Digital apprenticeships and more internships needed for NZ tech sector
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Auckland – A major new national digital skills survey of New Zealand’s tech leaders back the creation of a nationwide digital apprenticeship programme.
The scheme...
Most plastics not been recycled since 1950s
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Tāmaki Makaurau – About 8 billion tonnes of plastic has been produced globally since the 1950s, but only 10 percent has actually been...
The beginning of NZ’s first emissions reduction plan
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Ōtautahi – Government is inviting New Zealanders to submit to the country’s first emissions reduction plan to decrease the country’s emissions for a...
Will Kiwi companies require workers to be double vaccinated?
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Tāmaki Makaurau – Will Kiwi businesses require workers to be double vaccinated as they return to the office after covid lockdown?
Tech giant Google...
Proportion of home owners less than 70 years ago
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Christchurch – The proportion of people living in their own home is lower now than almost 70 years ago, a new report says.
Home ownership...
Aotearoa’s future must embrace a digital, green economy
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Ōtaki – The future of New Zealand’s digital economy should, first and foremost, be a green economy.
Climate change has become a huge roadblock...
International trade in services shows $5.4 billion deficit in 2021
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – International trade in New Zealand services showed a deficit in 2021 following surpluses in 2020 and 2019, Stats NZ says.
New Zealand’s...
2015 Paris Climate Agreement goal still within reach
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Tamaki Makaurau – A new study suggests the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement goal is still within reach, while apocalyptic, worst-case scenarios are no...
Tāmaki Makaurau students lead Schools Strike 4 Climate march
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Tāmaki Makaurau – Students from all over Tāmaki Makaurau took part in School Strike 4 Climate march down Queen St today.
Christina Sieberhagen, 15,...
Mortgages and home loans still driving household debt
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Ōtepoti – Total household debt increased 29 percent from the year ended June 2018 to the year ended June 2021, Stats NZ say.
Household...
Fruit and vegetables drive up NZ’s annual food prices
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Tamaki Makaurau – Annual food prices rose 6.8 percent in February compared with February last year, Stats NZ says.
This was the largest annual...
New Zealand is reviewing its space laws
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Te Whanganui-a-Tara – New Zealand is reviewing its space laws through the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017.
The global space economy is worth...