Otago Conservation Management Strategy partial review
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
DOC has initiated a partial review of the Otago Conservation Management Strategy (CMS) to consider whether new cycle and mountain bike...
Australia and New Zealand Indigenous Arrrangement
Source: New Zealand Government
Australia and Aotearoa-New Zealand today signed a collaboration arrangement bringing the two countries’ Indigenous peoples and policy makers...
Petrol drives up household transport spending – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Household...
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Petrol drives up household transport spending – Media release
3 March 2020
An increasing share of the average weekly household budget is being spent on...
FAMILY RESOURCE: Marijuana Facts Teens & Parents Need To Know
Source: Family First
As the government pushes a soft line on drugs, including a referendum to legalise cannabis, our young people will be receiving conflicting...
Winner of DOC’s World Wildlife Day youth art competition
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
A young artist’s painting of endangered macaws has won a Department of Conservation youth art competition celebrating World Wildlife Day.
Date: 03 March...
Ōtangarei community celebrate completion of social housing units
Source: New Zealand Government
The first kaupapa Māori transitional homes, opened today in Ōtangarei, will ensure the small but vibrant community can look after whānau...
University Research – Epiphanies, beauty and climate change – an evening with Professor Sophie...
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: University of Canterbury
Acclaimed Oxford philosopher Professor Sophie Grace Chappell, who is currently an Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury (UC),...
Further support for coronavirus-affected businesses
Source: New Zealand Government
Businesses affected by the coronavirus can access immediate government support after two further initiatives were approved by Cabinet yesterday, Economic Development...
Fire Safety – Changes to fire season in Wairoa
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand
The current fire season in all Rural Zones in Wairoa, including Department of Conservation land, has changed from...
Health – WONCA conference postponed because of COVID-19
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
The WONCA (world organisation of family doctors) conference that was to be held in...
Universities – Pacific poet and Chief Justice among Distinguished Alumni
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: University of Auckland
Four inspirational graduates from the University of Auckland are to be celebrated at the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner...
Animal Welfare – Rule breaking more than just a pain in the neck
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: SAFE NZ
Footage captured by activists at the Urenui rodeo on Saturday shows a breach of the rodeo code of welfare.
The footage which...