Aussie targets NZ for another 150 new call centre jobs
The latest in a recent spate of back-office jobs heading from Australia to New Zealand is a move by call centre operator Unity4 to hire 150 kiwis to service customers in both countries and on the US...
View ArticleNew Emergency Alert Sign to Be Trialed On Cape Coast
Hastings Civil Defence is to trial a new public alerting sign in the Cape Coast area of Te Awanga, Haumoana and Clifton.The sign has been erected for a six week trial period on Beach Road near the...
View ArticleAldo Miccio Announces Educational Grant for Victory Boxing
Aldo Miccio has announced he will provide a personal grant to help facilitate educational opportunities for promising children at Victory Boxing in Nelson.The grant announcement follows Miccio's...
View ArticleElectricity Authority has failed to control prices
Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 12:50 pm Press Release: Green Party 5 June 2013 Electricity Authority has failed to control electricity prices The National Party-created Electricity Authority has failed to...
View ArticleDairy export prices strong kiwi boost terms of trade
New Zealand's terms of trade rose for the first time in seven quarters, led by higher export prices for dairy products, while a strong kiwi dollar helped constrain import prices. The terms of trade, a...
View ArticleEpidemic of bed sharing deaths - coroner
Plunket advises sleeping a baby in their own cot or bassinet, making sure the mattress is clean, dry and fits snugly. Photo / Supplied A coroner says the number of infant deaths attributed to unsafe...
View ArticleWoman admits importing date-rape drug
Source: Photos.com An Auckland woman has pleaded guilty to importing more than two kilograms of the date-rape party drug GHB, also known as Fantasy. Victoria Louise Carson appeared at the High Court in...
View ArticleStudent denied to entry over fish duck in baggage
Source: ONE News A student from China has been denied entry into New Zealand after failing to declare fish, beef, duck, chicken and fish roe he was carrying in his baggage. The student denied carrying...
View ArticleChina bird flu outbreak slowing
The bird flu outbreak in China appears to be slowing and person-to-person transmission of the virus is growing more unlikely, Health Minister Tony Ryall says. Since February, 132 confirmed cases and 37...
View ArticleNew RBNZ tools to tweak capital buffers gets SP thumbs up
Ratings company Standard & Poor's has given the Reserve Bank the thumbs up over its new set of tools to help deflate potential asset bubbles, and sees the most benefit coming from adjusting how...
View ArticleCommodity prices slip from May record after lower dairy returns
New Zealand commodity prices fell from a record in May, weighed down by lower prices for dairy products. The ANZ Commodity Price Index dropped 1.6 percent to 328.2 in May, its second-highest level,...
View ArticleSupporting Pasifika health workers
Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 1:53 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Tariana TuriaAssociate Minister of Health5 June 2013Supporting Pasifika health workersThe Government is committed to mentoring...
View ArticleOffender levy delivers support for victims
Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 2:02 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Judith CollinsMinister of Justice5 June 2013Offender levy delivers support for victimsJustice Minister Judith Collins has today...
View ArticleYouth Parliament opens submissions
Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 2:19 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Nikki KayeMinister of Youth Affairs5 June 2013Youth Parliament opens submissionsYouth Affairs Minister Nikki Kaye has today...
View ArticleGoats hiding in bushes spark police callout
The shrill bleats of goats hiding in bushes sparked a police callout when they were mistaken for human screams. Police were notified about 1pm on Friday of what sounded like screams for help at Wharau...
View ArticleImmigration adviser refuses to pay fine
An immigration adviser fined after the industry's watchdog determined he ripped off a vulnerable woman and made disparaging comments about people based on their ethnicity says he will not pay up and...
View ArticleHotel manager admits $118000 theft
The Club Bar at the Spencer on Byron Hotel, Takapuna. File photo / Herald on Sunday A manager of one of Auckland's top hotels will be confined to his home after admitting to stealing more than...
View ArticleMissing Waikato woman found taken to hospital
Source: ONE News A woman missing from the Waikato town of Waihou for two days has been found. Andrea Joanne Bird, 43, was last seen leaving her family's Mackay Crescent home about 12.30pm on Monday....
View ArticleCar drag victim has leg amputated
Man remanded after car dragging ordeal (1:08) A woman who was dragged two kilometres behind a moving car on State Highway One has had a leg amputated, ONE News has learnt. Thirty-seven-year-old Ana...
View ArticleJoggers screams make attacker run off
Source: ONE News A woman jogging on a popular Hamilton running route was hit from behind and indecently assaulted, police say. The 26-year-old woman's screams made her attacker run off and police are...
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