First Responders – UPDATE 10.30am – Waiharara fire, Northland
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Firefighters are continuing efforts at the Waiharara fire today. Five ground crews (around 25 people including Department of...
Auckland reopens for play and recreation
Source: Auckland Council
The sound of children playing has returned to Auckland’s neighbourhoods on Thursday when 885 playgrounds across the region are reopened.
Auckland Council will...
Drivers and school holiday travellers – Get ready for rain and bad weather
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
With bad weather set to hit the upper South Island and lower North Island, drivers in the regions need to...
Glendhu Bay vegetation fire – update 3
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Fire and Emergency crews continue to work on a fire near Glendhu Bay.
We were first called to the...
Keeping mothers safe during coronavirus in South Sudan
Source: Save The Children
My name is Rose Nanu, I am a nurse midwife working for Save the Children in Juoljok clinic in the Abyei...
Save the Children – Sudan: lifesaving vaccines for children destroyed in power outages amidst...
Source: Save the Children
Power outages across Sudan have destroyed cold chain storage facilities for lifesaving vaccines, as well as the national stock of insulin and...
Fibre to help understand earthquakes in Auckland’s volcanic field
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Te Whanganui-a-Tara – Researchers will soon start using Auckland’s fibre network to study smaller earthquakes that could help to detect volcanic activity under...
Waikato students help communities in lockdown
Source: University of Waikato
With people around the country coming to grips with the Covid-19 lockdown, two University of Waikato students got busy supporting their...
First Responders – 140 Firefighters compete in national extreme firefighter-sports event
Source: United Fire Brigades’ Association
Aotearoa New Zealand is protected by around 14,000 paid and volunteer firefighters, who do more than put out fires. Recently we...
Diplomatic solution urgently needed to avoid escalation of conflict in Ukraine
Source: Save The Children
Urgent action is needed to prevent a dangerous military escalation in Ukraine which could threaten thousands of children’s lives, Save the...
Police praise search efforts and remind trampers to be prepared
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Police are today continuing to praise the work of everybody involved in the search for trampers Dion Reynolds and...
More Kiwis in work as rising wages outpace inflation
Source: New Zealand Government
New Zealanders are in paid work in record numbers and wages are outpacing inflation as the Government’s economic plan continues to...
