NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) will be closing SH73 between Arthur’s Pass and Otira for five nights from this Sunday 26 May to Thursday night/ Friday morning 30 May/31 May. Drivers will be able to get through at the top of every hour between ...
On Friday 21 June, the central Invercargill location of Transport World will host and launch New Zealand’s top rally drivers into the night for the start of the world’s southernmost rally championship event. The journey, covering 157km of Southland’s ...
A new Government mining strategy will take New Zealand backwards on climate change and drive native plants and animals to extinction, says Forest & Bird.
Doubling mining’s export value to $2 billion over the next 10 years is a great goal, says Straterra chief executive, Josie Vidal.
New Zealand/Australian writer Mercedes Webb-Pullman died in Kapiti in July 2023. Our family has decided to use future royalties from her published works to fund an annual poetry award in her name, which in 2024 will be $500 NZD. For this inaugural ...
Kerbside services will go ahead as normal for Hamilton Kirikiriroa following King’s Birthday (Monday 3 June). Please put your bins out as usual by 7am on your normal collection day.
Press Release – Oceania Football Confederation Media are invited to attend a pre-final media conference ahead of the OFC Men’s Champions League 2024 final, on Thursday May 23 at 10:30am local time in the VIP lounge at Stade Pater in Papeete.22 May 2024 Photo Supplied Media are invited to attend a pre-final media conference ahead […]
The coalition Government has today introduced legislation to slash the tangle of red and green tape throttling some of New Zealand’s key sectors, including farming, mining and other primary industries.
Government spending cuts could see the Ministry of Social Development shed more than 700 roles in total with more proposed job losses announced today.
ACT’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Simon Court is welcoming the Coalition Government’s draft minerals strategy, which includes the following commitments made in the National-ACT coalition agreement: Updating the Crown Minerals Act 1991 ...
Farmers and politicians are no strangers to a stoush over rules and regulations, but they’ll be going head-to-head in a different way this weekend. To support farmers recovering from Cyclone Gabrielle, a Federated Farmers versus Parliament fundraiser ...
Two of New Zealand's well-known artists, Mike and Richard Ponder, have teamed up to raise funds for Te Omanga Hospice. Ponder This is their eleventh hospice fundraiser nationwide and second fundraiser with Te Omanga.
The New Zealand Institute of Forestry (NZIF) largely endorses the latest report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE), “Going with the Grain: Changing Land Uses to Fit a Changing Landscape.”
Increasing national and regional prosperity, providing the minerals needed for new technology and the clean energy transition, and doubling the value of minerals exports are the bold aims of the Government’s vision for the minerals sector.
The term “squid ink” describes when we deliberately confuse a situation for our own advantage. It’s based on what squid (and octopi) do when attacked, i.e. releasing ink into the water as a confusing blur.
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Report from RNZ The Public Service Commission is looking to cut nearly 20 percent of its workforce, with a staff member saying some of those affected are “in pieces”. The “brutal” change proposal left many in tears, angry, and feeling like they had been “sold down the river”, said the staff member, who RNZ has […]
Report from RNZ The Ministry of Social Development’s workforce is to drop by more than 700, after a round of proposed cuts was announced today. This means about 5000 public sector jobs have been cut or are proposed to be cut. The Ministry for Social Development (MSD) had already accepted 218 applications for voluntary redundancy […]
Kaikōrero and representative for Ngapuwaiwaha marae, Willy Huch extended a warm welcome to the management and staff of the Council and their professional services contractors, expressing gratitude for their attendance.
The decision by Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to approve the continued use of hydrogen cyanamide, known as Hi-Cane, has been welcomed by Environment Minister Penny Simmonds and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay.
ZM has had a fantastic result, growing its audience to 537,400. The Hits continues to build on its success, celebrating its biggest ever audience and growing audience share for the eighth consecutive survey.
Between 9pm on 20 May and 8am on 21 May, offenders have entered the Totara Road property and taken the six metre boat.
The Taxpayers’ Union is today launching five billboards around Parliament depicting the Finance Minister riding a piggy bank to emphasise the fact that the average Kiwi needs to see a $49/week tax reduction at next year’s budget in order to reverse ...
The New Zealand side - looking to win a record-extending 12th crown - were made to work hard for the win by an AS Magenta side who had only one day's rest following their rescheduled final group stage match against Ifira Black Bird on Sunday Monday ...
With major injury woes to frontline attacking players, the Pulse have risen to the occasion through their indomitable spirit which in large measure has been fashioned by the resiliency shown on defence.