Meeting the Office of Ethnic Communities Leadership Team
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government Office of Ethnic Affairs – Release/Statement Headline: Meeting the Office of Ethnic Communities Leadership Team Over the past three months, the Office of Ethnic Communities has held a series of ‘Meet and Greet’ events in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. These events collectively have been attended by approximately 100 […]
Read More →In Remembrance of Dr Nagalingam Rasalingam
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government Office of Ethnic Affairs – Release/Statement Headline: In Remembrance of Dr Nagalingam Rasalingam The Office of Ethnic Communities was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr Nagalingam Rasalingam, who passed away peacefully at his home in Auckland on Saturday, 26 August 2017 at the age of […]
Read More →One plus one is greater than two
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government Office of Ethnic Affairs – Release/Statement Headline: One plus one is greater than two China.NZ is a group of Chinese professionals dedicated to bridging the two cultures. The group is made up of six Chinese New Zealanders who call New Zealand home after they migrated here at a […]
Read More →Kiwi Indian woman now leads National Council of Women
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government Office of Ethnic Affairs – Release/Statement Headline: Kiwi Indian woman now leads National Council of Women Vanisa Dhiru is the new President of the National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ). Vanisa, a New Zealand-born Gujarati, will be responsible for leading the board of the 121-year-old organisation, […]
Read More →Celo, Vensa and Orion Health – NZHIT award finalists
MIL OSI – Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – Cutting-edge, lifechanging e-health companies Celo, Vensa and Orion Health have been named finalists in the New Zealand Health IT (NZHIT) annual innovation awards. The winner will be announced at the HiNZ conference awards in Rotorua on November 5. “For the second year in a row we received extremely […]
Read More →NZDF Invictus Games Team Haka to Debut in Canada
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF Invictus Games Team Haka to Debut in Canada The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) team will debut a new haka when it competes in the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto this week.The Invictus Games is the only international adaptive sporting event for wounded, […]
Read More →Tech’s momentum now a huge impact on the Kiwi economy
MIL OSI – Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – New Zealand is rapidly becoming a significant digital nation where technology is positively impacting on almost all traditional sectors such as banking, agriculture and tourism, the NZTech annual report says. Technology’s momentum is now pulling along organisations from right across the New Zealand economy and tech has become the […]
Read More →The bicycle’s contribution to women winning the right to vote
MIL OSI – Source: City Vision – Release/Statement Headline: The bicycle’s contribution to women winning the right to vote On Suffrage Day 2017 Councillor Cathy Casey spoke at the National Council of Women (Auckland Branch) event held at the Suffrage Centenary Memorial in celebration of 124 years of NZ women having the right to vote. […]
Read More →NZDF to Transport Fuel by Sea and Road
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF to Transport Fuel by Sea and Road Royal New Zealand Navy tanker HMNZS Endeavour will sail for Marsden Point Oil Refinery on Thursday morning to upload up to 4.8 million litres of diesel fuel for delivery to ports in New Zealand 20 September […]
Read More →Political parties have no answer to rural health crisis
MIL OSI – Source: MakeLemonade.nz Wellington – None of the political parties have an answer to solve the growing rural health crisis, a leading rural health expert says. Michelle Thompson, chief executive of the Rural Health Alliance of Aotearoa New Zealand (RHAANZ), says they surveyed all political parties asking what they will do to help […]
Read More →NZDF to Host International Military Exercise
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF to Host International Military Exercise Action from Exercise Southern Katipo 15. 18 September 2017 More than 2,000 military personnel from New Zealand and 13 other countries will descend on the top of the South Island at the start of October for an international […]
Read More →NZDF Troops in Iraq Cast Their Votes
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF Troops in Iraq Cast Their Votes An office in Iraq’s sprawling Taji Military Complex north of Baghdad doubled as a polling station last Saturday for around 100 New Zealand Defence Force members voting early for Saturday’s General Election.
Read More →NZDF Invictus Games Team Heading to Canada
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF Invictus Games Team Heading to Canada Members of the NZDF Invictus Games team at a wheelchair rugby practice. 14 September 2017 A New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) team of 24 athletes leaves for Canada next week to compete at the 2017 Invictus Games […]
Read More →Major parties’ views on exercise and fitness
MIL OSI – Source: MakeLemonade.nz Christchurch – ExerciseNZ has asked the major political parties for their stance on health-related fitness in the run up to Saturday’s national election, so Kiwis are better educated about exercise. Chief executive Richard Beddie says the two parties – National and Labour – have offered interesting and often conflicting answers. […]
Read More →Final leg of NZ marine mural pollution mural tour
MIL OSI – Source: MakeLemonade.nz Wellington – Queenstown artist Tess Sheerin has almost completed the final leg of her five-city giant mural of New Zealand to highlight marine pollution. Her New Zealand’s Worth Loving pollution awareness mural tour ends in Wellington with her giant mural, the Doubtful Dolphin on Cumberland House, Willis St, Te Aro. […]
Read More →Invictus Games Team Captain Ready for the Challenge
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: Invictus Games Team Captain Ready for the Challenge Former New Zealand Special Air Service soldier Jason Pore will compete in wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, discus, shot put and rowing at the Invictus Games. 13 September 2017 Sharing experiences and learning from others is the […]
Read More →Wounded Warrior Keen to Support Others at Invictus Games
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: Wounded Warrior Keen to Support Others at Invictus Games Former New Zealand Army soldier Damien Nepata is looking forward to competing and representing the NZDF at the Invictus Games in Canada. 13 September 2017 Former New Zealand Army soldier Damien Nepata is keen to […]
Read More →NZ Provides Good Training, Foreign Officer Cadets Say
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZ Provides Good Training, Foreign Officer Cadets Say Officer Cadet Martin Pope, from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in Australia, is one of seven foreign Officer Cadets undertaking the rigorous 11-month officer training run by the New Zealand Army’s Officer Cadet School. 12 September […]
Read More →Diagnosis No Barrier for Whangarei Naval Officer
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: Diagnosis No Barrier for Whangarei Naval Officer Royal New Zealand Navy officer Lieutenant Dan Crawford says to him the Invictus Games are about showing that no matter what your limitations are you can still achieve your goals. 11 September 2017 Breaking down barriers is […]
Read More →NZDF Makes Lower Hutt Boy’s Wish Come True
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF Makes Lower Hutt Boy’s Wish Come True Air Component Commander Air Commodore Darryn Webb and Alex Bowmar, 10, with the letter he wrote to the Chief of Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Tony Davies, requesting that one of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s […]
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