Spotlight on Building Consent Delays
Source: New Zealand Government
The coalition Government is taking steps to reduce delays and speed up the building consent system by requiring councils to submit...
Aquatic and leisure facility a step closer for the north west
Source: Auckland Council
A new aquatic centre for the north-west of Auckland moved a step closer at the Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee on...
Getting State Highway 60, Motueka, ready for reconstruction
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi contractors will begin work on State Highway 60, High Street Motueka, next week, undertaking road investigations.
Road crews will...
Almost 4.66 billion people globally are active internet users
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Christchurch – Almost 4.66 billion people were active internet users as of October 2020, encompassing 59 percent of the global population.
The mobile phone...
Annual survey supports Aotearoa’s beekeepers
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Biosecurity New Zealand’s annual Winter Colony Loss survey results are out now and show that the country’s beekeepers are serious...
Mining News – Government should promote New Zealand’s excellent mining industry – Straterra
Source: Straterra Inc
The Government should promote New Zealand’s excellent mining industry, not scare off investors with anti-mining rhetoric, says Straterra CEO Josie Vidal.
Straterra spoke to...
Trapped arm a sombre warning on imported machinery
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
23 May 2023
A multinational company has been sentenced after a worker’s arm got caught in a bark-stripping machine which did not...
Education News – BAM2023: Bachelor of Arts and Media ākonga exhibition
Source: Te Pukenga
Twenty-five courses, ninety-six weeks of study, then BAM: the end-of-year exhibition by NMIT Te Pūkenga Bachelor of Arts and Media students.
Level 7 Studio...
Famous primatologist awarded for her humanitarian efforts
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – English conservationist and primatologist Jane Goodall has been awarded the 2021 Templeton Prize, worth more than $US1.5 million and previously won by...
Privacy Commissioner to focus on privacy practices in rental accommodation sector
Source: Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards today announced his intention to focus on the collection, retention, and disclosure of personal information in the rental...
Double jabs may be ineffective against Omicron without booster
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
New York – A new study studies suggests double covid vaccines may be ineffective against the Omicron variant without a booster shot.
Three covid...
Education News – Creature comforts aplenty as tuatara convalesces at Dunedin Wildlife Hospital
Source: Te Pukenga
Having seemingly dodged cancer, Merri the Tuatara is on a long road to recovery.
Still, at six years old and with a lifespan (disease...
