Новости за 19.08.2018

Australian soul-blues band, The Teskey Brothers, are returning to New Zealand for a three-date tour.

Alzheimers NZ has welcomed the Human Rights Commission report into the provision of aged residential care without consent, saying it highlights many of the very concerning issues impacting New Zealanders living with dementia.

The average asking price for an Auckland property fell 1.6 per cent in the year to July, landing at $895,500 and its lowest point in almost 12 months, according to the latest Trade Me Property Price Index.

World Vision New Zealand is calling on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to offer to immediately resettle all 119 children and their families who are detained on Nauru.

Justice Minister Andrew Little– “What we are doing is not working ..it is not making us safe” Justice Minister Andrew Little told Q+A’S Corin Dann that our reoffending rate is largely unchanged after 20 years. The Justice Minister told Corin ...

The Green Party Co-leaders on being in government: “It’s a change but we are very clear on who we are” – Marama Davidson “This is a big transition for us going into government ..you are not going to please all the people all the time” ...

School leavers who engage in apprenticeships and trades training are making a smart choice which will set them up for a lucrative and rewarding future.

The NZDUSD opens at 0.6635 (mid-rate) this morning.

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This year a lot of people will pay NZ$2000 or more for a phone. Apple set the tone at the end of last year with an NZ$2100 iPhone X. Now Samsung has joined the party with an NZ$2000 Galaxy Note 9. You can pay less. A basic iPhone X with 64GB of storage costs NZ$1800. […]

Tomorrow is the next Auckland Transport board meeting. As usual I’ve been scouring through the papers to see what interesting items the reports contain. There’s a bumper crop of information in month, not all of which can fit in this post.…

Stuff reports: Green Party MP Julie Anne Genter has biked to the hospital to have her first baby. The 38-year-old – who is the Minister for Women and Associate Minister of both Health and Transport – posted a series of snaps to Instagram on Sunday. “Beautiful Sunday morning for a bike ride, to the hospital, for an […]

News from NZ Police District Commander Superintendent Sam Hoyle has welcomed the 101 officers allocated to Wellington District today by Police Commissioner Mike Bush. The new staff were allocated as part of the 1800 additional Police funded through a $298.8 million increase in Budget 2018 that built on an increase from the previous year. “We […]

Article – The Scoop Team Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was joined by Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Iain Lees-Galloway to announce plans to freeze MP pay until 2019 and develop a new system for calculating pay increases. This come after the Remuneration Authority … PM’s Press Conference: Let It Go Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern […]

Press Release – Century 21 Real Estate Wellington Mayor Justin Lester, Craig Walton, Alen Moshi, and Greg Walton. A soon-to-be built 56-apartment development in Newtown will provide much-needed affordable first-home options for Wellingtonians, with interest incredibly strong despite the development only just being launched onto the market. “Forty-one of the apartments have already been presold, […]

Press Release – Trademe The average asking price for Wellington homes rose 0.2 per cent in June to $581,500. “There are plenty of buyers actively looking at properties in the capital; evidenced by a 15 per cent increase in the number of properties being watchlisted compared to last year,” said Head of Trade Me Property […]

News from NZFC Two Wellington film makers have won a trip to Seoul in South Korea, to develop a science fiction TV drama series in the city. Creatives Michelle Turner from Mt Victoria and Nick Ward from Kāpiti Coast were thrilled to hear their sci-fi drama series, Alone, will receive support. Michelle and Nick will […]

News from Worldcon Wellington, New Zealand, has been selected as the site for the 2020 Worldcon – the World Science Fiction Convention. The New Zealand bid received 643 votes of the 726 votes cast. There were no other official candidates. The convention will be called CoNZealand. The dates will be July 29 to August 2 […]

Press Release – Elephant Publicity The historic emblem of female rage is reclaimed and brandished in all its glory in MEDUSA, created by visionary feminist theatre makers Nisha Madhan, Julia Croft and Virginia Frankovich. MEDUSA premieres at Circa Theatre Sept 20 – Oct 6. The original myth of Medusa follows the fate of the beautiful […]

Press Release – Massey University Mexican artist, writer, cultural critic and educator Eduardo Abaroa‘s three-month stay in Wellington starts this month as the latest recipient of the Te Whare Hēra international artist in residency programme. Jointly run by Massey’s University’s Whiti o Rehua School of Art and the Wellington City Council, the residency allows an […]

News from Department of Conservation The Department of Conservation is seeking information about an injured leopard seal believed to have been attacked by a dog in Porirua at the weekend. Rangers were called on Saturday to Ngati Toa Domain, where there was evidence of an attack. The 2-metre seal was later seen resting at Mana […]

Press Release – Porirua City Council A sumptuous collection of interactive artworks inspired by a desire to protect our fragile oceans is coming to Porirua’s Pātaka Art Gallery and Museum. The exhibition, “The Greening of New Blueland”, a five-year snapshot of highly tactile and seductive works from artist Elizabeth Thomson, will be displayed at Pātaka […]

Article – RNZ World Vision is calling on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to offer to immediately resettle all 119 children and their families who are detained in Nauru.Plea to save families on Nauru: ‘This is an emergency for those children’ Chris Bramwell, Deputy Political Editor World Vision is calling on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to […]

Press Release – Netball New Zealand The NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) opened the 2018 Super Club tournament in Nelson with a convincing 71-51 win over the combined Fiji/Samoa team of Marama Vou.The NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) opened the 2018 Super Club tournament in Nelson with a convincing 71-51 win over the combined Fiji/Samoa […]

"ACT’s Smaller Government Bill has prompted Winston Peters into action on the Māori seats”, says Party Leader David Seymour. Winston Peters today told Sky News he would propose an amendment to a Labour MP’s bill that would have the effect ...