Новости за 14.02.2024

News from GWRC Participants in Sunday’s Round the Bays are advised to plan ahead because buses are replacing trains on all lines this weekend, including on event day. Passenger services on the Hutt Valley, Kāpiti, Johnsonville and Wairarapa Lines will be bus replaced from 6am on Saturday with some trains resuming from Sunday evening. KiwiRail […]

Mātauranga Iwi Leaders Group (MILG) and Pou Tangata welcomes the discussion on Māori education achievement following the group’s first hui with Education Minister, Hon Erica Stanford, in Waitangi last week. “I was encouraged by the Minister’s ...

News from GWRC A red alert level warning for toxic algae is in place for the Waikanae River at Jim Cooke Park. Toxic algae, or cyanobacteria, is harmful to humans and lethal for dogs if ingested. Greater Wellington senior advisor integration and insights Penny Fairbrother says there are moderate amounts of detached algal mats accumulating […]

by Lindsay Shelton This week’s announcement that part of the NZ School of Music will occupy the top two floors of the redesigned and strengthened Central Library is the fourth plan for the long-delayed proposal. The Music School first announced its intention to move from Kelburn into Civic Square back in 2009 – it was […]

Te Tai Tokerau Principals Association calls upon the government to ensure all state schools are funded at the same level as Charter schools, $60000 per child per yea NZEI, having had to request the details from the Ministry of Education using the ...

Constitutional protections, Indigenous peoples’ rights, and workers’ rights are the key human rights issues Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission raised with United Nations Member States in Geneva last night. The Commission and other ...

A 47-year-old man who played an essential role in a failed drug smuggling attempt through Auckland Airport, when the border was shut three years ago, was today jailed for 14-years-seven-months. In May 2020, Customs officers arrested a passenger at ...

Fire and Emergency crews are responding to a building fire at a tyre centre on State Highway 10 near Kerikeri in Northland. The fire was reported at 10.37am this morning and multiple crews from the area are responding. We ask people in the vicinity of ...

One of New Zealand’s most iconic organisations is celebrating Valentine’s Day with a makeover - and a name change! From 14 February, Family Planning will become Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa - better reflecting the work it does and its ambition to ...

Construction workers across the motu are being encouraged to consider their health and wellbeing goals for the year and access support to achieve them. Site Safe is helping remove barriers to wellbeing support through their partnership with Ignite ...

The tragic accident Monday 12 February, near Lepperton, Taranaki, involving a PTL Transport truck carrying steers going to slaughter, has sparked a call for urgent change by the Animal Justice Party NZ (AJP). This devastating accident, resulting ...

Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Director of Phoenix Metalman Recycling, Hilary West-Reeve has been voted onto the Board at the 2023 Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday. Each Board member represents one of the five membership categories: ...

Council’s energy efficiency and clean heating loan scheme will be suspended for any new loans from 29 February. Council’s loan scheme was set up in 2010 to assist Marlborough ratepayers to take advantage of government subsidies for insulation and ...

Three of Christchurch's rising stars of comedy will be hitting the road this month as they take on the New Zealand Fringe Festival in Wellington. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2402/7b51287c37c04b6cf4b4.jpeg" width="720" height="720"> Eve Wingerath, Troubadette, ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists have been running a Doomsday Clock since 1945. This used to be a very useful thing, as it was a group of experts in an area, advising how close we were to a global nuclear war. From 1945 to 1989 it ranged from two minutes to 12 minutes to […]

On Valentine’s Day, BNZ is warning Kiwis to be wary of scammers with its customers reporting a 43% increase in relationship and romance scams over the past year. “There were 167 reported cases in 2023 - and they’re only the ones that we know about ...

Tomorrow, Thursday 15 February, Aotearoa will celebrate National Lamb Day. This date is a milestone in New Zealand’s history, commemorating the departure of the Dunedin from Port Chalmers in 1882, carrying the first shipment of frozen lamb to ...

Rent, food, and tobacco prices in New Zealand were higher in January 2024 than December 2023, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. In January 2024 compared with December 2023:   rental prices for new tenancies (the flow measure of rental ...

Tāmaki Makaurau is set to come alive later this month with the launch of a new festival, the return of two popular ones and a suite of other events to make Auckland the place to be in February and March. The inaugural Moana Auckland, New Zealand’s ...

KiwiRail Chief Executive Peter Reidy KiwiRail has now started discussions with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) to enter a termination agreement for the contract for the build of two new Interislander ferries. This follows the Government’s decision last year ...

The 68th New Zealand Grand Prix will be contested alongside the trans-Tasman V8 decider this weekend at Cromwell’s Highlands International Motorsport Park 16-18 February 2024. A first for the region, the scenic town of Cromwell welcomes a large ...

The coalition government is delivering on its commitment to ease the cost-of-living by increasing main benefit rates in line with inflation and ensuring the Minimum Family Tax Credit threshold remains aligned with this change, Social Development ...

The Coalition Government’s legislative plan to address longstanding issues with local water infrastructure and service delivery took an important step today, with the repeal of Labour’s divisive and unpopular Three Waters legislation, Local Government ...

Kapa haka teams in Te Tauihu o Te Waka a Maui, a district situated at the top of the South Island, are preparing for their upcoming regional competitions in a climate that has seen a significant growth of kapa haka teams established in the region within ...