Fatal crash, Chartwell, Hamilton
Source: New Zealand Police
Emergency services are attending a crash at the intersection of Comries Road and Hukanui Road, Chartwell, Hamilton.
A car collided with a...
NZ Upgrade on South Island roads
Source: New Zealand Government
NZ Upgrade on South Island roads
Safety and climate change resilience are behind South Island regional roading projects that are being brought...
Milford gets connected with NZ Upgrade
Source: New Zealand Government
Digital and air connectivity in Fiordland are getting a big boost, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones has announced.
As part of...
Fatal crash, Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne
Source: New Zealand Police
One person has died following a crash on Waima Road in Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne.
The crash, involving a car and pedestrian, was...
Three wins for the climate
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand
Good news comes in threes, they say. Unless, of course, you happen to be Equinor, OMV or Teck Resources – three...
WOMAD’s oil industry sponsors targeted in open letter
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace has published an open letter calling on the organisers of music festival WOMAD to dump oil industry sponsorship.
Todd Energy and...
Trade – Pacific shouldering burden in Unbalanced PACER-Plus Trade Deal
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG)
The Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are taking on binding commitments in exchange for insufficient promises of benefits...
Hotspot Watch 27 February 2020
Source: NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to...
Parliament Petitioned to Take Australian Human Rights Abuses to UN
Source: Human Rights Commission
The New Zealand Parliament will be petitioned to take a strong position on Australia’s severe immigration detention, deportation and citizenship impediments...
Milestones marked with 2,000+ new cops
Source: New Zealand Government
A milestone has been reached with the graduation of more than 2,000 new Police officers since the Coalition Government took office...
Environment – “We love WOMAD, but its oil sponsors really suck” – Greenpeace
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Greenpeace
Thursday, February 27: Greenpeace has published an open letter calling on the organisers of music festival WOMAD to dump oil industry sponsorship.
Todd Energy and Austrian...
Tampons and tramping
Source: Department of Conservation
DOC staff member
I’ve got six or seven rational fears and about 900 irrational ones.
On the irrational side there are things like...