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Dunne’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 Dunne and the National-led Government could have passed the legislation long before now if they had made regulating the legal high industry a priority."The Law ...
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Queenstown 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 Community Housing Trust to develop affordable rental accommodation.The development would include ten architecturally designed dwellings with two reserved for senior citizens.All dwellings ...
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Community 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 the enhancement of the Karamu Stream.Hawke's Bay Regional Council will be holding the planting day on Saturday 8 June from 9am to 2pm on the banks of the Karamu Stream near Whakatu. ...
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Investors 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 London, with stopovers each way in either Hong Kong or Los Angeles, plus four weeks' accommodation staying at the Small Luxury Hotels of the World properties of his ...
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Taurangas 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 the second part of our ...
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Midwife 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. Cheryl Baker was charged that she practised without a certificate during April and/or May 2010, and that she acted unprofessionally or inappropriately from February to May 2010. She ...
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Midwife 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. Cheryl Baker was charged that she practised without a certificate during April and/or May 2010, and that she acted unprofessionally or inappropriately from February to May 2010. She ...
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Auckland 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 Transdev, posted a profit of $1.99 million in the year ended December 31, up from $999,000 a year earlier, according to accounts filed with the Companies Office. The company's gross ...
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Dark 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 dark day for conservation," said Green Party mining spokesperson Catherine Delahunty.Ms Delahunty was responding to Conservation Minister Nick Smith's decision to allow ...
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Dunne 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 Peter Dunne wants to push the Psychoactive Substances Bill through Parliament faster than planned when it returns from the select committee in mid-June, with the aim of having the legislation ...
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Meth 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 New Zealand remains a complex one, the efforts of law enforcement agencies are continuing to produce positive signs."When the Government began this plan in 2009, New Zealand had one ...
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Arcades 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 central city and facilitate events in Christchurch's former Crowne Plaza site.Construction of the impressive series of six-metre-high vault-like frames, named The Arcades Project, ...
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James 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 building materials company and its New Zealand subsidiaries are assessing the ministry's claim with the intention of "vigorously" defending it, but haven't ...
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FP 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 surpassing its own guidance for 2013. F&P Healthcare shares surged 5.9 percent to $3.21, the highest since February 1, 2011, when it touched $3.22. The stock has surged 23 percent so far this ...
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Labour 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 wrong track calling for it to be released. Reports on security matters should always be kept secret so that they are not seen by the country’s adversaries, with the proper ...
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Hundreds 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 Christchurch schools and merge 12 others to create six. Phillipstown School is set to merge with Woolston School, and the new combined school will be located on the Woolston ...
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Denniston 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 confirmed this afternoon that Bathurst Resources has been given consent under the Crown Minerals Act to dig an open-cast mine on 106 hectares of the 2026 hectares that comprise the Plateau. ...
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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 his son Jaden.UK-based BeyondTheStory developed the app, titled After Earth: Kitai's Journal, for the Sony Pictures Entertainment/Overbrook Entertainment film and its tie-in book.The ...
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Kiwis Spend Almost $2 Million on Tickets to Space
Kiwis have spent more than $1.8 million on space travel to embark on flights with the world's first commercial space service.New Zealanders are able to secure their tickets with the Virgin Galactic service through its travel partner House of Travel.Interest in these history-making flights is expected to increase as Kiwis learn more of the opportunity to aboard a space-bound ...
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The First Kiwi Cloud
05/2013 - Leading New Zealand Internet Services company, Web Drive, announced today the launch of the Web Drive Cloud, the company's new Infrastructure as a Service offering. Webdrive's General Manager, Robin Dickie, says Web Drive Cloud sets new benchmarks for the local industry, and will empower developers. Under development for over a year, the company has built a ...
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Playground honours Margaret Mahy ONZ
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 12:56 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Gerry Brownlee Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery 23 May 2013 Playground honours Margaret Mahy ONZA playground based on author Margaret Mahy's work has taken out one of the top prizes in the BNZ Amazing Place playground design competition run by the Christchurch Central Development Unit, Canterbury ...
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Survey Supports Reduced Duck Season
Eastern Region's four-week duck-hunting season has been justified by the early results from a Fish & Game survey of hunter success analysed this week.The game bird season for mallard and grey duck will finish at Queen's Birthday weekend in the Eastern Fish & Game Region, although upland game birds and other species such as paradise shelduck and black swan have a longer ...
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Christchurch CBD construction ramps up
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 11:39 am Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Gerry BrownleeMinister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery 23 May 2013 Christchurch CBD construction ramps up Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has today taken Prime Minister John Key on a whistle-stop tour to check progress on three major construction sites in the Christchurch CBD. "These ...
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Consultation begins on mining safety regulations
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 12:12 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government 23 May 2013 Consultation begins on mining safety regulationsThe Government has further progressed the Pike River Implementation Plan with the release of a discussion document on a new regulatory regime for the mining sector. Labour and Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges says the discussion document proposes ...
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Waikato Innovation Park Contributed Over $100m to Region
According to a 10 year economic impact report, the Waikato Innovation Park has brought $16M of establishment funding into the region and employee-related benefits from those working at the Park have contributed more than $100M to the regional economy. The report, carried out by the Institute for Business Research at the Waikato Management School, outlines the Park's direct and ...
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Auckland's infastructure needs upgrading in the long run.
Auckland may in the next few years be able to upgrade two major pieces of infastructure and reap the economic benefits for the city.
There may, in the near future, be a four-lane road of national significance (RONS) between Auckland and Whangarei, which would make travel between the country’s largest city and Northland much faster and more efficient, while providing significant economic benefits to both regions as well. Read more
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