Auckland overnight motorway closures 31 October – 7 November 2020
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Work delayed by bad weather will be...
On edge – help keep our state highways safe
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is asking Waikato motorists to play their part in keeping state highways safe by avoiding...
More Kiwis benefitting from life-saving bowel screening
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health
Free bowel screening will be available to an extra 90,000 New Zealanders from today with Canterbury District Health Board...
Greater coastal erosion protection on the way for SH1 at Katiki Beach, North Otago
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has awarded a $3 million contract for work to manage coastal erosion affecting State Highway...
Traffic lights signal completion of SH1/Tarewa Road upgrade
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
The upgraded intersection on State Highway 1 at Tarewa Road will be fully open to traffic on Monday, 2 November,...
End of year exams – a notice for ākonga (students)
Source: Te Kura – Correspondence School
End of year exams coming up?
You’ll need to take photo ID and your exam admission slip to each of...
Reshaping how we regulate privacy
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
The changes that come in with the Privacy Act 2020 on 1 December are significant. Not only are...
Privacy 2.0: New refusal grounds under the Privacy Act 2020
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
Privacy principle 6 of the Privacy Act gives people the right to access their own personal information. With...
Privacy in the news (9 – 15 October 2020)
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
Welcome to our latest round-up of privacy news stories for the week.
Royal Commission into Abuse in Care mistakenly...
First survey of Himalayan tahr on Crown pastoral land
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
Himalayan tahr on Crown pastoral land are being surveyed for the first time as part of efforts to learn more about...
Seasonal search for the secretive black mudfish
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
The twice-a-year search for the secretive black mudfish has been completed by staff from the Department of Conservation’s Waikato field base,...
Human rights can reduce working poverty post COVID-19
Source: Human Rights Commission
A new report by the Human Rights Commission offers a framework for a human rights approach to alleviating poverty in working...