Recreation News – Excellent conditions for game bird season opening weekend
Source: Fish and Game NZ
More than 65,000 New Zealanders are believed to have turned out for the opening morning of the game bird season with...
River users be aware
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Attributable to Senior Sergeant Andy Livingstone:
Over the past 24-hours Taupō Police and Coastguard have responded to two swimmers in...
Hump Ridge Track upgrade extended to October 2024
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 29 September 2023
“We’re over the halfway line to bring it up to Great Walk standard,” says Southern South Island Director of...
Name release: Hei Hei homicide
Source: New Zealand Police (National News)
Police can now name the man who died in Hei Hei on Friday 22 December.
He was Anaru Thomas Williams,...
Eight of 10 warmest years in New Zealand recorded in last decade – Stats...
Eight of 10 warmest years in New Zealand recorded in last decade – Media release
27 September 2023
Eight out of the 10 warmest years ever recorded...
Health and Employment – DHBs heavy handed legal action is a step in the...
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: PSA
The PSA will be vigorously opposing the DHBs’ attempts to stop strike action by 10,000 allied, scientific and technical health workers, planned...
Reserve Bank – Monetary Policy Announcement and Financial Stability Report dates for early 2025
Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand
21 July 2023 – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua has released the dates for...
NZ-AU: Exceptional results from drilling program at Halleck Creek
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU)
Highlights
Interim 2023 resource drilling results from 8 diamond drill holes at Halleck Creek.
One deep hole drilled to 302 m, assays have confirmed...
Raynes Road SH3 intersection just got safer
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
The intersection of State Highway 3 and Raynes Road has been made safer for all road users by the installation...
Environment – Wetland wonders: cleaning up our freshwater – NIWA
Source: NIWA
Wetlands have great potential to clean up polluted freshwater, according to NIWA.
A four-year NIWA study has found that constructed wetlands can reliably remove more...
Weather News – Tasman Sea low poised to bring severe weather – MetService
Source: MetService
Covering period of Thursday 18 – Monday 22 May – MetService is forecasting a stormy end to the week for parts of the...
Cell biology discovery opens doors for brain disease research
Source: University of Otago
Scientists have discovered how and why some genetic mutations can contribute to the cause of diseases like autism and brain malformations.The...