Новости за 29.01.2024

Police are seeking the public’s assistance after a car suspicious car fire that resulted in vegetation catching alight. A blue-coloured Mazda 3 hatchback, registration DHK199, was stolen from a Monrad Street property in Palmerston North around midday ...

An independent panel has approved resource consent, subject to conditions, to subdivide approximately six hectares of land for residential and commercial development in Papakura, Auckland. Unispot Great South Limited applied for resource consent under ...

Ireland has showed Australia how to ensure consumers can access and use cash - by forcing supermarkets and chemists to accept cash. Australia's big banks and the cash industry are currently in talks to work out how to best support cash distribution. ...

News from NZ Police Two people were rescued from Mt Ruapehu after intense weather led to them becoming lost on their return down the mountain. At around 7:40pm on Sunday, Ruapehu SAR coordinator Constable Mark Bolten received a report of a young couple that had become lost on Ruapehu as they attempted to return to […]

Police can confirm two people have died following a two vehicle crash involving a truck on Oamaru-Alma Road, Alma, Waitaki District, this morning. The Serious Crash Unit and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Team are investigating. Enquiries into the ...

An innovative 'safety switch' for CAR T-cell therapy, designed at the Malaghan Institute and recently patented, has the potential to significantly enhance the safety and accessibility of this cutting-edge cancer immunotherapy and other cell therapies. ...

Wednesday, 14 February this year marks the first anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle. As one of the hardest hit regions, Hawke’s Bay communities have worked together, united and aligned, with a collective goal of ensuring Hawke’s Bay is a prosperous, ...

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is advising drivers to plan ahead for closures of the SH1 Tram Road off-ramp between Christchurch and Kaiapoi. The closures will allow contractors to complete a range of safety improvements at the off-ramp, making ...

Employment indicators provide an early indication of changes in the labour market. Key facts Changes in the seasonally adjusted filled jobs for the December 2023 month (compared with the November 2023 month) were:   all industries – up 0.2 ...

28 January 2024, Auckland, New Zealand: The highly anticipated Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2023 finale took place in Tāmaki Makaurau over the weekend. The two-day event saw 24 of the world’s best cliff divers fight to claim the King Kahekili ...

The Taxpayers’ Union has launched a petition calling for the Government to scrap continued funding of UNRWA, following revelation in recent weeks about connections to terrorism in the Isreal-Palestine conflict. Jordan Williams, a spokesman for the ...

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is advising drivers to plan ahead for upcoming closures of a section of SH6 from the Cromwell side of the Kawarau River Bridge, for 1.2km towards Gibbston. This section of SH6 will be closed for essential resurfacing ...

A licenced firearms dealer appeared in the Waitakere District Court last week charged with multiple offences including the unlawful selling of firearms and ammunition. Following an investigation by Police, search warrants were executed at an Auckland ...

The New Zealand government appears to be turning its back on South Pacific ocean conservation measures and UN resolutions it has signed, falling out of step with the rest of the world on its commitments to protect deep sea life, instead siding ...

An unlikely proposal to "flatten the tax system" at this year's budget is unhelpful and shortsighted, according to Tax Justice Aotearoa. ACT leader David Seymour's bid to scrap the lowest tax threshold and reduce the highest tax rate would ...

The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the government to go further and faster with its demands for reductions in spending by government departments. Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Connor Molloy, said: “Demanding a 7.5% spending reduction from ...

Today GNS Science has released new land-use planning guidance to manage and reduce the risks of landslides. The Landslide Planning Guidance: Reducing Landslide Risk through Land-Use Planning strongly encourages landslide risk to be considered early ...

Improving social connection in Porirua, expanding community transport in the Bay of Plenty and building robots in Otago are among the latest projects funded by the Age friendly Fund. Office for Seniors Director, Diane Turner said initiatives aimed ...

Hawke's Bay Regional Council has eradicated the invasive pest plant, the yellow water lily, from all known Hawke's Bay locations after thirty years of work. Regional Council Biosecurity Biodiversity Advisor Darin Underhill says a final check of known ...

New Zealand’s incoming High Commissioner to Sāmoa, Si’alei Van Toor, will make history as the first person of Sāmoan heritage appointed to the role and being accredited as New Zealand’s Consul-General to neighbouring American Sāmoa. Born and raised ...

The Herald reports: The secretary-general of the United Nations on Sunday called on countries to continue funding the main agency providing aid in Gaza after several of its employees were accused of taking part in the Hamas attack on Israel that ignited the war four months ago. The UN only has itself to blame. The involvement of UNRWA staff […]