Kaeo water customers get reprieve
Source: Far North District Council Water will keep flowing to 23 Kaeo households and businesses for another seven months following a deal struck between the water supplier and the Far North District Council. Wai Care Environmental Consultants notified its customers earlier this month that it intended to stop supplying water from 23 November. The notice […]
Read More →ERA Realty Network Has Emerged as The Agency of the Future with Strategic Collaborations, Innovations and Booming Project Opportunities
Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 19 November 2018 – As ERA Realty Network (ERA) ends the year with a strengthened market position, it is set to become the ultimate home for real estate salespersons in Singapore and beyond. Numerous milestones were highlighted during its recent Q4’18 Career Advancement Day Conference, including strategic collaborations […]
Read More →Update: Serious crash, SH1, Foxton
Source: New Zealand Police Source: New Zealand Police Update: Serious crash, SH1, Foxton Monday, 19 November 2018 – 7:29pm Central A second person has died following the crash on State Highway 1, Foxton, this afternoon. Police are still working at the scene. The road remains closed with diversions in place. ENDS Issued by Police Media […]
Read More →Waitemata Police search for missing man Setu Taua
Source: New Zealand Police Source: New Zealand Police Waitemata Police are looking for help from the public to find missing man Setu Taua. Setu is 70 years old, and has not been seen since this morning when he left his home in Massey to go for a walk. Setu uses a green walking frame with […]
Read More →Politics with Michelle Grattan: Lowy Institute’s Jonathan Pryke on APEC 2018
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) ended with no agreed communique and unresolved tensions between the United States and China on open display. Lowy Institute’s Pacific Islands program director, Jonathan Pryke, who observed the forum in Port Moresby, said: “it […]
Read More →Rock Bang is a highly charged fusion of music, theatre, and circus
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mandy Stefanakis, Sessional lecturer in music education, Deakin University Review: Rock Bang, Malthouse, Melbourne. In this, their 40th year performing, Circus Oz have combined their many talents with German musical duo Astrid and Otto (aka Australian comedians Clare Bartholomew and Daniel Tobias from Die Roten Punkte). Their […]
Read More →2018 Fiji elections – the ‘fake news’ catchphrase of this poll but beware
By Sri Krishnamurthi “Fake News” was the catch phrase of the 2018 Fiji Elections – the second democratic elections since Commodore, now Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, carried out Fiji’s fourth coup in 2006. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama … reelected with easily the strongest personal vote in the Fiji general election but his FijiFirst party has […]
Read More →Ombudsman’s ruling on Auckland Council shows need for greater access to information
Source: Taxpayers Union 19 NOVEMBER 2018FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEResponding to the Ombudsman’s decision justifying Auckland Mayor Phil Goff forcing Councillors to use a lockdown room to access a report on the proposed downtown stadium, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Jordan Williams says: “This is a disappointing decision from the Ombudsman.” “When we elect someone to council, we entrust them […]
Read More →Transport Agency works with cyclists on rumble strip removal
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency The NZ Transport Agency is removing short sections of edgeline rumble strips* on three southern South Island state highways after accepting suggested changes made by local cycling groups and the Waitaki District Council. Graeme Hall, System Manager for the Transport Agency, says the changes will accommodate the cyclists’ concerns without […]
Read More →EIT student one day, carpentry apprentice the next
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 11 mins ago Tipene Douglas, who progressed through the EIT Trades Academy into a carpentry certificate and on into an apprenticeship. Tipene Douglas finished his EIT carpentry programme on a Wednesday. Thursday he started his apprenticeship with a prominent Hawke’s Bay building company. Quite an achievement for a […]
Read More →Clarissa’s lived experience of seclusion
Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission Clarissa Chandrahasen has experienced first-hand the trauma and distress of being secluded. Clarissa, from Lower Hutt, has had several engagements with mental health services. ‘A few years ago, I was experiencing a manic episode, was wandering the streets, and was eventually found in someone’s garden,’ she says. ‘I was […]
Read More →Scientists launch online survey to help make cities more resilient – 19/11/18
Source: GNS Science The survey is part of a research project designed to help make New Zealand cities more resilient to earthquakes. “ Responses will help us make better estimates of the movement of people and businesses and their relocation requirements after an earthquake DR SR Uma “ It invites building owners and occupants to […]
Read More →Joint Statement by His Excellency Sebastián Piñera, President of the Republic of Chile, and the Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern
Source: New Zealand Government Headline: Joint Statement by His Excellency Sebastián Piñera, President of the Republic of Chile, and the Right Honourable Jacinda ArdernAt the invitation of the Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, undertook a State Visit to New Zealand […]
Read More →After APEC, US-China tensions leave ‘cooperation’ in the cold
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Bisley, Head of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University, La Trobe University United States Vice President Mike Pence’s remarks at the end of this year’s summit season just about blasted the word “cooperation” out of the APEC acronym. Amid […]
Read More →Concerned education unions consider joint action
Source: Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) The future of New Zealand children’s education hangs in the balance if the crisis in education is not fixed, teachers and principals say. The combined national executives of PPTA Te Wehengarua and NZEI Te Riu Roa – elected leaders of 48,000 principals and teachers – met today and agreed […]
Read More →Fiordland Marine Guardians appointed
Source: Ministry for the Environment The appointment of two new Fiordland Marine Guardians has been announced today, along with one re-appointment. The Fiordland Marine Guardians is an advisory group established under the Fiordland (Te Moana o Atawhenua) Marine Management Act 2005. The group is responsible for advising central and local government agencies on the integrated […]
Read More →Going back to school pays solid results for mature EIT students
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 1 min ago Making the decision to go back to school to train for a career change is a tough one. Loss of income or the juggle of working and studying, not to mention the challenge of being a student again. Plus the impact on family, fitness and […]
Read More →Chief Ombudsman issues findings on access to National Stadium reports by Auckland Councillors
Source: New Zealand Ombudsmans Office Chief Ombudsman issues findings on access to National Stadium reports by Auckland Councillors Loading Comments… Office of the Ombudsman | November 19, 2018 The Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier says a decision to impose conditions on Auckland Councillors gaining full access to two reports on the proposed National Stadium was justified. […]
Read More →Health Check: why women get PMS and why some are more affected
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jayashri Kulkarni, Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University Women have been menstruating throughout history. So it’s curious the earliest documented record of what we now know to be premenstrual syndrome (PMS) appeared pretty late in the game. In 1931, psychoanalyst Karen Horney described increased tension, irritability, depression and […]
Read More →Royal Commission of Inquiry
Source: Ministry for Children Royal Commission of Inquiry | Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children Information about the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions, and the role Oranga Tamariki will play. Published on12 Nov 2018 CategoryRoyal Commission BackgroundThe Royal Commission of Inquiry was established by the […]
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