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The Herald reports: School-age students will be able to enrol in an accredited online learning provider instead of attending school, under new Government legislation. The move has dismayed the primary school teachers’ union who say education is about learning to work and play with other children. Have they not heard of the Correspondence School? Home-schooling? […]

We’ve been getting used to seeing some fairly strong patronage results over recent years, especially on the trains which have been seeing 20% year on year growth for a couple of years now – in large part thanks to electrification. But in July, at first glance the numbers appear to have hit a snag, with much [...]

Article – Binoy Kampmark When the first reports came through about the unfolding Holocaust during the Second World War, audiences were incredulous. Surely no industrialised society could quite go so far? Killings, yes; butcheries, certainly. But a mass-scale industrialised … Unwanted Images: The Nauru Incident Reports Binoy Kampmark When the first reports came through about […]

Press Release – Hutt City Council When it comes to what people will illegally dump in Lower Hutt, Hutt City Council has seen it all – and then some. Council staff often encounter items with a high yuck factor, including condoms, hypodermic syringes, animal carcasses and used nappies. But they are far from the most […]

Press Release – Problem Gambling Foundation A free community festival is being held on Saturday 3 September on Cuba Mall from 11am – 3pm, kicking off Gambling Harm Awareness Week for 2016. Themed United Communities Celebrating Healthy Families, it is a free family event, hosted by the Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand (PGF) and […]

Press Release – Victoria University of Wellington Mobile phones, computers and other technology are often thought to erode the unique cultural identities of small communities, but Victoria University of Wellington Professor of Linguistics Miriam Meyerhoff argues the opposite can be true. Professor Meyerhoff, a sociolinguist in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, has […]

Press Release – New Zealand Police Extra Police staff will be on duty to keep people safe when Wellington hosts the All Blacks v Wallabies in the second test of the Bledisloe Cup this Saturday. Given it’s a sell-out event, the city will be busy with a lot of people. In addition, there are a […]

Press Release – UNDP Funafuti, Tuvalu: Coastal fishery stocks have sustained island communities for generations in Tuvalu but is under increasing pressure due to the impacts of climate change and unsustainable fishing practices. Tuvalu uses ridge-to-reef approach to sustain livelihoods 25 August 2016 Funafuti, Tuvalu: Coastal fishery stocks have sustained island communities for generations in […]

Speech – New Zealand Government I was honoured to receive the invitation from the Aeromedical Society of Australasia (ASA) and the College of Air & Surface Transport Nurses (COASTN) to open this years annual conference.Hon Peter Dunne Associate Minister of Health 25 August 2016 Speech Opening of Aeromedical Society Australasia Conference Millennium Hotel, Queenstown Thursday, […]

Speech – New Zealand Government Hon Gerry Brownlee Minister of Defence 25 August 2016 Speech Address to NZ Institute of International Affairs, Wellington Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. The last 15 years has seen the international strategic environment become increasingly …Hon Gerry Brownlee Minister of Defence 25 August 2016 Speech Address to […]

Press Release – Pasifika Medical Association Partnerships will be celebrated this week with the 20th anniversary conference, marking a successful Pasifika Medical Association journey, from 1996 to 2016, which will be opened by Her Royal Highness Princess Salote Mafileo Pilolevu Tuita of Tonga.MEDIA RELEASE 25 August 2016 Princess Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu Tuita officially opens PMA […]

Press Release – Te Mana Akonga Mori students will march for the freedom of West Papua today as they gather for the annual conference Te Huinga Tauira o Te Mana konga this year hosted by Ngi Tauira, the Mori Students Association at Victoria University of Wellington.TE MANA ĀKONGA NATIONAL MĀORI STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION MEDIA RELEASE 25 […]

Press Release – SoundSplash A three-day, three-stage, multi-genre event, Soundsplash is once again bringing the sound of summer, with a stonking first line-up announcement for the January festival.Soundsplash Festival Announces First Lineup A three-day, three-stage, multi-genre event, Soundsplash is once again bringing the sound of summer, with a stonking first line-up announcement for the January […]

1. ANDREW LITTLE (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister : Does he have confidence in the Minister for Building and Housing given the falling rate of homeownership, especially among young people?

The New Zealand dollar fell as traders speculated Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen may echo recent hawkish statements by other Fed officials, giving impetus to the greenback.

Infratil still aspires to generating total shareholder returns of 20 percent a year as it broadens the focus of its investment portfolio into sectors it wouldn't have entered 10 years ago.

UnitedFuture leader, Peter Dunne, said today he could no longer support The Minimum Wage (Contractor Remuneration) Amendment Bill because of ongoing concerns with the Bill as drafted as well as receiving undertakings from the Minister of Workplace ...

The last thing that Sherryll Leeson expected to see when she opened the motoring supplement of the NZ Herald was a picture of her father, but, set amongst a story on Jeep’s 75th Anniversary, was a picture of then New Zealand Prime Minister Peter ...

Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 24 AUGUST 2016 Maori Miss Out on Jobs with ‘Brown Table’ Iwi-Owned Company Ngāi Tahu and Tainui-owned company Go Bus is recruiting driver and trainee drivers from ...

Kiwi contractors need better laws at work Working people are pleased that today politicians will be discussing the Minimum Wage (Contractor’s Remuneration) Bill. “We are calling on political parties who care about working people, and their families, ...

The Electronic Monitoring of Offenders Bill, currently being debated in Parliament, will do nothing to stop offenders breaching monitoring conditions, says New Zealand First Corrections Spokesperson Mahesh Bindra.

Go Bus Transport, New Zealand’s largest and most diverse bus operator, says it has been delighted with the applications already received for local bus drivers to work on its South Auckland services that were recently awarded following a tender ...

Annette King MP for Rongotai Health Spokesperson MEDIA STATEMENT 24 August 2016 Hard won agreement shouldn’t be thrown away The Government should ignore talk across the Tasman about doing away with the labelling of GM free products, says Labour’s ...

Auckland mayoral candidate Mark Thomas will establish new citizen veto powers by introducing binding referenda, move to greater on-line decision-making and dramatically boost Local Board powers.