Новости за 30.08.2018

Aug. 30 (BusinessDesk) - Auckland continues to lead the way in construction demand, with residential building consents jumping 28 percent in the year to the end of July outpacing an 8 percent nationwide gain.

To be attributed to Detective Inspector Mark Loper: Since July, Bay of Plenty Police have been working to investigate allegations made by Anihera Black regarding her late husband. Police have been contacted by one person since the allegations were ...

Talk about Wreckless Eric and what immediately comes to mind is his enduring hit Whole Wide World - covered in stadiums and sheds from Aberdeen to Alabama - but there's a whole lot more to the story than just that.

The 40-year-old man who Police were seeking following a house fire in Tilford Street, Woolston, is safe and well, having presented himself to Christchurch Police today.

Responding to Christchurch City Council’s intention to pay all Council Controlled Organisation staff a living wage within the next three years, Taxpayers’ Union Economic Advisor Garrick Wright-McNaughton says:

The Government welcomes the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s research into the impact on global warming from New Zealand’s livestock methane emissions which has been released today.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton, has today released new research on the impact methane from New Zealand’s livestock has on global warming.

Another research paper - this one from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment - shoots down the claims that New Zealand must reduce its livestock methane emissions to zero, Federated Farmers climate change spokesperson Andrew Hoggard says.

The Egg Producers Federation (EPF) fully supports the New Zealand Commerce Comission’s investigation into this small egg producer’s operation.

Aug. 30 (BusinessDesk) - Vector’s major shareholder is seeking a special meeting to formally remove company chair Mike Stiassny from that role.

National’s Climate Change spokesperson Todd Muller welcomes independent research commissioned by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment that adds to the scientific base for considering New Zealand’s climate change targets.

AUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): A New Zealand-based West Papua advocacy group has appealed to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and other leaders meeting at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru next week to support Vanuatu’s United Nations initiative.

Defence Minister Ron Mark has today announced the next commander to lead New Zealand’s joint military operations and exercises.

The Guardian reports: The former chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks has called Jeremy Corbyn an antisemite, saying the Labour leader’s comment about Zionists at a 2013 conference was the most offensive statement by a senior UK politician since Enoch Powell’s “rivers of blood” speech. Labour dismissed the comparison with Powell as “absurd and offensive”. In an interview with the New […]

Over the past few months, representatives from Waikanae town centre businesses and the community have been working closely with the Kāpiti Coast District Council to further develop designs for upcoming Mahara Place improvements.

The Maclean Park upgrade is moving forward with confirmation that the park’s kiosk will be demolished, and the materials will be re-purposed where practical, in the coming weeks.

• Headline business confidence fell a further 5 points in August, but firms’ views of their own activity were steady.

One person has been arrested following an incident at Moteo marae in Hawke’s Bay last week.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison heads to Indonesia today on his first overseas trip as leader to conclude a trade deal between the two countries.

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Synthetic cannabis is becoming drug of choice for many workers. NIKITA RAWNSLEY-WRATT reports.

Wellington software developer brothers, Matt and Nigel Ramsay, are celebrating with their team because they’ve hit a growth target this week. Their service, AddressFinder, has been used 500 million times.

Today’s ANZ business confidence survey shows a net 50 percent of businesses are pessimistic about the economy and sentiment has plummeted even further since the Prime Minister returned to office, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says.

“The heavy rain over the northeast corner of New Zealand is set to continue today as a slow-moving front lingers, before slowly moving off to the east in the evening”, says MetService meteorologist Mark Bowe. “MetService has extended its Severe Weather ...

Civil Defence Minister Kris Faafoi has released the Government’s response to the report on New Zealand’s civil defence emergency response system, including funding of $5.2 million for specialist rapid response teams to support communities in an ...