Новости за 12.12.2016

Queenstown Lakes District Council will consider investing in economic development to enable more diversification and innovation, in line with the district’s Economic Development Strategy.

Dunedin, Monday 12 December, 2016 - Dunedin City Holdings Limited (DCHL) has announced DCHL and Aurora will move towards implementing all of the recommendations in the Deloitte review of the company’s network maintenance processes.

Further to the update issued yesterday, our team has been working hard to assess, monitor, and restore services across the numerous cell sites in the Gisborne region to keep our customers connected. The team deployed generators from depots across ...

News from Green Party Green Party MPs will be present outside Parliament today to support Pike River families and supporters as they reveal a new plan to safely re-enter the mine drift. “We stand with the Pike River families and support their calls for the mine drift to be re-entered safely,” Green Party workplace relations […]

Green Party MPs will be present to support Pike River families and supporters as they reveal a new plan to safely re-enter the mine drift.

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whai Rawa Limited, the commercial subsidiary of the Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust, has today released its Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2016 showing: • A total investment portfolio value of $888.6 million (a 22% ...

New Zealanders and affected sectors will have their chance to have input into a new draft law to combat the $1.3 billion laundered each year by criminals, Justice Minister Amy Adams has announced.

Dec. 12 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares dipped, led lower by A2 Milk Co on bad sentiment in the infant formula sector, while Orion Health Group continued to bounce.

Dec. 12 (BusinessDesk) - General Cable Corporation has confirmed the closure of its manufacturing and support operations in Auckland and Christchurch, with the loss of 170 jobs.

Family First NZ is shocked and disappointed by comments by new Prime Minister Bill English that he would now vote for same-sex ‘marriage’.

Dec. 12 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar was little changed against the greenback ahead of this week's Federal Reserve policy meeting, which is expected to see a hike in the federal funds rate and potentially a stronger forecast track for economic ...

A small segment of the population accounts for a disproportionate share of costly service use across a society’s health care, criminal justice, and social welfare systems – and paediatric tests of brain health can identify these adults as young ...

Dec. 12 (BusinessDesk) - Fonterra chairman John Wilson has told investors in the cooperative’s unit fund that it’s critical the government continues driving regional and multi-lateral trade agreements.

The NZDUSD opens at 0.7191 (mid-rate) this morning. The NZD along with other commodity linked currencies has pushed higher overnight on the back of soaring oil prices and concerns that the Federal Reserve could express concerns over the US dollar Index’s ...

Motorists travelling on State Highway 7, the Lewis Pass, are advised to expect delays due to a truck that has rolled.

About 40,000 people are still without power this morning but Eastland Network crews continue to work on high voltage lines near Hangaroa, south of Gisborne, after a light plane crash interrupted electricity supply to the entire East Coast yesterday.

Gisborne district people should prepare for a second night without power but Eastland Network is hopeful power will be restored by tonight.

Data released today shows why we must urgently commit to reducing child poverty numbers, says Labour Children’s spokesperson Jacinda Ardern.

National’s refusal to commit to ending child poverty is hurting Kiwi kids, with the latest report from the Children’s Commissioner revealing that the rate that children are being hospitalised with poverty related diseases having significantly ...

Rates of poverty, no matter how they are measured, are worse for children than any other group, and a comprehensive Government-led plan must be implemented urgently to achieve real improvement says Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) .

Today’s release of the Child Poverty Monitor highlights yet again the importance of the Government setting targets and creating an action plan to abolish child poverty says The Salvation Army Social Policy Director Lieut. Colonel Ian Hutson.

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Press Release – Department of Conservation A new draft Conservation Management Strategy (CMS) for the Wellington, Kāpiti, Manawatū-Rangitīkei and Wairarapa regions will be launched tomorrow (14 December), and the Department of Conservation is inviting people to have their say on its contents. The draft strategy is open for submissions until 4 April, 2017 and the […]

This is part of an ongoing series on the politics and economics of zoning reform. Previous posts have argued that the benefits of enabling urban development generally outweigh the costs, but that local government political dynamics may serve as a barrier to achieving those benefits. As a result, any plausible reform programme must account for [...]

Claire Trevett reports: He indicated infrastructure would be a priority, saying the Government would continue to invest in roading, public transport, schools and housing that were needed to support a strong economy and growing population. It would also deliver “smarter” ways to help the most vulnerable, such as the investment approach to the delivery of […]