Новости за 19.09.2016

Three people have died after a serious crash in Huntly this afternoon.

Today, NZ Suffrage Day, provides an opportunity to celebrate New Zealand’s suffrage achievements and look for ways to make further progress on gender equality issues in the health sector. With the local government elections open for voting, now is ...

A new regional media initiative launching today, Local Focus, joins a stable of regional media funded by NZ On Air to extend local content choices for regional audiences.

The Tasman Global Access (TGA) undersea cable is now in the final stages of construction, with the specialised undersea cable ship ‘Ile de Re’ heading towards New Zealand shores. Telecommunications companies Spark, Vodafone and Telstra are investing approximately ...

Northland Police are seeking the identity of four offenders involved in two Northland burglaries in the early hours of this morning.

Waikato Police are attending a serious crash which occurred shortly before 2:40pm this afternoon.

Sept. 19 (BusinessDesk) - Milford Asset Managment is playing down its role in the market manipulation case kicking off next week against the fund manager's portfolio manager Mark Warminger.

The launch of CreditSimple.co.nz today gives New Zealanders instant and free online access to their credit scores for the first time

Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Hekia Parata have today announced the release of a new Youth Guarantee Secondary-Tertiary pilot programme, DualPathways.

The Brisbane Times reports: Wells Fargo will pay $US185 million ($240 million) to resolve claims that bank employees opened deposit and credit-card accounts without customers’ approval to satisfy sales goals and earn financial rewards, US regulators said. The lender opened more than 2 million accounts that consumers may not have known about, the Consumer Financial Protection […]

Press Release – Nick Leggett Independent Mayoral candidate Nick Leggett has promised he’ll work to secure public ownership and access to the historic Point Halswell Battery and Fort Ballance site on the Miramar Peninsula, if elected Mayor of Wellington. Fort Ballance, which is made up of 80 hectares of land, is sitting derelict with no […]

The riverside and its connection with central Lower Hutt is the focus of two public workshops at the end of this month.

Two Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Seasprite helicopters and their crews are in the midst of a hectic two weeks, flying in challenging terrain during Exercise Bluebird.

By creaming off millions of dollars in fees and not disclosing this to their clients, KiwiSaver providers are guilty of graft by stealth, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament, Rt Hon Winston Peters.

Another year, another iPhone release. Pre orders for the iPhone 7 opened last week (September 9th), and has techies worldwide salivating. The latest iteration of Apple’s revolutionary iPhone series is said to be making improvements on the smartphone formula, ...

Press Release – Jo Coughlan Wellington Mayoral candidate Jo Coughlan today confirmed her commitment to leading a revitalisation of the Civic Square precinct if elected mayor and having the Town Hall refurbished as a priority as part of this. “As mayor I will ask our council management and urban planning team to commence work on […]

World Rivers Day will be acknowledged globally this weekend and to mark the occasion Local Government New Zealand is hosting a major issues seminar to discuss the role councils play in managing water.

Comedy, music, puppetry, poetry, a radio play, busking and even a pantomime; these are all part of the wild and wonderful shows that make up the inaugural Fringe in the ‘Stings, which today released its full programme. On from the 13 – 15 October, ...

You’ve heard of the Buena Vista Social Club. Now there’s the Alpaca Social Club, with well-loved musos, Craig Denham and Jon Sanders. This year they tour together with special guest ‘story singer’, Caitlin Smith.

The 2012-kilometre tractor journey, Expedition South, to help raise $1 million to save Sir Edmund Hillary’s hut in Antarctica has finished alongside Sir Ed’s statue at The Hermitage in Mt Cook.

Variety – the Children’s Charity is giving back to kids in need by auctioning off signed Ben Smith memorabilia thanks to Harraways!

The Māori Party is at a cross-road over the Kermadec Open Sanctuary Bill and its coalition with tuakana, National Party.

78% of local council candidates around the country support the introduction of a local Shop Trading Hours policy to allow shops to open on EasterSunday, according to a survey by Retail NZ. “It’s encouraging to see that, around the country, ...

New Zealand Commercial Photographer of the Year, Amber Griffin, releases Gold award-winning art print, Alayna Rosé, on a global scale.

Leading Australia based commercial property fund manager, Charter Hall Group has offered its market leading unlisted Direct Office Fund (DOF) to New Zealand investors for the first time. DOF is looking to accept a further $AUD250 million from investors ...