ends at 5pm on October 10.

Activists from Peace Action Wellington (PAW) today occupied the office of MAS Zengrange, a Lower Hutt company that makes mortar-firing systems and other war products. Five peace activists were arrested after they left the building.

For the first time in New Zealand, Norma ‘the Queen of Swing’ Miller visits New Zealand along with top international dancer and teacher, Adam Brozowski. Norma at 97 is one of the last remaining members of the pioneering Lindy Hop dance troupe, ...

The Government’s new Block Offer will open up another half a million square kilometres of our oceans to mining and oil drilling, including part of the critically endangered Maui’s dolphin marine sanctuary, the Green Party said today.

APRA will honour the contribution Moana Maniapoto has made to music in Aotearoa when she is inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at the 2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards .

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Trust NZ published the ‘first cut’ report of the findings of their 2016 Grandparent and Whanau Carer Survey conducted in May 2016 on their website today.

Stuff reports: Deadly food riots have exploded in several Venezuelan cities this year, and Maduro in recent weeks has faced rowdy pot-banging protests. In July, he gave Venezuela’s defense minister extraordinary powers to oversee the government’s elaborate system of price controls and consumer regulations, including the fingerprint scanners used to ensure that Venezuelan shoppers don’t […]

The Auckland Transport Alignment Project (ATAP) report, which was released last week, identified the need to spend more money on transport infrastructure in Auckland. ATAP estimates that we need to spend $24 billion on new transport infrastructure over the next decade, around $4 billion of which would not be funded by current transport budgets.

Hāpai, the voice of Tobacco Control Advocacy, calls for a review of whether Roll Your Own Tobacco should remain available in New Zealand.

A woman has been killed after being hit by a vehicle on SH 1 in Kinleith overnight.

Sept. 19 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares rose as some investors rummaged for bargains left over from last week's sell-off, with decisions on interest rates in the United States and Japan expected to dominate trading this week. Stride Property, ...

Ismira would also welcome the chance to sail on her own sea

Women from Gaza are sending messages to the women on the Women’s Boat for Gaza. Here is the first, from Ruba Thabet, a final year university student in Gaza.

Press Release – Delegation of the European Union to the Pacific EU and the Republic of Kiribati Sign 5 Million Euro Energy Project The European Union (EU) and the Republic of Kiribati today signed a 5 Million Euro energy project. The project is framed in the European Union New Zealand energy partnership that … Fiji […]

Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party Side-lining Nick Smith must be the first step in sorting out the Government’s Kermadec debacle, says Labour’s Fisheries Spokesperson Rino Tirikatene.Rino Tirikatene MP for Te Tai Tonga Fisheries Spokesperson MEDIA STATEMENT 20 September 2016 Benching Nick Smith first step to Kermadec solution Side-lining Nick Smith must be the […]

Press Release – New Zealand Defence Force Military personnel from New Zealand and Canada have recovered 50 unexploded World War II-vintage munitions, including a 250-pound bomb, as part of an operation to make communities in the Solomon Islands safe.20 September 2016 NZDF Helping Keep Solomon Islands Safe Military personnel from New Zealand and Canada have […]