Kiwi-Made App Released For Movie After Earth
Kiwi-Made App ReleasedForMovie After Earth A Kiwi company is behind the global release today of an interactive app for the highly anticipated sci-fi thriller movie After Earth, starring Will Smith and...
View ArticleState home sell-off riles locals
Tauranga residents unhappy with the sale of state houses in their area jumped at the opportunity to raise the issue with Labour leader David Shearer. Mr Shearer visited Merivale School yesterday and...
View ArticleDenniston coal mine granted approval
Mining experts strategise to re-enter Pike River An open cast mining project on the West Coast's Denniston Plateau has been given the green light by the Government. Conservation Minister Nick Smith...
View ArticleHundreds protest against merger of Christchurch schools
Hundreds of people turned out in Christchurch this morning to protest against the merger of two primary schools. The Government earlier this year announced an interim decision to close seven...
View ArticleLabour Greens right on GCSB report
COMMENT The Labour/Green opposition coalition is absolutely right to slam Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Paul Neazor’s report into alleged illegal spying of New Zealanders, but on the...
View ArticleFP Healthcare shares at two-year peak on profit outlook
Shares in Fisher & Paykel Healthcare jumped to their highest in more than two years as the maker of breathing masks and respirators said it expects to beat analyst estimates for 2014 profit after...
View ArticleJames Hardie makes no provision for leaky school claim
James Hardie Industries has not made a provision for the Ministry of Education's $1.5 billion suit over 800 leaky buildings, saying it hasn't worked out what loss, if any, it may face. The Australian...
View ArticleArcades to revitalise old Crowne Plaza site
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 1:34 pm Press Release: Festival of Transitional Architecture 23 May 2013Arcades to revitalise old Crowne Plaza siteA striking temporary structure is set to bring new life to the...
View ArticleMeth Plan Continues to Show Results
Prime Minister John Key today released the latest Indicators and Progress Report for the Government's Tackling Methamphetamine Action Plan, and says while the picture of methamphetamine (P) supply in...
View ArticleDunne legal highs bill to be even faster-tracked
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 1:23 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Peter DunneAssociate Minister of Health23 May 2013Dunne: legal highs bill to be even faster-trackedAssociate Health Minister...
View ArticleDark Day For Conservation In NZ
The Government is eroding the conservation estate by allowing Australian owned Bathurst Resources Ltd access to conservation land to build open cast coal mine, the Green Party said today. "Today is a...
View ArticleAuckland rail operator Veolia almost doubles profit after new contract
Veolia Transport Auckland, which runs the city's urban passenger trains, almost doubled its annual profit last year after it changed the way it does business. Veolia, a unit of Paris-based Veolia...
View ArticleMidwife sentenced for loose arrangement
Photo / File A Wanganui midwife who handed over care of some of her patients to a graduate midwife in a "loose arrangement" has been found guilty by the Health Practitioners' Disciplinary Tribunal....
View ArticleMidwife found guilty over loose arrangement
Photo / File A Wanganui midwife who handed over care of some of her patients to a graduate midwife in a "loose arrangement" has been found guilty by the Health Practitioners' Disciplinary Tribunal....
View ArticleTaurangas legacy – shiny new infrastructure and big debt
print edition detailed how companies from around New Zealand and overseas are considering moving to the Bay of Plenty city, attracted by proximity to the port on relatively cheap industrial land. In...
View ArticleInvestors should take more responsibility FMA boss
prize pool total to almost $500,000 since 1999 . FMA chairman Simon Allen was the winner of NBR' s latest subscriber prize of a Luxury European Escape courtesy of Air NZ, flying Business Premier to...
View ArticleCommunity Planting Day Will Enhance Karamu
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 2:40 pm Press Release: Hawke's Bay Regional Council 23 May 2013Community Planting Day Will Enhance KaramuA community planting day to celebrate Arbor Day next month will add to...
View ArticleQueenstown Suffolk Street Consultation
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 2:45 pm Press Release: Queenstown Lakes District Council Suffolk Street ConsultationThe Council is considering a proposal to grant land at 11-21 Suffolk Street, Arrowtown to the...
View ArticleDunne’s ‘rush’ a long time coming
It's a bit rich for Peter Dunne to announce today that legislation to regulate legal highs should be 'rushed' through Parliament, Labour's Associate Health spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway says."Peter...
View ArticleSolid Response to Timaru District’s Community Awards
Locals have really got behind their volunteers with 36 entries received for 34 groups for the TrustPower Timaru District Community Awards.Entries for the Community Awards closed on Friday 17 May. The...
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