Новости за 14.02.2024

At its first meeting for 2024, held yesterday, Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa | The Medical Council of New Zealand elected Dr Rachelle Love as its new Chair and re-elected Mr Simon Watt as Deputy Chair. “Both members bring a wealth of experience and commitment ...

Lower food prices due to bumper crops can be seen in data showing sharp declines in the prices of many veggies in January, but freight disruptions are continuing due to geopolitical events. Stats NZ has today reported a 4.0%pa increase in the ...

Hobson’s Pledge is undertaking to raise funds on behalf of Janet Dickson, a real estate agent with more than 30 years’ experience who is seeking a judicial review of the Real Estate Authority’s power to mandate cultural training. She is facing ...

Joel MacManus at The Spinoff writes: To start, the panel considered two very tricky questions: would making it easier to build more houses lead to more houses being built? And would an increase in housing supply help improve housing affordability?  It might seem like a simple question for anyone who learned about supply and demand […]

Central government agencies are estimated to spend $3.6 billion on the environment in the 2023/24 financial year according to new figures from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. The Commissioner has released his third annual estimate of environmental ...

It’s been a week since the announcement from EQC that the organisation is undertaking consultation regarding a new claims dispute resolution service and today Ali Jones finally managed to connect with an EQC person on the phone to ask more about the ...

Savings plans ordered by the Government to fund tax cuts are due to be filed with the relevant Ministers any day now, bringing closer likely cuts to public services. "Without doubt, the scale and breadth of the cuts demanded by the Government ...

Funding of $23.6 million to help accelerate silt and woody debris removal in Tairāwhiti was announced by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell on Sunday. Mayor Rehette Stoltz says she’s very grateful for the ...

Firefighters are responding to a vegetation fire in the Port Hills near Christchurch. Fire and Emergency New Zealand was alerted to the fire near Worsleys Road near Cracroft around 2.15pm. There are currently four trucks and two helicopters tackling the blaze, ...

Singapore, 14 February 2024 – Kacific Broadband Satellites Group has been recognised for excellence in the satellite industry and exceptional achievements in leveraging the latest technologies at the PTC’ 24 Awards presented by the Pacific Telecommunications ...

VAST Data , the AI data platform company, today announced a groundbreaking partnership with Run:ai , the leader in compute orchestration for AI workloads. This collaboration marks a monumental step in redefining AI operations at scale, offering a full-stack ...

Greenpeace says the need for global ocean sanctuaries on the high seas is urgent and profound, with a new report revealing nearly half of all endangered migratory animals are in decline, while one in five face extinction. Whales, sharks, rays, ...

News from NZ Government The Coalition Government’s legislative plan to address longstanding issues with local water infrastructure and service delivery took an important step today, with the repeal of Labour’s divisive and unpopular Three Waters legislation, Local Government Minister Simeon Brown says. “Repealing this legislation is a necessary first step in implementing our Local Water […]

News from NZIFF Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival will be returning to Wellington this winter, under the guidance of our newly-appointed Artistic Director for 2024, respected international film festival programmer, film critic and producer, Paolo Bertolin. NZIFF will screen in four cities in eight venues this year.  In Wellington it will screen in […]

A one-stop-shop of services for veterans is coming to Wellington in March. Veterans' Affairs is putting the call out for serving and former New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel to join them on Saturday 2 March for their Greater Wellington Veterans’ ...

Today marks a significant milestone for PillDrop Pharmacy as it proudly announces the launch of its new division, PillDrop Pets. This expansion is a testament to PillDrop's commitment to providing quality healthcare solutions not only for humans but also ...

NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff is calling on the Government to deliver minimum wage increases that keep up with rising costs, in response to new inflation data released by Stats NZ today. The data shows that food and housing prices have risen ...

With Taranaki’s recent dry and hot summer weather forecast to continue, and dropping river levels, Stratford District Council (SDC) is imposing water restrictions from Saturday 17 February 2024 until further notice. Long periods of dry weather and low ...

The cancellation of the KiwiRail rail ferries will have serious consequences and the Government have been fool hardy and reckless in their haste to cancel the current order. “The decision to cancel the new rail ferries is a decision to cancel having ...

Commenting on a lavish $1,400 seafood dinner between Wellington City Council Mayor Tory Whanau, Chief Executive Barbara McKerrow, and the heads of Reading Cinema - Ellen and Margaret Cotter - which was part of a secret business meeting for the Council ...

News from the Maritime Union of New Zealand Pressure is mounting on the Government to provide leadership on the Cook Strait ferries. One year ago, then National Party opposition Transport Spokesperson Simeon Brown described the Cook Strait ferries as the “the biggest pothole on State Highway 1” after multiple technical problems with ageing ships. In […]

The last six years of our lives have been very, very hard. We have endured ongoing and significant harm caused by Helensville Primary School, members of the community, and others. Today, we have vindication with the decision from the Human Rights Review ...

Hundreds of Bay of Plenty and South Waikato high school students have been formally welcomed to Toi Ohomai as participants in the institute’s Secondary Tertiary Programme. Record numbers of high school students have joined the initiative which is supported ...