Новости за 08.04.2024

The Taxpayers’ Union is today releasing a r eport highlighting the significant failure of Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) to realise the expected efficiency gains following the 2017 mega-merger of fire services. The report concludes ...

Ōrongomai, by Ngāti Wheke carver Caine Tauwhare, has been taken from the John Jameson lookout on Summit Rd in the Christchurch Port Hills. The pou whenua sculpture was carved from totara for the Summit Road Society and symbolises the significance ...

Stardome Observatory & Planetarium is delighted to announce the long-awaited reopening of the EWB Zeiss Telescope to the public from April 12, 2024.

Tirofruit, a leading New Zealand kiwifruit producer, is excited about this year's harvest prospects. After setbacks from frost and wind damage in the past two seasons, the team at Tirofruit remains focused on ensuring an efficient crop offload in hopefully ...

The Aspen delegation includes the City of Aspen Mayor Torre, the City Manager and the President and CEO of the Aspen Chamber Resort Association.

One person has died following a crash in Manukau earlier this month. The single-vehicle crash, on Te Irirangi Drive, was reported to Police at around 4.25pm on 1 April. One person received critical injuries and was transported to hospital, but has since ...

Stage one of the project is set to start in June replacing existing Farm Street shelters with new high-quality, high-capacity shelters along each side of the road. These will be modern, well-lit, and feature decorative cultural elements from local hapū.

Of this amount, Rural Practice Ltd was ordered to pay $145,000, and business owner Reza Abdul-Jabbar must pay $70,000. Two of the three workers will each receive $10,000 of the penalty amount.

Public liability insurance protects your company from third-party claims, such as if a visitor gets injured or damages your property whilst on your business premises. It can also cover you if you accidentally damage someone else’s property whilst ...

Rising indie-pop star Heidi Simpson released Vampire - a sweeping and sonic dream pop ballad that delves into the complexities of emotional entanglement.

Don Brash writes: Successive New Zealand governments, as governments in many other countries, have adopted policies designed to discourage the emission of greenhouse gases, or to encourage measures which would absorb such gases. By far the most logical of these measures is the Emissions Trading System (ETS). Other policies, such as subsidies for electric vehicles, […]

Placemaking Aotearoa, a national collective that uplifts local placemakers, is thrilled to announce The Kūmara Awards celebration 2024! The Kūmara Awards celebrates excellence in placemaking and our wonderful judges have been delighted to consider a huge range ...

A local hip hop dance school is preparing to strut their stuff on the world stage after a night of success at the recent Battlegrounds national dance competition. Five dance crews and four soloists, a total of 48 dancers ranging in age from nine ...

The Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) says that the immigration changes announced by the government over the weekend will still cause concerns for some employers and could result in difficulties in filling key roles. EMA Head of Advocacy Alan ...

After the first ever successful lauch of the Kura - Let’s Do it campaign in the Western Bay of Plenty, we’re excited to be back in term 2 as it's time for our ākonga in the Bay of Plenty to dust off their school bags and return to school. ...

This weekend, members of the public can see a simulation of some of the physical endurance they go through

Athletes from around the country will be converging on Tauranga later this month as the Healthvision Festival of Disability Sport returns to the city. The two-day festival, hosted by Parafed Bay of Plenty, is one of New Zealand’s largest disability ...

2023 was a remarkable year for investment markets. Mercer has just released its 2023 Periodic Table that shows a bounce back of 11 out of 16 asset classes into the positives and a notable percentage increase on most asset class returns compared ...

With elevated fire danger levels predicted in certain regions until the end of April, researchers at Scion are calling for greater public awareness about the hazard posed by tinder dry grasses. The fire hazard posed by cured (dry brown) grass is quick ...

News from NZTA Waka Kotahi Regular users of the northbound Tinakori offramp on the Wellington urban motorway must prepare for five overnight closures. The Wellington Transport Alliance will be resurfacing the offramp and replacing bridge joints from Sunday, 14 April, to Friday, 19 April. The offramp will be closed to all traffic between 9 pm […]

Bringing 98 years’ combined experience in the pool and spa industry to the local market

NZIBA offers cautious appreciation for the recent changes regarding work visas, citing pragmatic issues with processing and time frames.

This exhibition aims to educate and inform people about the origins of psychiatry and its history of human rights abuse. It exposes an industry driven entirely by profit, whose purported “therapeutic” benefits have often resulted in serious ...

Consumer NZ is urging people to take 5 minutes to check they're on the best power plan to meet their needs, it could save them about $400 on their annual power costs.

The results of the report show that, across all broadband technologies, speeds naturally drop between the router and devices being used in the home – but this drop is greater on faster plans, like Fibre and HFC (Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial), which drop more than ...