Is sheep milk woolly good?
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Massey University – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Is sheep milk woolly good? Attendees at the National Feild Days will get to test out sheep milk for themselves. A muffin and a slice of cheese cake is great kiwi fare. But what happens when the savoury cheeses in the muffin is […]
Read More →Investigation ongoing into death of local Wairoa man
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: New Zealand Police – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Investigation ongoing into death of local Wairoa man Monday, 12 June 2017 – 11:10am Police are investigating whether the man who was found deceased in Wairoa yesterday morning may have been hit by a vehicle. The 33-year-old local Wairoa man was found […]
Read More →Police in attendance at Lincoln High School
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: New Zealand Police – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Police in attendance at Lincoln High School Monday, 12 June 2017 – 10:37am Police are currently in attendance at Lincoln High School, Canterbury, after being notified by the school that a student had reported a concerning conversation with another student. Police are […]
Read More →Card spending dips in May
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Statistics New Zealand – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Card spending dips in May Electronic Card Transactions: May 2017 – Media Release Retail spending using electronic cards dipped in the May 2017 month, Stats NZ said today. This followed a rise in spending in April. Monthly retail card spending fell 0.4 percent in May […]
Read More →April Easter boosts guest nights
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Statistics New Zealand – Press Release/Statement: Headline: April Easter boosts guest nights Accommodation Survey: April 2017 – Media Release Easter boosted guest nights in April 2017, up 6.9 percent on the quiet April 2016 when the Easter holiday fell in March, Stats NZ said today. “Without Easter in March […]
Read More →Applications close soon for Earthquake Recovery Fund
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Ministry for Primary Industries – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Applications close soon for Earthquake Recovery Fund Date: 12 Jun 2017 Media contact: MPI media team Telephone: 029 894 0328 Email: media@mpi.govt.nz The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) encourage those interested in the Earthquake Recovery Fund to submit their project applications […]
Read More →Inaction puts Māui dolphins at risk
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Inaction puts Māui dolphins at risk Conservation Minister Maggie Barry was at the United Nations Oceans Conference in New York last week, trying to convince the world that the New Zealand Government is doing a good job at protecting our marine environment. Yet […]
Read More →Opening of new 12-classroom building at Rangiora Borough School
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: New Zealand Government Headline: Opening of new 12-classroom building at Rangiora Borough School Associate Minister of Education, Tim Macindoe, will visit Rangiora Borough School today to officially open a new $6 million building that the school has named after local pioneer, Henry Blackett. “The Henry Blackett building replaces aging […]
Read More →Mental health of rural NZ at tipping point
MIL OSI New Zealand – Hamilton – The health of New Zealand’s rural communities is at an all-time low, a leading mobile health expert says. Mark Eager, chief executive of Mobile Health and the national mobile surgical bus, says rural people find it hard to access health professionals. They often receive treatment much later than […]
Read More →Horses on motorway, Christchurch
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: New Zealand Police – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Horses on motorway, Christchurch Monday, 12 June 2017 – 6:13am Emergency services are responding to a collision involving a vehicle and horse on Christchurch Northern Motorway, Belfast. One person is trapped in the vehicle, and Fire is working to free the individual. […]
Read More →Flashback to NZ’s nuclear-free law 1987: Challenging Goliath
MIL OSI Analysis – New Zealand quietly celebrated 30 years of its official status as a “nuclear-free” country this week when the nuclear-free zone law came into force on 8 June 1987. When Aotearoa/New Zealand banned nuclear warships from its ports in 1984, the country was seen as David standing up to Washington’s Goliath. But […]
Read More →Tax threshold changes reduce lifetime tax by $80k / 10 months
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Taxpayers Union – Press Release/Statement: Headline: EMBARGED: Tax threshold changes reduce lifetime tax by $80k / 10 months Tax threshold changes reduce lifetime tax by $80k /10 months EMBARGOED UNTIL 5AM, MONDAY 12 JUNE 2017 The tax threshold changes in last month’s budget will see the largest relative tax […]
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