Have your say on Canterbury’s regional water management
The Canterbury Regional Water Management Committee is asking for local feedback on the additions to its Regional Implementation Programme (RIP) for water management.The RIP now includes recommendations...
View ArticleCareful driving advised throughout cold snap
Careful driving advised throughout cold snap Christchurch City Council is advising all motorists to be extra careful this week with the cold weather expected to make driving conditions difficult. The...
View ArticleStronger oversight of ICT projects and security
Stronger oversight of ICT projects and security Internal Affairs Minister Chris Tremain says the Government ICT Strategy and Action Plan released today could save up to $100 million per annum by 2017,...
View ArticleWi-Fi fans take to the Lower Hutt streets
''We want Wi-Fi...bring us Wi-Fi...We love Wi-Fi,'' yelled a group of mock protestors as Lower Hutt's central business district came alive today for the launch of free Wi-Fi.Mayor Ray Wallace says...
View ArticleBaby suffers cerebral haemorrhage after midwife failure
A newborn girl suffered a large bleed into the tissues covering her brain and had to have head surgery after a midwife "failed to discuss" giving the baby vitamin K, which helps the blood to clot, an...
View ArticleMan in court after Orakei shooting
A man has appeared in court over the alleged shooting of another man in the Auckland suburb of Orakei. Marcellus Leroy Cook, 26, appeared before the Auckland District Court this afternoon charged with...
View ArticleHeater sets fire to girls dress
The five-year-old girl from Flaxmere was flown to Middlemore Hospital on Saturday night. File photo / NZ Herald A five-year-old girl has been flown to Middlemore Hospital with burn injuries after the...
View ArticleChinas Bright Dairy to cede majority stake in New Zealands Synlait Milk
China's Bright is to lose its majority shareholding in New Zealand's Synlait Milk when the dairy processor lists on the New Zealand stock exchange next month.Synlait on Monday issued a prospectus in...
View ArticleChina helping buoy New Zealand economic growth forecast
Growth in China is continuing to buoy up the New Zealand economy, while New Zealand's other main trading partner, Australia, is slowing, a leading business group announced Monday.The Business New...
View ArticleCanterbury schools praised for response to earthquakes
Canterbury schools and early childhood centres have been praised in a report for how they dealt with the Canterbury earthquakes. The Education Review Office (ERO) report called 'Stories of Resilience...
View ArticleWaikato Volunteer Recognition Awards
Delivered on behalf by Tim Macindoe, MP for Hamilton West.E aku rangatira, tena koutou katoa. Ka nui te honore ki te mihi ki a koutou.Thank you for inviting me to be part of this wonderful event. I am...
View ArticleWaikato DHB Older Persons and Rehabilitation Building
Delivered on behalf by Hon Todd McClay, Associate Minister of Health.E aku rangatira, tena koutou katoa. Ka nui te honore ki te mihi ki a koutouGood afternoon everyone. Thank you, Jan [Adams], for your...
View ArticleKiwi steadies after last weeks losses
The New Zealand dollar was little changed in local trading having shed 3.7 per cent since the United States indicated it would start unwinding its massive stimulus programme.The kiwi traded at 77.47 US...
View ArticleKiwi steady after Fed tapering slices 3.7 from currency
The New Zealand dollar was little changed in local trading, having shed 3.7 percent since Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke indicated the central bank's massive stimulus programme will start...
View ArticleMarket close shares mixed - FP Healthcare benefits from weak kiwi AMP drops
New Zealand shares were mixed, leaving the NZX 50 Index little changed, as Fisher & Paykel Healthcare continued to benefit from a weaker kiwi dollar and AMP issued a profit warning. The NZX 50 rose...
View ArticleCrew on arrested ship head into another week
The fate of the arrested log carrier New Giant remains uncertain as the ship heads into another week at anchor in Poverty Bay outside Eastland Port. The company contracted to look after the ship on...
View ArticleKiwi troops join US allies for joint exercise
Source: ONE News More than 100 New Zealand troops are preparing for a major military exercise in southern California. The troops are at a marine base, Camp Pendleton, as part of Exercise Dawn Blitz. It...
View ArticleMore homes evacuated in Christchurch
Source: Supplied by ECan More homes have been evacuated today after flooding continued to plague areas south of Christchurch. The decision has been made to open another outlet from Lake Ellesmere to...
View ArticleChinese Australian tourists drive record visitor numbers in New Zealand
Rising numbers of tourists from China and Australia pushed the number of visitors to New Zealand up 9 percent year on year last month to a record for a May month, the government statistics agency...
View ArticleTrustPower to ask shareholders for 6.8 bump to director fee pool
TrustPower, the utility controlled by Infratil, will ask shareholders to bump up the directors' fee pool by 6.8 percent after a three-year hiatus. The Tauranga-based electricity generator and retailer...
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