Unitec fraud penalty is pathetic
Source: Taxpayers Union
18 NOVEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has slammed the sentence of a former senior Unitec manager as pathetic.Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke said: “Kimberley...
16 arrested, $1 million in assets seized in Hawke’s Bay police operation
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
16 people have been arrested and approximately $1,000,000 in assets have been seized following the execution of search warrants...
Former employee of government-funded charity jailed
Source: New Zealand Serious Fraud Office
Headline: Former employee of government-funded charity jailed
Published 07 October 2020
A former employee of a charity that offered social support...
Appeal reduces sentence for Sam Spence
Source: Companies Office – Press Release/Statement:
Headline: Appeal reduces sentence for Sam Spence
Background
Between 2011 and 2018 Mr Spence was the director of, or involved in...
Awards – Finalists announced for 2021 ExportNZ ASB Wellington Export Awards
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Wellington Chamber of Commerce
The finalists for the fourth annual ExportNZ ASB Wellington Export Awards have been announced and they include some of...
Maximum numbers of approved smoked tobacco retail premises permitted in areas of New Zealand
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health
Currently there are around 6,000 retail stores selling smoked tobacco products in Aotearoa. New legislation under the Smokefree Environments...
Ninety percent of New Zealand covered by ESR’s latest results of wastewater samples for...
Source: ESR
The number of wastewater treatment facilities providing samples to ESR for testing for SARS-CoV-2 RNA, the virus which causes COVID-19, has increased by almost 300 percent and now covers over 90 percent of the...
2021 Professorial promotions announced
Source: Massey University
The latest promotion round has seen 20 Massey University staff promoted to Professor and 37 to Associate Professor. The promotions take effect...
UPDATE – Hamilton homicide, name release
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Andrew Saunders:
Police are now in a position to release the name of the...
Otago announces 39 new professors
Source: University of Otago
Thirty-nine University of Otago academics are being promoted to the position of professor this year.Thirty-nine University of Otago academics are being...
Police seeking sightings of Shakira Sahib
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Police are appealing to the public for assistance to locate Sahib, who is wanted to arrest.
Sahib is believed to...
Global study examines individual responses to Covid-19
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: University of Canterbury
A global study is under way to compare how information about Covid-19 is delivered by authorities and the media,...
