Новости за 07.12.2016

Teachers in public schools are not surprised to hear that the success rates being touted by charter schools are not true at all.

Rob Muldoon famously said, ‘When you find yourself in a hole the best thing to do is stop digging,’ but it would appear this Government is determined to dig harder and faster. McVicar

State Housing Action Network 7 December 2016 Media release: Overseas investors not welcome to buy Christchurch state houses The news that Housing New Zealand is holding an “invite-only” seminar in Sydney next week for potential buyers of state houses ...

Audrey Young reports: Labour MP David Shearer is poised to resign from Parliament to take up the tough job of leading the United Nations’ mission in war-torn South Sudan. The latest political bombshell will mean a byelection in his Mt Albert electorate early next year, the first electoral challenge for the new Prime Minister. A […]

Wellington.Scoop The first full survey of earthquake damage in the Wellington CBD has been released by CBRE Research. It shows that sixteen office buildings are closed. This represents eleven per cent of the total CBD office space – 167,300sqm and 50 tenants. The displaced tenants range from small businesses to the Inland Revenue Department which […]

Press Release – Wellington City Council The Wellington City Council’s Grants Subcommittee has approved over $300,000 in funding to 61 recipients from a range of applications across heritage, the arts and culture, and community groups – with a strong focus on further developing resilience. The subcommittee’s Chair Councillor Sarah Free says the recent earthquake has […]

News from WCC The Wellington Summit is being held on Friday morning – a meeting of over 100 key Wellington business and community leaders to discuss the future of the city. The Summit will feature six areas of discussion: economy and business; transport and urban design; social and housing; arts and culture; sport and events; […]

Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council The Regional Council (GWRC) welcomes the report by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission into the incidents at Melling Station in April 2013 and May 2014 and says all of the safety recommendations made to KiwiRail by the Commission have been implemented. Barbara Donaldson, Chair of the Sustainable Transport […]

Dec. 7 (BusinessDesk) - Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler said he accepts the central bank got its migration forecasts wrong but it was hard to know how much inward migration New Zealand would attract under current policies.

Dec. 7 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's construction boom is expected to be the single biggest driver of employment growth over the next three years, generating about 29 percent of a forecast 183,900 jobs to be created by March 2019, government figures ...

Dec. 7 (BusinessDesk) - Chow Group, the NZAX-listed vehicle controlled by property developers John and Michael Chow, has reported a net profit of $114,029 in the six months to the end of September.

Dec. 7 (BusinessDesk) - The chief executive of Australasian news publisher Fairfax Media, Greg Hywood, warned Commerce Commission hearings on the proposed merger between NZME and Fairfax's New Zealand assets that it would "become endgame" if the merger ...

Dec. 7 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar rose against its trans-tasman counterpart after figures showed the Australian economy shrank 0.5 percent last quarter, the first time it has contracted since 2011.

Dec. 7 (BusinessDesk) - Wealthy overseas business owners and investors will have to invest at least $3 million in New Zealand from May next year under changes announced by Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse.

Dec. 7 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares declined as Orion Health Group extended its slide following its first-half results, while Tower rose.

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National List MP based in Hutt South Chris Bishop's Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Interim Restriction Orders Classification) Amendment Bill unanimously passed its first reading in Parliament last night.

“There has been a high degree of media interest in New Zealand about a possible post with the United Nations.

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Mt Albert MP David Shearer is being proposed for a demanding and exciting role heading the United Nations peacekeeping force in South Sudan, says Labour Leader Andrew Little.

Dec. 8 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street rose, pushing both the Dow and the S&P 500 to record highs, as optimism about the outlook for the US economy and corporate profits gained traction.

Press Statement Christopher Gunness, UNRWA Spokesperson Jerusalem 7 December 2016: UNRWA strongly condemns the armed violence that took place in the Ein El Hilweh Palestine Refugee camp in Lebanon, on 5 December 2016. Armed violence, including the use of firearms, shocked and frightened Palestine refugees in the Bostan Al Qudes area in the proximity of […]

Auckland’s city centre is currently undergoing change on scale possibly never seen before and nowhere more so than around Albert St with the construction of the City Rail Link underway. Streets have been narrowed or in some places cut off completely. As I’ve talked about before, it has felt that the massive reduction in vehicle capacity [...]

The National Party rules do not dictate how caucus elects the leader. It is left up to caucus to make their own rules. This post is based on what those rules have been in the past. Caucus can change them of course. Resolve to have a leadership election (not necessary in case of vacancy) Each […]

Press Release – Parties to the Nauru Agreement Denarau, Fiji 8 December 2016: The refusal of distant water fishing nations to take any action in the face of the impending collapse of the northern Pacific bluefin tuna fishery demonstrates the intransigence of these fishing nations in the face …Refusal to address northern bluefin tuna collapse […]