MIL-OSI New Zealand: Working together to make Southland carbon neutral
Source: New Zealand Government Southland has set itself the ambitious goal of becoming a carbon neutral region which the Government is backing with a $190,000 grant from the Government’s Community Environment Fund. Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage announced the funding today for the Carbon Neutral Advantage project which will see local business, industry and communities […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: Press Conference with the Minister for Energy
Source: Australia Government Ministerial Statements Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch PRIME MINISTER: Good morning everyone. This morning Angus and I met Colin and Avril Greef here in Canberra and we want their electricity bills, we want their electricity prices to be more affordable. We want their electricity prices to go down, that’s what we want to […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: KiwiBuild once again fails to deliver
Source: National Party KiwiBuild is failing to deliver on its key objective to get Kiwi families into their first homes, National’s Housing spokesperson Judith Collins says. “Housing Minister Phil Twyford has recently announced another KiwiBuild development where all of the houses are one or two-bedroom units. “But 80 per cent of New Zealanders who have […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: New Zealand signs hydrogen agreement with Japan
Source: New Zealand Government New Zealand and Japan are working together to transition away from a reliance on fossil fuels with the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation on hydrogen, says Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods. The cooperation agreement between New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Stop trying to make taxpayer-funded political parties happen!
Source: Taxpayers Union FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE23 OCTOBER 2018The Government needs to stop mulling over the idea of giving taxpayer funding to political parties, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union after the Prime Minister refused to rule out the idea today. Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “Make no mistake, the Green Party is cynically exploiting the […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 23 2018
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 23 2018 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings. National PartyJane Patterson (RNZ): Speaker of the House seeks advice on Jami-Lee Ross situationStuff: Jami-Lee Ross saga: National MPs fall in […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: New Zealand Economy – Reserve Bank consults on changes to banks’ reporting of breaches
Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand The Reserve Bank today published a consultation paper proposing changes to the reporting and publishing of breaches by banks. Currently banks are expected to notify the Reserve Bank promptly of breaches of their conditions of registration and are required to publish them in their disclosure statements. The introduction of the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Name release – Devils Staircase fatal crash
Source: New Zealand Police Police can now name the man who died in a crash on State Highway 6 at Devils Staircase, near Queenstown, on Sunday 14 October. He was 25-year-old Harpreet Singh, of Kingston. Police’s thoughts are with Mr Singh’s family and friends. ENDS Issued by Police Media Centre MIL OSI New Zealand News […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Whangarei Homicide Update
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Detective Inspector Dene Begbie: Whangarei Police would still like to hear from anyone who may have information relating to the death of a man at Otaika Motor Camp on Sunday 21 October, 2018. A post mortem has been completed and Police are currently carrying out forensic scene examinations […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Science and the development of NZS 8510:2017 – Policy options
Source: Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment MBIE On: 23 October 2018 These Terms of Reference (ToR) set the parameters of the development of policy options for the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (the Minister) to consider in relation to: better scientific input to inform the development of New Zealand Standards how standards development […]
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