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In recent weeks several alcohol delivery services have promoted their businesses in the New Zealand media. The news website Stuff reported on one in Hamilton and another in Auckland.

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says this year's expansion of the successful Fruit in Schools initiative to a record 547 schools has had a positive impact.

News from CCDHB There has been a fire in the mental health unit at Wellington Regional Hospital. A client set fire to a mattress in a bedroom at the Te Whare O Matairangi unit at the hospital campus. It happened at 6.25am this morning. No clients were injured. Two staff are being checked for smoke […]

A new Bill that gives District Health Boards (DHBs) the responsibility of managing the fluoridation of local government water supplies has had its first reading in Parliament. The Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill has been referred ...

A new Salvation Army report says changes must be made to how prisoners re-enter society for New Zealanders to feel safe and secure in their homes and communities.

Customs Minister Nicky Wagner has welcomed the First Reading of the Customs and Excise Bill in Parliament today.

The fact that New Zealand has more low performing students at age 15 in science than six years ago reflects the serious problem we have with child poverty and inequality in New Zealand and the failure of the Government's education reform agenda, NZEI ...

A new campaign looking to cut down the number of unnecessary tests, treatments and procedures carried out by health professionals has been launched in New Zealand today.

Dear Russell, New Zealand's Archive of Film, Television and Sound, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision is currently considering a proposal to close its offices in Auckland and Christchurch and centralise all its activity in the Wellington region.  This includes moving the sound collection, (the former Radio New Zealand Sound Archives) from Christchurch to the TVNZ Archives site at Avalon in the Hutt Valley. This would see the loss of seven staff roles in Christchurch and three in Auckland, and potentially... Читать дальше...

What a difference a week makes! It was former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson who coined the adage in the 1960s that a week is a long time in politics. And that has certainly been the case in New Zealand in the last week.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully today named diplomat Joanna Kempkers as New Zealand’s next High Commissioner to India. Ms Kempkers will be based in New Delhi and cross-accredited to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal.

News from NZ Police Nelson Police have arrested two men following an investigation into a number of stolen vehicles. The investigation focussed on stolen vehicles and associated crimes from the Nelson, Mapua and Wakefield areas since the beginning of the year until now. A number of these vehicles were extensively damaged after being driven in […]

News from WCC Wellington’s two-day Christmas festival – A Very Welly Christmas – is to be held this weekend. “This is the first year that Wellington has held a Christmas festival and it’s going to be a fantastic event,” says Mayor Justin Lester. “After a difficult few weeks for the city, A Very Welly Christmas […]

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Dec. 7 (BusinessDesk) - Dairy product prices increased at the Global Dairy Trade auction, gaining for the eighth time in nine auctions, amid expectations for decreasing supply.

The Motu Institute recently published new research into the urban productivity premium in New Zealand, or the degree to which firms and workers in big cities tend to produce more and earn higher wages. This is an essential issue for urban and transport policy as it gets to the heart of why we have cities. [...]

NewstalkZB reports: Colin Craig’s copyright suit has been thrown out by a judge who said the case was “vexatious” and a “waste of the court’s time”. Before Craig was found to have defamed Jordan Williams, the former leader of the Conservative Party filed legal papers suing him and Whale Oil blog founder Cameron Slater for […]

Press Release – Wellington Gateway Partnership John Appleby and Monty Urban Search and Rescue Dogs have been using the Transmission Gully motorway project for training. On Sunday at the motorway’s Lanes Flat site in Pauatahanui, urban search and rescue dogs Ted and Monty with their handlers John Appleby and Clare Robertson got to work on […]

Press Release – Secretariat of the Pacific Community Port Vila, Vanuatu Heads of maritime and energy administrations have gathered in Port Vila, Vanuatu, to discuss and agree on regional issues, challenges and opportunities for an improved governance of the energy and transport sectors and the request for …MEDIA RELEASE Improving governance of maritime transport in […]

Press Release – New Zealand Law Society The New Zealand Law Society is backing Amnesty Internationals call for Fiji to crackdown on torture and brutality meted out by its police force and military.MEDIA RELEASE – For immediate use, 7 December 2016 Fiji needs to crackdown on police brutality, says New Zealand Law Society The New […]

Press Release – OSPRI New Zealand Unsettled spring weather has postponed a planned aerial possum control operation in the southern Rimutaka Ranges and East Harbour Regional Park until next year. The decision to postpone was made after weather windows required to complete the operation before the high-use summer season were disrupted by a succession of […]

Press Release – Ragamuffin Festival Bob Marleys son Julian Marley and Jamaican reggae fusion artist Diana King have joined the pure reggae line-up for Raggamuffin X the tenth anniversary of New Zealands premier reggae festival.Media Release: For Immediate Release New Artists Join Raggamuffin X Line-up • Two New International Artists Announced • 10th Anniversary Event […]

Press Release – India Trade Alliance India Trade Alliance Executive today welcomed the announcement by the Foreign Minister Hon Murray McCully to appoint career diplomat Joanna Kempkers as the next New Zealand High Commissioner designate to India.India Trade Alliance welcomes the appointment of New Zealand High Commissioner designate to India India Trade Alliance Executive today […]

Press Release – Massey University Family of a Gisborne man fascinated by Nazi Germanys most distant war patrol into New Zealand waters in 1945 presented his book investigating this little-known slice of WW II war history to Massey Universitys Manawat library this week.Tuesday, December 6, 2016 Story of German submarine’s NZ visit recognised Family of […]

Press Release – Salvation Army A new Salvation Army report says changes must be made to how prisoners re-enter society for New Zealanders to feel safe and secure in their homes and communities.MEDIA RELEASE Embargoed public release until 4am Wednesday 7th December — THE PRISON GATE: REVOLVING DOOR OR A SECOND CHANCE? A new Salvation […]