Новости за 28.09.2016

Schools are facing a chronic shortage of middle leaders with over 40 percent of teachers reporting not wanting to take up the roles due to high workload and inadequate compensation.

Ruapehu’s libraries are having a busy winter thanks to a jump in new members, increasing demand for computer services and the popularity of the children’s reading and activity programs. Community Librarian Fiona Thomas said that it was fantastic ...

E tū has welcomed today’s unanimous vote by Wellington Regional Council to support the Living Wage.

Only 15 percent of new graduates being employed in permanent positions upon leaving study, with many more being forced to accept illegal contracts says the Post Primary Teachers Association.

Radio NZ reports: NZ On Air is shaking up the way it spends public money on programmes. Mediawatchlooks at why the government’s broadcasting funding agency is making the change, and the potential pitfalls in the proposal. Last weekend, Fairfax Media published a major investigation into racism in the justice system. At the heart of it […]

It will now take a typical Auckland couple nearly eight years to save a 20% deposit on their first home, compared to about four years in other main centres, according to Interest.co.nz's Home Loan Affordability Report .

South Island farmers now have a much greater range of complementary feeds to choose from. The expansion of the range in the south has been made possible by the latest advancements in molasses and dry products blending technology installed at Agrifeeds ...

Black Grace are delighted to announce that due to popular demand an extra performance of As Night Falls has been added for Saturday 5 November, 2pm at the Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre

“I feel loved and privileged to have been able to work with 15 cultures each day."

Ashleigh Stewart was the top-finishing Kiwi karter at the final round of the 2016 Australian Kart Championship at Melbourne's Todd Rd kart track over the weekend, the Wellington teen finishing 10th in the TaG 125 class Final

Yesterday’s prosecution in the Palmerston North District Court reinforces the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board’s message to consumers, to make sure that they only use authorised tradespeople.

Following his interests in Māori archaeology and the church led Taupo student Cruz Karauti-Fox to study at the University of Auckland.

The Department of Conservation and Hawke's Bay Regional Investment Company (HBRIC) are appealing to the Supreme Court over a conservation land swap which the Court of Appeal halted.

Hellaby board sees 'significantly' more value in company than Bapcor's $322.5M bid, MD Clarke says

New Zealand Pharmaceuticals, the specialty biopharmaceuticals manufacturer, is researching ways to use alternative raw materials in the manufacture of new products due to a potential shortage of bile supply from cows.

Women representing 13 countries spanning five continents began their journey yesterday on Zaytouna-Oliva to the shores of Gaza, which has been under blockade since 2007. On board are a Nobel Peace Laureate, three parliamentarians, a decorated US diplomat, ...

This cloak Tuakana is a kind gesture of Love and Goodwill/Aroha. I shall endeavour te repay this kindness with my Love and Goodwill/Aroha to the nation.

The Dom Post editorial: It is extraordinary that Wellington City Council’s chief executive could give large sums to an airline and leave almost no record about it. Kevin Lavery’s decision might mean as much as $8m for Singapore Airlines over ten years. The documentation of the deal is slender, amounting to perhaps two pages. This seems a […]

After more than a week of east to northeast winds affecting the country, you might be wondering where the normally westerly winds of Spring have gone.

Black Sticks player Gemma Flynn is leading a classroom-based health and wellbeing programme to inspire children to get active.

There is a distinct spring in the step of the New Zealand economy, with nearly all indicators pointing to continued expansion, according to the BusinessNZ Planning Forecast.

Forest & Bird says that many New Zealanders will be baffled by the Minister of Conservation seeking to overturn an appeal court decision that she acted illegally in trying to remove specially protected land from the Ruahine Forest Park to allow a dam.

Sept. 28 (BusinessDesk) - The government has picked the Edmund Hillary Fellowship to work with Immigration New Zealand on a new visa which it hopes will attract young entrepreneurs to the country.

Councillor Sue Kedgley said she was delighted that the Wellington Regional Council unanimously adopted her motion to become a Living Wage employer, making it the first regional council in New Zealand to do so.

Caution: this post contains references to John Farnham.

I was updating the Development Tracker recently, and added another one to the list – 9 Farnham Street. It hasn’t made it off the starting blocks yet, despite a couple of attempts.

In 2008, and perhaps for some time before that, 9 Farnham Street was being advertised [...]