Local Government – Hub created to help Porirua businesses
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Porirua City Council
Businesses are facing tough times and real challenges due to Covid-19, and Porirua City Council has a place to go...
Political Parties – Confusion reigns supreme around church messaging – National MP
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: National Party
The Prime Minister needs to front up and explain why her stance on church attendance differs from the New Zealand...
Banking – ASB takes the lead again with new low home loan interest rate
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: ASB
ASB has moved again to support its customers, cutting a number of home loan rates, including the two-year special rate to...
Animal Welfare – Thousands of ducks will suffer in silence this shooting season –...
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: SAFE NZ
Our waterways will be shattered with the sound of gunfire, as hunters injure thousands of birds when duck shooting opens this...
Search continues for missing Tasman trampers
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
The search continues for missing trampers Jessica O’Connor and Dion Reynolds.
There are 27 volunteers currently assisting with the search...
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...
OIA response: Widely dispensed medicines
Source: Pharmac
22 May 2020
20 April 2020
Dear
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Thank you for your email of 19 March 2020.
You have asked to be provided with data...
Help at hand for students feeling financial effects of Covid-19
Source: University of Waikato
During New Zealand’s coronavirus lockdown, international student Paige found herself out of the casual work she had been relying on, and...
Waikare Gorge realignment project moving ahead
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency will soon begin the next phase of the Waikare Gorge safety realignment project after securing...
Update: Dale Watene, homicide enquiry launched
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Statement to be attributed to Detective Senior Sergeant Stuart Harvey:
Police have now launched a homicide enquiry following the discovery...
Quarantine and managed isolation: stopping COVID-19 in its tracks
Source: Auckland Council
Auckland Emergency Management’s COVID-19 response was mobilised in February and is the single biggest operation Auckland Council’s emergency management department has ever...
NIWA staffer eyeballs COVID-19 modelling
Source: NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
A background in epidemiology comes in handy these days. Just ask NIWA population modeller Samik...
