First Responders – Canterbury Fires Update #8 – Swannanoa
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Firefighting will continue until dark at the Swannanoa vegetation fire, which is burning over an estimated 12 hectares in and...
Hong Kong: National security arrests over social media posts violate freedom of expression
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to the disqualification of 12 pro-democracy candidates from running in Hong Kong’s upcoming Legislative Council elections, Amnesty International Hong Kong’s...
Twenty too many: Operation stops drink drivers in Auckland
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Police are disappointed after a road safety operation in central Auckland identified 20 people drink driving during a peak...
Bumper willow planting season protects from flooding
Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council
Date: 16 Nov 2023
Benefits of planting willows
Willows (Salix spp.) were first introduced to New Zealand during the mid-1800s when early...
Vietjet to start operating direct services to Russia in the middle of 2022
Source: Media Outreach
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Media OutReach – 2 December 2021 – Vietjet today announced its first-ever non-stop services to Europe, marking the relaunch of the...
New finds of Marlborough moth feared extinct
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 22 September 2021
The Kiwaia ‘Cloudy Bay’ moth, also known as a mat daisy jumper, is flightless and mainly jumps to get...
Weather further delays Ngongotahā Western Road detour
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises the planned detour for Ngongotahā bound traffic has been further delayed until Friday 14...
Joint operation results in rhino horn seizure
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 06 December 2022
DOC’s Investigations Team Lead Officer Dylan Swain says the six carved items, weighing a total of 1.73 kilograms, were seized...
Auckland Council welcomes youth climate strikers’ demands
Source: Auckland Council
Today’s demonstration is a message not just to government but to all of us because government alone cannot order our way out...
New Approaches to Economic Challenges: Confronting Planetary Emergencies: OECD 9 October 2020
Source: New Zealand Government
New Approaches to Economic Challenges: Confronting Planetary Emergencies: OECD 9 October 2020
Hon David Parker’s response following Thomas Piketty and Esther Duflo.
Good...
Honorary Fellowship for Waikato Health expert
Source: University of Waikato
Ross Lawrenson, Professor of Population Health at the University of Waikato, has been awarded Honorary Fellowship of The Royal New Zealand...
Firearm recovered, three arrested in Otara
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Police have located a firearm and arrested three men during a pre-planned search warrant in Clarkson Crescent, Otara, this...
