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...
Bikes and scooters to be exempt from FBT
Source: New Zealand Government
Bikes, electric bikes and scooters will be added to the types of transport exempted from fringe benefit tax under changes proposed...
Safe swimming and drinking water resources created by ESR Māori scientist and Mahia tamariki
Source: ESR
ESR Māori Impact Scientist Georgia Bell (Ngāti Maniapoto, Pare Hauraki and Ngāti Pu) has inspired pupils from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te...
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...
Skies looking mostly clear for spotting rare Super Blood Moon
Source: NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
NIWA forecasters say expected clear skies are looking good for spotting the Super Blood Moon...
ESR wastewater testing identifies COVID-19 in some Auckland regions
Source: ESR
ESR’s testing of wastewater samples collected on Monday 16 August and Tuesday 17 August from four Auckland wastewater treatment plants have returned positive...
Ngāti Toa youth get first peak inside ESR labs
Source: ESR
The group of Porirua rangatahi (youth) toured ESR’s Kenepuru-based health, mircrobiology, and toxicology labs, it was their first time behind the gates.
They were...
Identification of significant ecological areas for the Otago coastal marine area
Source: NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Long-term protection of Otago’s coastal habitats took a step closer to reality after more than...
Appointments – Board appointed for Queenstown Lake’s new destination management organisation
Source: Destination Queenstown (DQ)
Queenstown, New Zealand (7 September 2023) The board of directors for Destination Southern Lakes, the new destination management organisation (DMO) for...
Massey staff awarded doctorates
Source: Massey University
Clockwise from top left: Dr Sharon Crooks, Dr Kousar Sadeghzadeh, Dr Abdelhamid Safa and Dr An Le.
Eight Massey University staff are among the graduands to...
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...
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School Announces Five Business Sustainability Indices to...
Source: Media Outreach
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 24 June 2021 – The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School’s Centre for Business Sustainability...
