REPORT: Reformed fire service delivers cost blowout
Source: Taxpayers Union
Report: Reformed fire service delivers costs, not promised savings5 FEBRUARY 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe 2017 amalgamation of urban and rural fire services has...
Rural Communities Minister visits Southland flooding response
Source: New Zealand Government
Rural Communities Minister Damien O’Connor is travelling to Southland today. The region is in a state of local emergency following widespread flooding.
“I’m...
Crash, Papamoa Beach
Source: New Zealand Police
Emergency services are responding to a serious crash on the Tauranga Eastern Link Road, Papamoa Beach.
The crash involving two vehicles was...
Road blocked, Mangatawhiri, Waikato
Source: New Zealand Police
State Highway Two, Mangatawhiri, is blocked following a crash involving two trucks.
Police were alerted around 7.15am.
One person is reported to have...
NZ tech companies forecast to rapidly expand in 2020
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Auckland – Many NZ tech companies which are relatively small, nimble and highly innovative are forecast to rapidly expand in 2020 and over the...
Recognising more of New Zealand’s Top Scholars
Source: New Zealand Government
More top-performing students can now be recognised with one of New Zealand’s most prestigious secondary school awards, in changes announced by...
Fears grow for Palestinian children enduring new wave of instability following Middle East ‘Peace...
Source: Save The Children
Since the proposal was announced, protests and clashes have erupted across the occupied Palestinian territory and the region, with some parents...
Government partners with Wisk for world-first trial of self-flying air taxi ‘Cora’ in Canterbury
Source: New Zealand Government
The Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with urban air mobility company Wisk (the new trading name of Zephyr Airworks)...
Southland and Otago highways – flooding update
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says the Milford Road, SH94, will remain closed until at least next week given the...
Forecast shows Auckland region to stay dry
Source: NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Aucklanders should not expect any decent rain for more than 10 days, says NIWA principal...
Prime Minister’s 2020 Waitangi speech
Source: New Zealand Government
E nga iwi e pae nei ki runga o Waitangi
Karanga mai, mihi mai.
Nga aitua o te tau kua hipa, koutou e...
Advisory: PSA takes Mana Wahine Claim to Waitangi
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: PSA
The Rūnanga of the Public Service Association is holding a stall at Waitangi on February 6 to raise awareness of its claim...