Новости за 05.08.2018

It has been a wet day for much of the North Island today, with a broad slow-moving rain-band bringing rain to all areas except Northland. The wettest spots have been Bay of Plenty and Gisborne north of Tolaga Bay, with over 100 mm of rainfall recorded ...

Joint report of Chief Science Advisor and Royal Society Te Apārangi finds that the evidence supports mandatory fortification of packaged bread with folic acid

Stuff reports: Apple has become the world’s first publicly traded company to be valued at US$1 trillion (NZ$1.48 trillion). One trillion dollars is a lot of money! That is a million million dollars It is five times the GDP of New Zealand. It is 5% of the entire GDP of the United States – in […]

Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Hon Carmel Sepuloni has met with Stewart Island locals to confirm $1 million of Government funding towards the Rakiura Heritage Centre building.

A Christchurch construction manager responsible for two company divisions, an Auckland roading foreman heading multiple teams at 23, and contractors from the Bay of Plenty, Canterbury and the Waikato received leadership and development awards today at the ...

A major upgrade to Auckland’s main water treatment plant in Mangere took top honours at the Civil Contractors New Zealand’s (CCNZ) national awards in Hamilton last night. Other awards went to projects across the country ranging from the Chatham ...

Sam Meech thinks he got a bit lucky but few of his rivals believe that after he took a firmer grasp on the lead in the Laser fleet at the sailing world championships in Aarhus overnight (NZ time).

Waikato Police have arrested five youths following a number of incidents in Hamilton yesterday afternoon, Saturday 4 August.

Comments from the Department of Conservation’s Threatened Species Ambassador Nicola Toki that dogs are to blame for the decline in kiwi numbers on the Coromandel Peninsula denies the real cause says the Sporting Hunters’ Outdoor Trust.

Mayoral slush funds should be abolished 4 AUGUST 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mayoral discretionary ‘slush funds’ are a recipe for disaster and should be scrapped, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union, in response to news that Horowhenua Mayor ...

At around 9.15pm last night, three males approached the Thirsty Liquor store in Levin.

We have received the latest forecast from the MetService and the Heavy Rain Warning and Watch still remain in place till 3:00pm on Monday. In relation to the Warning for the area north of Tolaga Bay they predict another 100mm to 130mm to fall about ...

The Department of Defence would like to provide the following statement on behalf of the family of Mr Harch.

At 8.20pm Saturday 4 August Police attended reports of three males entering the Top Cook Dairy and Takeaways near the corner of College and Cook Streets, armed; with a baseball bat and a hammer.

Police are attending reports of a crash on SH16 near the intersection of McPike Road, West Auckland.

Police are investigating a firearms incident that occurred in South Dunedin early this morning, Sunday 5 August.

Police were called to reports of a motor vehicle crash involving two male pedestrians who had been on Oxford Road in Fernside, near Rangiora last night.

Police and emergency services attended reports of a car which crashed into a tree on Titahi Bay Road Porirua 11.50pm 4 August.

Police are currently in attendance at a crash involving a car and two pedestrians on Oxford Road, Fernside, in Waimakariri.

Wellington Mayor Justin Lester has the following comments on news of the death of Bryan Pepperell, a long-serving Wellington City Councillor until 2013: “Bryan was a highly-principled man and someone who had strongly left-wing and progressive views. ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters wrapped up a visit to Singapore last night where he led New Zealand’s participation in a series of important regional and bilateral meetings.

Health check for bees to begin Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor is urging the country’s beekeepers to complete a survey checking the health of our bee stocks. “Pollination underpins our primary industries and the apiculture sector estimates ...

Alwyn Poole writes in: Here are the three key things with class: – marginal changes yield very little gain – ie. 29 to 27 make almost no difference. But 30 to 15 at Years 7 – 10 is mammoth and life altering. – if teachers do not differentiate their teaching/learning but just think lower class […]

News from NZ Police Two people were critically injured when a car crashed into a tree on Titahi Bay Road in Porirua at 11.50pm last night. The single vehicle crash occurred after the car, travelling at speed, lost control at a roundabout near Lyttelton Avenue. The two occupants are now in Wellington hospital undergoing treatment. […]

NZ on Air looks at how people consume media. Below are the changes from 2014 to 2018: Linear TV from 95% to 82% Streaming Video on Demand from 12% to 62% A year ago I had Sky TV. Now I have Netflix and Lightbox. Individual channels etc daily reach are: TV1 from 48% to 43% […]