Новости за 31.08.2018

A Water Shortage Direction for the Opihi River and its tributaries – which includes the Opuha River and Lake Opuha – is in effect from Saturday 1 September for 14 days.

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has sent Royal New Zealand Navy frigate Te Mana to lead a multinational group of ships to take part in Australia’s premier maritime exercise over the next two weeks.

Mike Hosking writes: Labour is in a mess. … James Shaw and Winston Peters have every right to be asking questions. So far, despite all  the predictions, the coalition has held together well. Policy differences have been smoothed over, calamity within the grouping has been avoided. The weak link is Labour. They look ill-disciplined, sloppy, […]

Porirua City Council has again received a gold star by Standard & Poor’s with an AA credit rating.

Christchurch Police have arrested a 27-year-old man following the aggravated robbery of the Challenge service station on Blighs Road, Christchurch at around 8.20pm on Friday 24 August.

Aug. 31 (BusinessDesk) - Robotics Plus appointed Matt Glenn as chief executive amid growing demand for its robotics and automation solutions for agricultural businesses.

In 1984, Marlborough Boys’ College student Jim Gilmour had two months to go before finishing school, and no idea what to do after that.

The Sky Tower will be one of many iconic New Zealand landmarks to glow blue for Blue September, the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s national awareness campaign.

With the ongoing surveys showing business confidence is low there is a hidden bombshell that most New Zealand business has yet to fully understand which could further undermine confidence. This slow-burning fuse is set to dramatically increase the administrative ...

“Those who love to pursue fleeting forms of pleasure, in the end find only leaves and bitter berries in their hands.” - Cardinal Mafeo Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII).

Lime Technology has applied to the Christchurch City Council for a permit to run a user pays, app-based e-scooter share service from mid-September, initially for a three-month pilot period.

Gull holds prices down for Father’s Day in response to all-time high pump prices

Today’s release of the National Land Transport Programme confirms the cuts this Government has made to vital regional highway projects up and down the country, National’s Transport spokesperson Jami-Lee Ross says.

The Road Transport Forum, New Zealand’s peak body for the trucking industry, considers the Government’s 2018 – 2021 National Land Transport Programme as a missed opportunity.

Applications are now open for a $5000 research grant and residency for writers wishing to work on a project that will utilise the resources of the Auckland Museum Library as part of the manuscript’s development. The grant also offers the recipient the ...

Auckland, 30 August 2018 - An energy service that has removed the product and installation costs of switching Kiwi homes to solar power and battery technology is in the running for a major sustainability award.

Nikko Asset Management NZ has picked up another accolade in being named “Fund Manager of the Year” at the 2018 FundSource Awards – a win that follows being named “NZ Fund Manager of the Year” at the 2018 Morningstar Awards in March, and “Fitch ...

National real estate entrepreneur Mike Pero is calling on the real estate industry to join him to take a proactive stance against plastic waste.

Vincent Hardaker Christchurch conductor Vincent Hardaker has won a Dame Malvina Major Foundation Christchurch Arts Excellence Award for a second year running as he continues his studies at the esteemed Royal Danish Academy of Music.

From the store that brought us the award-winning Little Gardenpromotions– which saw 16,000,000 seedlings planted in pots and plots all over New Zealand – comes a new way to keep Kiwis fed and stop food from being wasted. Introducing New World ...

Remember how your parents made you tidy your room? They probably told you something about taking responsibility for sorting your things or not leaving a mess for others. It was good advice. So good, in fact, it can apply to your life more broadly. September ...

Ensuring Hastings is a network of thriving, safe, enjoyable communities is important to everyone who lives in the district, and is something the Hastings District Council has always supported.

The Minister of Health’s decision to appoint former Labour Cabinet Minister Steve Maharey as Pharmac Board Chair without advertising for the role, and in contradiction of official advice to reappoint the existing chair, is a dangerous display of cronyism, ...

Tasman District Council to consider revised funding proposal for Waimea water scheme The Tasman District Council has been asked to consider a revised funding proposal from supporters of the scheme that could allow the Waimea Community Dam project to ...

Setting up an Urban Development Authority with powers to get houses built faster in Auckland “is a long overdue initiative,” says Auckland Business Chamber head Michael Barnett.