Leading hearing service specialists Bay Audiology and Dilworth Hearing have been recognised globally by the Top Employers Institute for a consecutive year in a reflection of outstanding HR development and work environment improvement. The Top Employer ...
Biosecurity New Zealand is thanking international travellers who arrived during the peak Christmas and New Year period for their efforts in helping to protect our $57 billion primary sector export industry. “The vast majority of people passing ...
NPDC’s Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre is partnering with Wairoa Māori Film Festival to present the KIRIATA MĀORI Cinema Showcase in Taranaki for the first time over Waitangi weekend from 2 to 6 February. The showcase will present ...
Continuing in its move to stoke the number of Māori startups in Aotearoa, Tapuwae Roa has announced today a new series of online and regional wānanga to its 2024 Rakahinonga Roadshow. Facilitated by expert business mentor Saara Tawha (Ramaroa ...
Record shearing hopefuls Hemi Braddick, Flynn Harvey and Ray Kinsman are well ahead of the target pace chasing a new World mark for strongwool ewes in eight hours on what promises to be an excrutiatingly hot day in a Southern Hawke’s Bay woolshed. ...
More than 450,000 children are living in residential care homes across Europe and Central Asia, highlighting that a “painful legacy” of neglect, abuse, exploitation, and psychological trauma is far from over, according to a UNICEF report released ...
Australia-based, specialist private markets investment manager Roc Partners is to acquire 25% of the portfolio of rural land assets of New Zealand Rural Land Company (NZX: NZL) for approximately NZD$44M. NZL owns 14,487 hectares (35,798 acres) of ...
“ Documents released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment show that 60 business leaders, led by Simon Bridges, were planning a trade trip to Israel immediately prior to the war. They gave no consideration to Israel’s illegal occupation ...
Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) is warning beachgoers and holidaymakers that large swells will create difficult conditions at beaches across the North Island’s east coast over the coming days and that they should take extra care when visiting ...
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ASH writes: Our decline in smoking in the past four years is extraordinary – equivalent to what took two decades to achieve. New Zealand has recently had some of the most dramatic decreases in smoking in the world, including for Māori and highly deprived groups. Last month, the New Zealand Health Survey showed the daily smoking rate is […]
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Photo: Jetsprint action at Wanaka. Photo credit: Shot 360 Round 3 of the 2023/24 NZ Jetsprint Championship has the teams heading to the picturesque Apex Wanaka Aquatrack, Saturday 20 January. The track is located in the heart of the southern Alps and is ...
From left: Kaihāpai Taonga/Collections and Curatorial Lead, Trish Nugent-Lyne and Kaiāwhina/Collections Assistant, Kathy Greensides preparing the dress in the museum’s textile workroom. Photo credit: Karen Hughes/Whanganui Regional Museum Whanganui ...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) agreed today with The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (KEPCO) to install a CO2 capture pilot plant at Himeji No.2 power plant in Hyogo, Japan. This new plant is being established to demonstrate the next-generation ...
FIRST Union and Migrante Aotearoa, A Filipino migrant workers organisation representing 500 workers at ELE, will hold a public gathering outside the offices of Deloitte and the Philippine Embassy, marking the one-month closure of the labour-hire and ...
This Room is an Island An Immersive Performance Experience By Yin-Chi Lee & Collaborators Forget simplified narratives. In this journey through time, bear witness to a Taiwanese perspective on legacies of colonialism (1930-1995). This immersive ...
Shoppers paid less at the checkout for cheese, butter and ice cream at Foodstuffs stores in December, and many veggies were down over 30%. But there’s now growing potential for inflationary headwinds due to tensions in the Middle East. ...
The winners of the 2023 Immortal Awards have been announced and a project from each of Australia and New Zealand have been awarded Commendations. CHEP Network picked up a prize for Samsung’s ‘Flipvertising’, whilst Partners Life’s ‘Last ...
Client Advocate Sam Mani says Christians Against Poverty is heartened to see the Commerce Commission take enforcement action against lenders who continue to disregard the law and cause hardship and distress. “Despite the strengthening of responsible ...
In its most significant action in the car finance sector to date, the Commerce Commission will file civil proceedings in the High Court against Go Car Finance Limited and Second Chance Finance Limited alleging that the lenders breached the CCCFA when providing ...
Two books by New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey have been nominated for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award – the world’s most valuable annual prize for a work of fiction published in English. She is nominated for The Axeman’s Carnival , which ...
Aspiring Conversations , in its vibrant return after a six-year hiatus, proudly announces its first event as part of its 4-day, 14-event programme to be held 4-7 April. A gathering of curious minds with high-calibre speakers, writers, thinkers ...
The Taxpayers’ Union is dumbfounded by the endless examples of failure at Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities that continue to come to light. Ruapehu District Council and Kāinga Ora’s $5.2 million housing development has blown out by over $2 million ...
