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Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 January 2025 – Award-winning brokerage VT Markets, a global leader in financial services, has released its 2025 Q1 Economic Outlook. In the report, the broker spotlights the remarkable trajectory of gold in 2024 and its potential market performance in the coming year. The … Read more
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Police can now release the name of the person who died in a crash on South Road, Mokoia on Sunday 5 January. He was 20-year-old Rohaan Thomas, from Palmerston North. Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing. ENDS Issued by Police Media Centre MIL OSI
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Police are making enquiries into the whereabouts of a fisherman who is reportedly unaccounted for at Piha Beach. Police were contacted at around 1.50pm. It has been reported the man was fishing off rocks on the southern end of Piha, when he fell into the water. The Police Eagle … Read more
Source: Media Outreach As India becomes the world’s fastest growing major diamond jewellery market, industry leaders De Beers Group and GJEPC will collaborate to support the gem and jewellery trade with education and promotional assets to support the natural diamond narrative MUMBAI, INDIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 January 2025 – De Beers Group, … Read more
Source: Worksafe New Zealand 9 January 2025 Businesses that use scissor lifts should take a fresh look at safety, after a worker fell from height and died over the holiday period. Jun Jiang suffered a fall from a scissor lift in Auckland on 28 December 2024, and died days later in hospital. We’re now investigating … Read more
Source: Media Outreach A first for the polytechnic, this exemption allows learners to free up and reallocate curriculum time. They can choose to use the freed-up periods to attain additional industry professional certifications. SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 January 2025 – Commencing April 2025, learners who pass O-level Computing and enrol into NYP’s … Read more
Source: Auckland Council Watercare is laying the groundwork for its first permanent non-potable tanker filling station in Māngere. The $1.2 million filling station will be available to commercial customers for non-drinking purposes such as dust suppression, house cleaning, irrigation, and process water. It is being built a block away from the Māngere Wastewater Treatment Plant, … Read more
Source: Media Outreach Newly Launched “Trading and Hedging” Solutions to Empower Businesses with FX Trading, Hedging Strategies and Products SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 January 2025 – SUNRATE, the global payment and treasury management platform, kickstarts the new year by introducing new treasury solutions – “trading and hedging” for businesses worldwide. These solutions … Read more
Source: Green Party The Green Party welcomes the extension of the deadline for Treaty Principles Bill submissions but continues to call on the Government to abandon the Bill. “We welcome the bare minimum decision to extend the deadline but know this Bill must be put in the bin altogether. Our founding agreement should never be … Read more
Source: MetService Covering period of Thursday 9th – Monday 13th January – Southerlies look to persist into next week as a low pressure system to the east and ridge of high pressure to the west remain largely static. This status quo means the weather for the country is largely stratified between the east and west. MetService … Read more
Source: Save the Children Children made up just under half – 44% – of predominantly Rohingya refugees leaving Bangladesh and Myanmar by boat in 2024 as the number of people taking to sea continues to rise with about 460 so far in 2025, Save the Children said. Last year, more than 7,800 Rohingya refugees embarked on … Read more
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand has declared that all of the Waikato district will be in a restricted fire season from 9am on Friday 10 January until further notice. This will include Thames-Coromandel, Hauraki, Matamata-Piako, Waikato, Hamilton City, Waipa, Otorohanga and Waitomo areas. The Central North Island is already in a … Read more
Source: New Zealand Police (District News) Motorists are being asked to avoid a section of Carbine Road following a burst water main. Police were notified of the incident at about 11.13am. At this stage Carbine Road, between Clemow Drive and Te Ahoterangi Rise, has been affected. Police are onsite and directing traffic, however motorists are … Read more
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency A reminder that work begins next week alongside Tutaekuri River Bridge on State Highway 2 (SH2) Hawke’s Bay Expressway as the 4 laning Roads of National Significance project continues. From Monday 13 January, crews will begin work alongside Tutaekuri River Bridge, starting with vegetation clearance, before laying repurposed silt to … Read more
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency A reminder there will be overnight closures next week on State Highway 51 at Clive for resealing work. Crews will be onsite between 8pm and 5am each night, with work starting on Monday 13 January and finishing at 5am Saturday 18 January. Outside the closure times, the road will be … Read more
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Work to resurface the State Highway 2 (SH2) Mohaka slow vehicle bay will begin from next Tuesday (14 January.) The work is expected to take a fortnight to complete and stop/go traffic management will be in place along a stretch of the southbound lane which runs alongside the slow vehicle … Read more
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency After the Christmas hiatus, road maintenance is back with a major closure of State Highway 1. The Desert Road, between Tūrangi and Waiouru, will close from 5am on Monday 13 January for approximately 2 months. As well as reconstructing 16 lane km (3 sites) of road, improving drainage, and clearing … Read more
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Crews have kicked back into gear following the holiday season with road renewal works underway in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. From Wednesday 15 January, road rebuild works will begin on a section of State Highway 54 (SH54) Kimbolton Road, near the intersection with Ridds Road. This daytime road maintenance and drainage … Read more
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency A reminder that work begins on Monday at the site of the new State Highway 57/Tararua Road roundabout as the first stage of construction gets underway. During the first stage of work, there will be no access from SH57 to the western section of Tararua Road and a detour will … Read more
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries Significant work continues in the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe, with no signs of any further Oriental fruit flies to date, says Mike Inglis, Biosecurity New Zealand commissioner north. “We have placed more than 100 extra traps in the area, and checking of all of them has not found any signs … Read more
Source: Statistics New Zealand Household labour force survey estimated working-age population: December 2024 quarter – information release – 9 January 2025 – The household labour force survey estimated working-age population table shows the population benchmarks used to produce household labour force survey estimates for the upcoming labour market statistics release. MIL OSI
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Te Tai Tokerau Northland will move into a restricted fire season from 8am on Friday 10 January 2025 until further notice. A restricted fire season means anyone who wants to light an outdoor fire will need a fire permit authorised by Fire and Emergency, which can be applied for at checkitsalright.nz. … Read more
Source: SAFE For Animals Animal rights organisation SAFE is reinforcing its call for the immediate release of the revised rodeo code of welfare following the deaths of two animals over the new year period. The first fatality was of a horse used in the Taupō rodeo. The horse was exhibiting lameness following the event in Taupō … Read more
Source: NIWA Changing airflows mean changing weather from here till March and, to quote our principal forecaster Chris Brandolino, “La Nina hasn’t gone away”. In short, it’s going to be mixed. – There is an increased likelihood of more westerly quarter (SW to NW) winds than previously indicated. However, this pattern is expected to be interspersed … Read more
Source: Department of Conservation Date: 09 January 2025 The juvenile/subadult dolphin, which was travelling with a fully grown dolphin, was first reported to DOC’s hotline on 29 December. DOC Operations Manager, Kirsty Prior, says the team located the dolphin and its companion at 12:50 pm yesterday. “The disentanglement team were able to get a working line … Read more
Source: Media Outreach KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 8 January 2025 – Gateway Development Alliance Sdn Bhd (“GDA“) and its shareholders (collectively, the “Consortium“) announced that as at 5:00 p.m. today, it has received valid offer acceptances of 1,385.5 million shares and a further 18.2 million shares have accepted the offer pending … Read more
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) DENVER, Jan. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — American Rare Earths (ASX: ARR | OTCQX: ARRNF | ADR: AMRRY) (“ARR” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary Wyoming Rare (USA) Inc (“WRI”)., has been granted a License to Explore by Dozing at the Halleck Creek Rare Earths … Read more