Three arrested in drugging and sexual assault investigation
Source: New Zealand Police Source: New Zealand Police Three men have been arrested today following an investigation into drugging and sexual assaults relating to a Christchurch inner city bar and restaurant. Police executed a number of search warrants today and three men, aged 33, 34 and 36, were arrested. The trio are facing charges of […]
Read More →Local child and youth mortality review members meet in Nelson
Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission The Health Quality & Safety Commission recently facilitated a successful workshop for members of local child and youth mortality review panels. The workshop took place in Nelson on 6–7 November 2018 and coincided with the 70th annual scientific meeting of the Paediatric Society of New Zealand. The workshop was […]
Read More →Incentives for bank staff too highly focused on sales
Source: Financial Markets Authority Media releaseMR No. 2018 – 4815 November 2018 The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) today published Bank Incentive Structures, its thematic review of how banks in New Zealand incentivise their staff. The report sits alongside the recently published joint FMA/Reserve Bank of New Zealand Conduct and Culture review of New Zealand’s banks. […]
Read More →Care for women and babies number one priority during the midwives’ strikes
Source: Tairawhiti District Health 15 November 2018 Starting Wednesday 7 November, all DHBs were issued a series of strike notices by midwives’ union MERAS. This affects DHB-employed midwives but not Lead Maternity Carers. Liz Lee Taylor, Hauora Tairāwhiti Director of Midwifery, says “The safety of women and babies is the number one priority in the […]
Read More →Taking Opotiki to Parliament | Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu
Source: Te Kura – Correspondence School Taking Opotiki to Parliament Opotiki’s Tame Cole (TC) Koroheke Satele has been selected by MP David Parker to be a representative at next year’s Youth Parliament. TC is a student at Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura), New Zealand’s state distance education provider. TC says he was […]
Read More →Serious fun with eels, insects and effluent
Source: Bay Of Plenty Regional Council Thursday, 15 November 2018 12:00 p.m. More than one hundred students from 10 Bay of Plenty schools enjoyed a day out discovering how to monitor and care for their local waterways yesterday. Another eighty students from eight more schools are doing the same today. The 8-12 year olds are […]
Read More →Urgent answers needed after rescue helicopter unavailable
Source: National Party Just 14 days after the Rotorua Rescue Helicopter service was scrapped lives are already being put at risk, MP for Rotorua Todd McClay says. “Yesterday a man working on a forestry site near Rotorua received an electric shock from powerlines. The 35-year-old Tauranga chopper was being serviced in Auckland and the Taupo […]
Read More →Open day at NorthTec
Source: NorthTec Anyone interested in studying at NorthTec in 2019 is invited to come along to an open day next week. The event will be held on Friday, 23 November, from 3pm to 5pm, at the Interactive Learning Centre (ILC) near Gate 1 in Raumanga Valley Road. Staff including tutors from the various subject areas […]
Read More →Press publishes three new titles
Source: Massey University Massey University Press will publish three new non-fiction books this month on a diverse range of topics. The New Zealand Horse Written by Deborah Coddington and accompanied by stunning photographs from one of New Zealand’s best known photographers, Jane Ussher, this book is a magnificent tribute to the New Zealand horse, documenting […]
Read More →Māori Council partners with Massey research hub
Source: Massey University Matthew Tukaki, executive director NZ Māori Council; Professor Mohan Dutta, director of CARE; Professor Gary Raumati-Hook, advisor to the NZ Māori Council; Sir Eddie Taihākurei Durie, chairperson of the NZ Māori Council; Dr Steve Elers, communication lecturer at the MAssey Business School; Donna Hall, legal advisor to the NZ Māori Council. The […]
Read More →Lecturers awarded for going the distance
Source: Massey University At the inaugural Exy Awards run by the Extra Mural Students’ Society (from left): Hayley Brandon (vice-president of EXMSS); Steve Duffin (School of Humanities); Jean Jacoby (Digital Innovation – Sciences); Dr Polly Yeung (School of Social Work); Dr Karen Jillings (School of Humanities); Christine Harris (team leader – Distance Library Service); Hannah […]
Read More →Stuff rewards top journalism student
Source: Massey University Dominion Post editor Eric Janssen congratulating Reweti Kohere Reweti Kohere, Ngāti Porou and Muaupoko, has won the top student award on this year’s Massey University postgraduate journalism programme, with a $1000 prize. Mr Kohere was presented with the award, which is funded by Stuff, by Dominion Post editor Eric Janssen at the […]
Read More →CORRECTION: Inquiries ongoing into the shooting incident in Manurewa
Source: New Zealand Police Source: New Zealand Police Please note a correction to an earlier release – At this time there is nothing to suggest this shooting is in any way connected to the fatal shooting in Otara on 14 November. Not Manurewa as previously released. Police apologies for any confusion. ENDS Issued by Police […]
Read More →Improving science teaching in schools
Source: Massey University Dr Matt Miller and Roslyn School pupils watch as Nadia Mokai-Sharp negotiates the timing gates to measure her motor coordination and reaction speed. Children at Palmerston North’s Roslyn School got to experience Massey University’s mobile exercise lab – The Human Engine Room – on Monday, as part of an initiative to help […]
Read More →Opinion: Trump’s strategy of distract and deluge
Source: Massey University It’s hard to tell if President Donald Trump is erratic or manipulating the news cycle, Professor Ted Zorn says. By Professor Ted Zorn Last week I was asked to comment on who had won the US mid-term elections but once the interview started, there were no questions about the election results. That’s […]
Read More →Winning against Wildings: Update
Source: Landcare Research Home»About Us »News & events »News snippets »Winning against Wildings: UpdateResults from a new survey have revealed landowners and farmers in New Zealand are more aware of the ‘serious threat’ posed by wilding pines than ever before.Wilding pines are arguably our country’s most serious and intractable weed. Now occupying more than 1.8 […]
Read More →Inquiries ongoing into shooting incident in Manurewa
Source: New Zealand Police Source: New Zealand Police Statement attributable to Detective Inspector Tofilau Fa’a Va’aelua Manurewa Police are continuing to make inquiries after a man was shot overnight. The incident happened in Gibbs Road and was reported to emergency services at 3.45am. Police along with ambulance staff attended and the man was transported to […]
Read More →Children’s Holocaust Memorial exhibit unveiled
Source: Massey University School of Design senior lecturer Matthijs Siljee alongside the Children’s Holocaust Memorial exhibit at the National Library His fellow native Dutch were placed under Nazi occupation throughout World War II, and his project consisting of nesting tables containing thousands of buttons, pays homage to the Netherlands and Europe’s most vulnerable citizens of […]
Read More →Auckland and Whangarei to host the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Source: Auckland Tourism, Events & Economic Development (ATEED) Auckland and Whangarei have been confirmed as hosts of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 – the first time the tournament will be held in the Southern Hemisphere. The World Rugby Executive Council announced the winning bid overnight in Dublin with New Zealand coming out top ahead […]
Read More →Stats NZ Information Release: Māori population estimates: At 30 June 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Māori population estimates: At 30 June 2018 14 November 2018 Māori population estimates provide estimates of the Māori population of New Zealand at a given date. See Māori population estimates: At 30 June 2018 on our website or download the attached Excel tables for the latest statistics. For more information about these statistics: […]
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