Новости за 30.08.2018

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Kelvin Davis has confirmed that returning a portion of GST revenue earned from international visitors back to the tourism industry is not on the table, preferring instead for the sector to focus their energy on utilising ...

The Commerce Commission has released an issues paper calling for submissions on its initial assessment of the mobile market being carried out under Section 9A of the Telecommunications Act 2001. The Commission is seeking evidence on how the market ...

Report from RNZ Furious commuters packed into a Wellington school hall last night calling for heads to roll over the city’s chaotic new bus service. Hundreds of people have already vented their anger at meetings in Newtown and Kilbirnie and last night it was Karori’s turn. About 300 people crammed into the hall at Karori […]

Inspired Kindergartens is proud to announce it is opening a kindergarten at Otamarakau on (target date) the 15th of October.

The NZDUSD opens at lower at 0.6646 this morning. The NZD hit the skids yesterday after yet another fall in business confidence, which plunged to 10-year low of -50.3%, compared with -44.9% in July. The RBNZ will be concerned that continued weak business ...

Five out of six health targets have been met by the Bay of Plenty District Health Board (BOPDHB) in the latest figures revealed by the Ministry of Health.

With up to 26 families staying at Ronald McDonald House South Island’s Christchurch House, you can imagine their laundry is busier than most.

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited today revised its 2018/19 forecast Farmgate Milk Price from $7.00 per kgMSto $6.75 per kgMS. Fonterra Chairman, John Monaghan, said the change was in response to stronger milk supply signals coming from some ...

As part of the celebration of Father’s Day this year, Family First NZ has released a unique and important report entitled “ Why Fathers Matter ”. The report provides a diverse and abundant body of leading research conducted over the past 50 years ...

Aug. 30 (BusinessDesk) - Customs Minister Meka Whaitiri has stood aside from her portfolios while Ministerial Services investigates a staffing issue in her office.

Tags: General Debate

What is in New Zealand’s Future?
Earlier this year I was asked by Penguin Random to contribute to a book speculating about New Zealand’s future, and now it’s out:

Stuff reports: The Government allowed Housing New Zealand to borrow billions to build new state houses despite advice from Treasury that such debt would be expensive and risky. In May, the Government announced it would be building 6400 new state homes over four years. The funding for this came principally from $2.9b Housing New Zealand […]

Press Release – New Zealand Defence Force In 1984, Marlborough Boys College student Jim Gilmour had two months to go before finishing school, and no idea what to do after that. 31 August 2018 In 1984, Marlborough Boys’ College student Jim Gilmour had two months to go before finishing school, and no idea what to […]

Report from Loop News Think INC. have been advised by Immigration New Zealand’s office in Washington, DC this morning that Chelsea Manning has been granted Special Direction to visit New Zealand next week. The visa application has been submitted, and is a matter of formality. This will be the first visit to New Zealand by […]

News from Porirua City Council Porirua City Council has again received a gold star by Standard & Poor’s with an AA credit rating. Mayor Mike Tana says that maintaining the city’s high credit rating is excellent news. “Porirua continues to maintain the highest credit rating currently achieved by local authorities,” Mayor Tana says. “The Standard […]

Aug. 30 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares dropped from yesterday's record, led lower by Sky Network Television and NZX. Vector and Chorus gained.

Today Parliamentary Service became aware of an application misconfiguration which has potentially allowed internal access to monthly cost centre management and budget reports. This information was inadvertently accessed by a staff member, who took ...

Aug. 30 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar fell 0.8 percent against the greenback after weak business confidence data added to the view the central bank could opt to cut rates.

Aug. 30 (BusinessDesk) - Vector has agreed to buy Vircom Energy Management Services to help maintain a national service for residential and commercial smart meters.

City Vision says elect a united team to protect your dividend and stop further sell down of shares

“Bad behaviour from her Cabinet colleagues suggests the Prime Minister will soon run out of ministerial talent and should consider adopting ACT’s Smaller Government Bill”, says ACT Leader David Seymour.

The NZ Transport Agency is advising SH35 between Ōptiki and Gisborne has reopened however is down to one lane in some areas.

Racing Minister Rt Hon Winston Peters released the ‘Review of the New Zealand Racing Industry’ by Australian expert John Messara at a public meeting in Hamilton this evening. The Government commissioned Mr Messara to conduct an independent assessment ...

Nelson’s New Air Traffic Control Tower Open for Business Airways today opened its new air traffic control tower at Nelson Airport. The new tower will support more than 46,000 flights that arrive into and depart one of New Zealand’s busiest regional ...