Global Economy – KOF Economic Barometer: Stabilization above the average
Source: KOF Economic InstituteThe KOF Economic Barometer falls slightly in March and now stands at 101.5 points. The Barometer had recorded repeated increases since...
Australia Renewable Energy – $1 billion boost for Australian solar PV manufacturing
Source: Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today welcomed $1 billion in new funding to help unlock domestic solar...
Appointments – Reserve Bank Appoints Two new Monetary Policy Committee members
Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand
28 March 2024 – Two new members of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's (RBNZ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC),...
Politics and Health – 70,000 sign petition to keep free school lunches – as...
Source: Health Coalition Aotearoa
Contrary to the Associate Minister of Education’s claims, analysis of Healthy School Lunches Programme – Ka Ora, Ka Ako assessments has revealed...
Reducing waste, increasing recycling is a clear case of separation
Article by Dominic Salmon – Glass Packaging Forum Scheme Manager
With a third of New Zealand’s population living in Auckland, the city has the biggest...
Education – More Support Needed for Classroom Behaviour says ERO Report
Source: NZ Principals Federation
The New Zealand Principals' Federation (NZPF) welcomes the latest research report on ‘Behaviour in Classrooms’, conducted by the ERO research team.
“I am...
Farmer News – ORC decision a disaster for under-pressure farmers
Source: Federated Farmers
Farmers are deeply disappointed that Otago Regional Council has decided to charge ahead unnecessarily with piling more regulation on rural communities, Federated Farmers...
Universities – Coastal dunes on the march in South Australia – and around the...
Source: Flinders University
Coastal transgressive dunefields are on the march in South Australia – retreating inland from an angry ocean at an alarming rate. Yet...
Save the Children – Crisis at border of South Sudan and Sudan escalating as...
Source: Save the Children
About 1,000 people a day are fleeing into South Sudan from Sudan after nearly one year of war, arriving in scorching heat and with...
Environment – Seabed miner quitting EPA hearing highlights danger of Luxon’s fast-track – Greenpeace
Source: Greenpeace
Greenpeace says wannabe Taranaki seabed miner Trans-Tasman Resources is likely banking on Christopher Luxon’s fast-track process to side-step proper scrutiny of its Taranaki seabed...
Fatality following assault, Browns Bay
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Police can confirm that a person has died following an incident at a restaurant on Clyde Road, Browns Bay.
Police...
Arrest following search warrant, Redwood, Christchurch
Source: New Zealand Police (National News)
Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Johnson, Canterbury CIB:
One person has been taken into custody on drug-related charges after...