Serious crash near Whangarei
Source: New Zealand Police Headline: Serious crash near Whangarei Source: New Zealand Police – Headline: Serious crash near Whangarei Location: Northland Two people are in a critical condition and one in a serious condition after a two-vehicle crash near Whangarei. Emergency services were called to State Highway 1 just north of Hikurangi at 7:52am. The […]
Read More →Police disappointed following Havelock North traffic operation
Source: New Zealand Police Headline: Police disappointed following Havelock North traffic operation Source: New Zealand Police – Headline: Police disappointed following Havelock North traffic operation Location: Eastern Hawke’s Bay Police are hugely disappointed with the number of drivers caught speeding during a recent operation by the Traffic Alcohol Group on Waimarama Road in Havelock North. […]
Read More →Remember the ‘heater-metre rule’ this winter
Source: New Zealand Plunket Society – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Remember the ‘heater-metre rule’ this winter The recent wintry blast has signalled that winter is not far away, and Plunket is reminding families that now is a good time to get prepared and stay alert to the dangers from heaters, fireplaces and other sources of winter […]
Read More →Whanganui death name release
Source: New Zealand Police Headline: Whanganui death name release Source: New Zealand Police – Headline: Whanganui death name release Location: Central Police can now release the name of the man found dead at a Wikitoria Road property in Whanganui on Sunday. He was 53-year-old local man James Butler. Police extend our sympathies to his family […]
Read More →Govt must ensure beneficiaries meet obligations
Source: National Party – Headline: Govt must ensure beneficiaries meet obligations The Government’s overhaul of New Zealand’s welfare system must not lessen the incentive for beneficiaries to find work or the sanctions imposed on those who try and cheat the system, National’s Social Development spokesperson Louise Upston says. “New Zealanders are a fair minded people […]
Read More →New Zealand Union Sector – Unite accuses McDonald’s of wage theft
Source: Unite Union Unite Union has accused McDonald’s of deliberately denying many workers their legal entitlement to an alternative holiday or lieu day for working a public holiday, or alternatively denying workers pay for a public holiday when they were entitled to it. “From wage and time records we have received and analysed, it seems clear […]
Read More →New Zealand Health Sector – Beer advertising featuring Eric Murray found to breach Advertising Code
Source: Alcohol Healthwatch Beer advertising featuring double Olympic gold medallist Eric Murray is to be removed from the ‘Beer the Beautiful Truth’ campaign following a successful complaint by Alcohol Healthwatch. Alcohol Healthwatch Executive Director Dr Nicki Jackson says the Code for Advertising and Promotion of Alcohol prohibits advertising that uses heroes of the young. But […]
Read More →New Zealand Recreation – Safety agencies urge day trippers to be prepared
Source: Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) The preventable drowning of an international student at Tauranga’s Omanawa Falls has highlighted how New Zealand’s natural beauty can mask the danger that exists in our great outdoors. The death of 27 year old Kishore Kumar Aravindan is the 30th preventable drowning in New Zealand for 2018. “First and foremost […]
Read More →New Zealand Tertiary Sector – NZ academic named among the world’s Top 40 Business Professors Under 40
Source: University of Canterbury An award-winning University of Canterbury marketing lecturer is the first New Zealand academic to be named one of the world’s 2018 Best 40 Under 40 Professors. Associate Professor Ekant Veer, age 38, from the UC Business School’s Management, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship department, has been named as one of this year’s Poets&Quants Top […]
Read More →Govt doesn’t know if emissions will fall
Source: ACT Party Headline: Govt doesn’t know if emissions will fall Facebook0 Twitter “Despite much fanfare over its decision to ban offshore oil and gas exploration, the Government doesn’t know whether it will lead to lower global greenhouse gas emissions”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods confirmed in response to a written parliamentary […]
Read More →Woods caught telling fibs on oil and gas consultation
Source: ACT Party Headline: Woods caught telling fibs on oil and gas consultation Facebook0 Twitter “Industry was kept in the dark over the Government’s oil and gas decision, despite claims to the contrary”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. In response to a written parliamentary question from Mr Seymour, Energy and Resources Megan Woods said no “formal consultation […]
Read More →Exploring the colourful world of skinks
Source: Massey University – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Exploring the colourful world of skinks Dr Marleen Baling graduates in Auckland. Dr Marleen Baling has shown to be just as adaptable as the skinks she has been studying in pursuit of her doctorate degree. Graduating last week at Massey’s graduation ceremony in Takapuna, Dr Baling has delved […]
Read More →Govt puts regions on the backburner yet again
Source: National Party – Headline: Govt puts regions on the backburner yet again The Government continues to undermine regional New Zealand, with the Conservation Minister scuttling a plan to extract waxes and resins from a wetland in Northland that would create jobs for locals, National’s Regional Development Spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “For all its talk […]
Read More →The Ben Bohane photo that Facebook censored on an article about Indonesia
Source: Dr David Robie – Café Pacific – Analysis-Reportage: Headline: The Ben Bohane photo that Facebook censored on an article about Indonesia The original version of this photo, of West Papuan nambas (traditional penis gourds), which was published in the weekend edition of the family newspaper Vanuatu Daily Post and then by Asia Pacific Report, […]
Read More →Viet Nam gets rambutan import license
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade On 10 April 2018, Ambassador of New Zealand to Viet Nam Wendy Matthews will officially announce import of rambutan from Viet Nam, making Viet Nam the first country to get a license to export fresh rambutan to New Zealand. Ambassador Matthews will hand over the signed […]
Read More →New Zealand Education – Historic Forensic Psychology shines light on reliability of child witnesses
Source: University of Canterbury A University of Canterbury historian’s new research into historical German forensic psychology may give insight into the reliability of witness testimony, particularly in cases where children appear as prosecution witnesses. UC Senior Lecturer in Modern European History Dr Heather Wolffram’s new book – Forensic Psychology in Germany, 1880-1939: Witnessing Crime – examines […]
Read More →No certainty in security
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog – Press Release/Statement: Headline: No certainty in security CERT NZ recently released their quarterly report for October to December 2017. CERT (originally denoting Computer Emergency Response Team) receives computer security incident reports, monitors trends in incidents and attacks, and provides alerts and advice on how to respond to […]
Read More →Study shows nurses face cyberbullying as well
Source: Massey University – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Study shows nurses face cyberbullying as well Dr Natalia D’Souza on her graduation day. As nurses rally for better pay and working conditions around the country, new research by a Massey University PhD graduate highlights the growing problem of cyberbullying in the sector. Dr Natalia D’Souza, who received […]
Read More →Communication professor ranked in world’s top 1%
Source: Massey University – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Communication professor ranked in world’s top 1% Professor Stephen Croucher at Massey University’s Wellington campus. Massey Business School’s Professor Stephen Croucher has been ranked in the top one per cent of communications scholars for research productivity. Professor Croucher, who is head of the School of Communication, Journalism, and […]
Read More →Blessing held at site of new station
Source: New Zealand Police Headline: Blessing held at site of new station Source: New Zealand Police – Headline: Blessing held at site of new station Location: Eastern A blessing was held at the site of the new Hastings Police station yesterday to mark the start of the construction process. Construction of the three storey state-of-the-art […]
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