Новости за 06.10.2016

Wellington 7 October 2016 – The 2016 New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards finalists were announced this morning at a breakfast function at the Wellington Club. Now in its third year, the 2106 event attracted 63 entries, almost double the number of ...

The announcement that a US Navy ship will visit New Zealand in November for the first time in 33 years marks a significant milestone in the strengthening of military ties between the two countries. The Socialist Equality Group is holding public meetings ...

Green Party MP Marama Davidson is safe and well and is expected to be deported from Israel imminently, after being detained in Tel Aviv, the Green Party said today. Her family have been notified of her situation. She is likely to arrive at Auckland ...

New Zealand meat industry pioneer Sir Graeme Harrison has taken out the 2016 Rabobank Leadership Award, in recognition of his extraordinary contribution to the food, beverage and agribusiness sectors.

With summer just around the corner, Waikato Regional Council is urging people to look out for pest wasps and to use safe ways to tackle then if they establish nests on private properties. Wasps were very prevalent throughout the Waikato last summer. ...

Flight Centre NZ has today released a record low airfare flying business class to London return ex Auckland from only $3,399NZD per person. An almost 40 percent drop in price from the retailers best advertised fare only yesterday.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is cautioning farmers not to plant left-over seed from any of the six lines of fodder beet seed imported last year and known to be contaminated with velvetleaf. MPI is working with industry players and regional ...

New Zealand businesses are going digital, but many are struggling to cope with the consequences a digital business model is having on their cyber security risk profile. As a result, many are relying on basic penetration tests,* without developing a comprehensive ...

Weather warning to Central District motorists - SH3 Palmerston North-Whanganui, and SH1 Bulls-Hunterville - Central"

Emergency services are attending a serious crash south of the Tokoroa Golf Club on State Highway 1 at Kinleith, which happened about 8.30am.

Oct. 7 (BusinessDesk) - Chorus has handed more of its New Zealand ultrafast broadband network building work to Australia's Visionstream, while warning the cost of the project will be at the top end of its projected range

New Zealand’s oldest Returned Service Association (RSA), Auckland RSA, is turning 100 this year. To mark the centenary, the Association is hosting a free military parade at the Auckland War Memorial Museum at 11am on Saturday 8 October. It will ...

As the holiday season approaches, Police are urging holiday home owners to regularly check on their properties.

Independent external views and better processes are an ‘absolute necessity’ before the Electricity Authority presses ahead with its next wave of proposed reforms say a group of consumer trusts, businesses, farming, local government and electricity ...

Two species of bird only recently returned to the Bream Head Scenic Reserve after predators drove them from it, are now thrilling rangers and Bream Head Conservation Trust (BHCT) volunteers by taking the next big step of breeding successfully.

Auckland Airport has signed a joint promotion and marketing agreement with Alipay, China’s leading online payment solution. Alipay is owned by Ant Financial Services Group, which is part of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.

Press Release – United Nations UN child rights experts issue findings on Nauru, Sierra Leone, New Zealand, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, SurinameUN child rights experts issue findings on Nauru, Sierra Leone, New Zealand, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Suriname GENEVA (7 October 2016) – The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its […]

We'll have a new mayor-elect on Saturday and more than one million Aucklanders can still have a say in who that will be.

An interesting profile of Nick Leggett by Guyon Espiner in The Listener: Just before 7pm on a wet Wednesday in August, the doors close on a wood-panelled room at the back of a central city restaurant. Inside are some of the leading lights of the left. They’ve held leadership positions and Cabinet posts. They’ve been […]

Dr Paul Moon, Professor of History at Auckland University of Technology, has condemned the Gaza flotilla which illegally tried to breach Israeli waters yesterday, as “a ship of fools.” He is particularly critical of Green MP Marama Davidson, whom he ...

Oct. 7 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar extended its decline, trading near a two-month low, as looming US employment data keep the prospect of a rate hike by the Federal Reserve at the front of investors' minds.

Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar held near a two-month low against the greenback as recent data from the world's biggest economy keep investors upbeat on the prospects for US interest rates to rise before the end of the year.

Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) - An independent external review and better processes are needed before the Electricity Authority proceeds with the latest reform of how the national grid is paid for, says a group of consumer trusts, businesses, farming, ...

Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) - The government has extended funding for the three technology incubators for a further two years after a Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment review of the start-up eco-system.

The NZDUSD opens at 0.7157 (mid-rate) this morning. The NZD is moderately lower, following the AUD after yesterday’s AU Trade balance. In seasonally adjusted terms, the balance on goods and services was a deficit of $2,010m in August 2016, a decrease ...