Новости за 28.02.2024

Press Release – Wellington City Council Key details of the confidential commercially-sensitive negotiation where Wellington City Council supports the upgrade and reopening of Reading Cinema can now be brought into the public domain. With approximately 80% of the deal with Reading Cinema now agreed, and significant public interest, Wellington City Council and Reading Cinemas have […]

Key details of the confidential commercially sensitive negotiation where Wellington City Council supports the upgrade and reopening of Reading Cinema can now be brought into the public domain. With approximately 80% of the deal with Reading Cinema now ...

Report from RNZ Wellington city councilors have held a closed-door meeting with the council’s chief executive about the secret Reading Cinema deal. The council is proposing to buy the land under the earthquake-prone cinema complex on Courtenay Place and lease it back to the American company that owns it. The deal was presented to councillors […]

Legislation to disestablish the Māori Health Authority, as moved in Parliament today, heralds the start of a new vision for Māori health, Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says. “My dream for the health system isn't about bureaucratic structures ...

The Independent Māori Journalists Association extends its aroha to all impacted by the closure of one of the country’s biggest commercial media company’s newsrooms at the end of June. Staff were told today of the news which will have rippling impacts ...

Pharmac – Te Pātaka Whaioranga has confirmed who will be able to get the funded influenza (flu) vaccine from 2 April 2024, with around one million people eligible to get it for free. “The flu vaccine is free for those who are most vulnerable ...

Today marks a tragic milestone for New Zealanders as the Coalition Government side with big tobacco to repeal the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins and Labour Health spokesperson ...

Police and LandSAR are continuing the search for a man in his early 70s missing in the Tararua Forest Park. Family and friends have joined the search operation this afternoon and their efforts are being coordinated by Police and LandSAR. Police would ...

Detective Senior Sergeant Damon Wells:  Police are urging users of dating app users to take steps to protect themselves when meeting up with people they’ve only spoken to online. In the Christchurch Youth Court today, five teenagers were ...

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council on Wednesday voted to adopt several changes to its Revenue and Financing Policy and Rates Remission policies. The changes were publicly consulted on from 1 December to 28 January and drew 541 written and 11 verbal submissions. ...

The Commerce Commission has published a Statement of Issues relating to an application from NZ Post seeking clearance for it to acquire PBT Group Limited’s existing contracts with businesses who have signed contracts to use PBT’s courier services. The Statement ...

Stand Up, the youth union movement, today commemorated the Government’s 90th day in power by using its own new employment policy, the 90-day trial period, to issue Prime Minister Christopher Luxon with a termination letter outlining how his Government ...

AUCKLAND – Cloudian has announced an open-source software contribution that fuses PyTorch , the widely acclaimed machine learning library, with local Cloudian HyperStore S3-compatible storage solutions. This pioneering development is set to accelerate ...

Wellington (Wednesday, 28 February 2024) - This new research note, When the Bloat Began: Non-Academic Staffing at New Zealand Universities over the Long Run, 1961-1997, reveals the year in which non-academic employees started to outnumber academics at ...

“A changemaker”. That’s how CEO, Indy Saul is describing Claire Pennington who has been appointed as Phoenix Healthcare ’s new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Ms Pennington comes from Te Whatu Ora (and CDHB prior to that) where she worked in ...

Red alert level warnings for toxic algae are in place for the Waikanae River at the old State Highway 1, Kāpiti. Toxic algae, or cyanobacteria, is harmful to humans and lethal for dogs if ingested. Greater Wellington senior advisor integration and ...

Joshua Drummond writes: To recap, quickly: The Atlas Network is a “think tank that creates think tanks“; a global network of more than 500 right-wing think tanks and lobby groups. New Zealand members of Atlas include the Taxpayers’ Union and the New Zealand Initiative (formed from a merger of two think tanks, one of which was […]

The Government’s arrogant disregard for the natural world is again on display, this time threatening coastal waters and the ocean, as it plans to automatically extend the duration of all marine farm consents in the country. And it is giving ...

Traditional Māori art and modern manufacturing technology is set to provide the perfect cultural backdrop at the new Naenae Community Centre. Renowned artists Kereama Taepa and Tiaki Dahm have been commissioned to produce works for the new facility, ...

Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines (SIA) welcome the decision by New Zealand’s Associate Minister of Transport, Hon Matt Doocey, to reauthorise their joint venture alliance for another five years until March 2029. This allows Air New Zealand and ...

Associate Transport Minister Matt Doocey announced today that the Government has extended Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines’ strategic alliance for another five years. “Reauthorising this strategic partnership means that passengers flying ...

The development of Canterbury Regional Council’s (Environment Canterbury’s) Long-Term Plan 2024-34 has taken a step forward, after Councillors adopted the draft consultation document. Download the Council agenda, which contains the draft consultation ...

Christchurch, New Zealand - February 28, 2024 : In response to a comprehensive 14-page opinion from the Office of the Ombudsman, highlighting historical shortcomings from the Ministry of Education, Deaf Aotearoa and Deaf Children NZ are demanding immediate ...