Health News – Twin peaks – Otago Polytechnic pair in box seat
Source: Te Pukenga
The distance between Dunedin, NZ, and Florida, USA, is roughly 15,000kms. Yet a combination of cutting-edge technology and can-do attitude has provided Dunedin...
Employment – Wake up Mr Brown, your libraries need paid librarians!
Source: PSA
The suggestion of Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown today that libraries could be run by volunteers is an insult to the mahi council library workers...
Cyclone Recovery – FIJI AND NEW ZEALAND PERSONNEL JOIN FORCES IN HAWKE’S BAY
Source: New Zealand Defence Force
A helping hand from one of New Zealand’s Pacific neighbours has been welcomed by a Hawke’s Bay family in the...
Afghanistan: Eighteen months after ban, classroom doors must open for secondary school girls
Source: Save the Children
As schools across Afghanistan prepare for the new academic year next week, secondary school aged girls must be allowed to go back...
Machine guarding failures ‘reprehensible’
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
16 March 2023
A West Auckland bakery business which didn’t properly safeguard its machinery has been sentenced over two incidents, six months...
Grafton homicide: Woman to appear in court
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Steve Salton, Auckland City CIB:
Police can advise that the woman sought in connection...
Next steps developing NZ’s clean energy
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Te Whanganui -a-Tara – New Zealand is looking at the viability of pumped hydro along with an alternative, multi-tech approach to build a...
Strains on drains in the rains
Source: Auckland Council
Failings in the rural stormwater networks during Cyclone Gabrielle and earlier flooding added to the impact on Franklin’s road network, Auckland Transport...
Wakanui Controlled Area revoked
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
The Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) programme has depopulated all confirmed infected properties in the Wakanui area of mid-Canterbury and cleaned and disinfected...
Civil Defence News – $15 million financial support for iwi, marae and community groups
Source: Civil Defence Emergency Management
$15 million in government financial support is now available to support community groups who responded to Cyclone Gabrielle.
Cyclone Gabrielle has caused...
Local News – Porirua residents to receive updated capital valuations
Source: Porirua City Council
Residential property values across Porirua have increased an average of 27 per cent since 2019, according to figures released by independent valuers...
Weather News – A little bit of everything ahead
Source: MetService
Covering period of Thursday 16 – Sunday 19 March – MetService is forecasting a wet and windy end to the working week as active...
