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Consultation will be open until 20 June 2018.

The farmer’s actions included breaking the tails of several cows.

The area affected is the Kenepuru Sound and inner Pelorus Sound.

As people continue to flee from Myanmar to Bangladesh, New Zealand Red Cross health workers are playing a vital role in the humanitarian response.

The Otago Regional Council today approved their consultation document for the draft long-term plan.

Patience is paying off for land owners who have been waiting for a rabbit virus to take hold.

Peninsula Bus Service – Opinion Piece CNR Stephen Woodhead (Chair)

The Otago Regional Council is reminding people that submissions on its draft long term plan for 2018-2028 close next Friday (11 May).

Three schools and three ECE services are closed today. The closures impacted 561 students and 100 ECE learners.

From May 2018 some major developments are set in place for the PaCT for English medium schools, and TWA for for Māori medium kura.

Approach to assessment and reporting that will focus on children’s progress and achievement across the curriculum.

People from across the community and the education discuss what learning should look like in the future.

The latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates (MRTEs) were released today by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) today show that tourism expenditure grew in all regions over the year ended March 2018.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has released its New Zealand Trade Intelligence Dashboard that illustrates New Zealand’s trade, investment and visitor flows with all its trading partners.

The Research, Science and Innovation Minister Megan Woods announced that New Zealand will pursue associate membership in the Square Kilometre Array – a global science and engineering project to build the world’s largest radio telescope.

Consultation is now open on the draft a draft Health and Safety at Work Strategy

An Auckland construction company has been penalised $19,000 by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) following a Labour Inspectorate investigation.

The Great Rides of the New Zealand Cycle Trail received an $820,000 investment today through the eighth round of the Maintaining the Quality of Great Rides Fund.

Today the Minister of Research, Science and Innovation opened the 2018 Partnerships investment round, which will provide up to $26 million for high-quality, industry-led research aimed at increasing the competitiveness and sustainability of the economy.

A Kerikeri man who falsely held himself out as a Licensed Building Practitioner (LBP) and a member of the Roofing Association of New Zealand (RANZ), despite never being affiliated with either, has been prosecuted in the Kaikohe District Court.

The Tenancy Compliance and Investigations Team has successfully taken a Rotorua property management company to the Tenancy Tribunal for failing to fix serious problems in a rental property it manages, sending a clear message to all landlords that failing to address maintenance issues impacts severely on the wellbeing of tenants.

The New Zealand Tourism Forecasts 2018-2024 were released today by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).

A lot of ink has been spilt recently in the opinion pages of newspapers about the role of Māori and the Treaty of Waitangi in science, and the integrity of science as an institution in New Zealand. MBIE’s Chief Scientist Professor Margaret Hyland, and Departmental Science Advisors Dr Rob Murdoch and Professor Hamish Spencer set out their view that science ultimately benefits from active Māori participation.

CERT NZ has been named as the inaugural chair of PaCSON- the Pacific Cyber Security Operational Network. PaCSON is a network of CERTs and other cyber security response officials from 14 Pacific nations.

Stephen Barclay has been appointed as the Head of KiwiBuild, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Chief Executive Carolyn Tremain announced today.

The latest release of MBIE’s experimental Modelled Territorial Authority Gross Domestic Product (MTAGDP) estimates shows growth in 64 out of 66 territorial authorities in the year to March 2017.

A national retail chain must pay their employees for the pre-work meetings it had claimed were ‘optional’, after a failed bid to escape a Labour Inspectorate Improvement Notice.

New Zealand and Australia will lead a joint ANZAC Day commemoration service at Tugu Negara in Kuala Lumpur at 6am on Wednesday 25 April 2018.

New Zealanders in Poland, Estonia and Ukraine are welcome to participate in the 2018 Anzac commemoration services with the New Zealand and Australian communities.

Anzac Day is the most significant national day of commemoration for Australians and New Zealanders.

The New Zealand government has decided not to grant any further oil and gas exploration permits.

Ōtākaro Limited wants to hear from parties with the ability and passion to deliver a top-quality health-related development on the high-profile Health Precinct site in Oxford Terrace.

Anyone still using an older-style wood burner in Christchurch is being urged to contact Environment Canterbury before winter hits.

A new campaign is encouraging people who bike to and from work to light up and be seen as winter approaches.

Like the idea of a giant-sized Magic 8-Ball that answers all your deepest questions at the wave of a hand?

For rising New Zealand Warriors star Jazz Tevaga next month’s trans-Tasman clash against the Manly Sea Eagles in Christchurch is a chance to get back to his roots.

A plan to relocate Redcliffs School to a new site in Redcliffs Park will be fast tracked through special changes to the Christchurch District Plan.

Christchurch City Council will make a concerted push over the coming months to fix damaged roads and footpaths in the Shirley and Richmond areas.

Progress is being made on Christchurch’s nine suburban master plans, with a number of projects either under way or completed and others in the pipeline.

Addington’s historic water tower is sporting its original colour scheme for the first time in decades.

Hit the right note for Mother’s Day entertainment and choose from an array of musical and sporting options this weekend.

As students head into the term one school holidays, the Ministry of Health is reminding parents to be aware of the risks of measles.

The Ministry of Health has discovered that many more people than first thought didn’t receive invitations for free bowel screening during the bowel screening pilot programme.

Otago and Southland are the latest communities in the country to have access to free bowel screening with Southern District Health Board today joining the National Bowel Screening Programme.

As students prepare to head back to school or universities after enjoying a holiday break, the Ministry of Health is reminding people to be aware of the risks of measles.

Ko te Rā Whakawhanaungatanga-ā-iwi tērā ka titia ki te mahara i te mahi a ngā tini hapori o Aotearoa i tēnei tau, arā, i ngā kaupapa e 35, nuku atu, mai i Muriwhenua tae atu ki Murihiku. Nā, ahakoa te kupu ‘rā’ nei, ka haere ngā mahi whakanui i tō tātau kanorautanga i te Huitanguru ki te Haratua.

Earlier this month, the Commission welcomed the passing of the Criminal Records (Expungement of Convictions for Historical Homosexual Offences) Bill.

New Zealand received a mixed reception from the UN Committee responsible for oversight of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) when it met in Geneva in March.

Race Relations Day captured the imagination and participation of many New Zealand communities this year, with more than 35 events in centres from Invercargill to Northland. And despite the “day” in the title, celebrations of diversity extended from February to May.

In March Commissioner Jackie Blue joined some 8000 women advocating for women’s rights at the UN in New York.

Changing attitudes towards disabled New Zealanders is critical, Disability Rights Commissioner Paula Tesoriero says, and she aims to do it.

A trial designed to give disabled people more say in what they want and need from the disability support system is being welcomed by the Human Rights Commission.

Rapid advances in digital technologies, including the use of new analytical techniques to mine data, need to balance benefits with risks to human rights the Human Rights Commission says.