MIL-OSI New Zealand: Digital access to information and services: Learning from examples
Source: Controller and Auditor General Digital access to information and services: Learning from examples. E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā karangarangatanga maha o te motu, tēnā koutou. New Zealanders increasingly expect to be able to access information and services digitally. As part of our Information theme, we carried out a performance audit that […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Teachers to get more professional support for digital technologies curriculum
Source: New Zealand Government Education Minister Chris Hipkins has today launched a $12 million professional support programme today to help schools implement the new digital curriculum. Mr Hipkins visited Northland School in Wellington to make the announcement this morning. Kia Takatū ā-Matihiko, the Digital Readiness programme is one part of a wider $38 million Government […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: STEMM festival – Online course design
Source: Open Polytechnic of New Zealand STEMM festival – Online course design Posted on 21 June 2018 Open Polytechnic opened its campus doors to a number of organisations, community groups and individuals with an interest in online course design as part of the 2018 Hutt STEMM Festival. Teachers, trainer’s and education designers from a variety […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: NZ scientists launch their part in bold project to map seafloor – 21/06/2018
Source: GNS Science Called Seabed 2030, the project is a collaboration between The Nippon Foundation in Japan and the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO). The work will be coordinated by four regional centres around the globe, with GNS Science, NIWA, and Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) jointly governing the South and West Pacific […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: New Zealand welcomes US immigration policy change
Source: New Zealand Government Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has welcomed the change in United States policy that will no longer see children being separated from their parents at the Mexico-US border. “Separating families at the southern border was concerning to many New Zealanders. New Zealand Cabinet Ministers and MPs were concerned as well,” said […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Garden birds are signalling changes in our environment
Source: Landcare Research Home»About Us »News & events »News snippets »Garden birds are signalling changes in our environmentBirds are signaling major changes in our environment and a new report shows some of New Zealand’s birds are sounding the alarm.‘Birds act as “backyard barometers”, telling us about the health of the environment we live in – […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Fresh appeal for information on assault in Palmerston North last year
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Constable Mike Skates, Manawatu Police: Manawatu Police continuing to make inquiries into an assault which happened last year in Palmerston North are making a fresh appeal for sightings of a vehicle involved. Late on the evening of Saturday 12 August 2017, a male was walking with a group of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Local school renames redevelopment
Source: Housing New Zealand Corporation St Brigid’s School in Johnsonville, Wellington has come up with a new name for a nearby Housing New Zealand redevelopment – Haumaru – which means a place where people can live in peace and harmony. Housing New Zealand staff recently went to the school to say thanks to the children […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Over 3000 NZers speak out against US separation of families seeking asylum
Source: Amnesty International NZ In less than a day, more than 3000 New Zealanders have signed a petition urging the US Government to stop forcibly separating parents from their children at the border with Mexico. Amnesty International has said the practice is nothing short of torture. Thousands are fleeing targeted violence and persecution in Central and South America, crossing the border into the US and exercising […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: New Zealand Human Rights – Over 3000 NZers speak out against US separation of families seeking asylum
Source: Amnesty International In less than a day, more than 3000 New Zealanders have signed a petition urging the US Government to stop forcibly separating parents from their children at the border with Mexico. Amnesty International has said the practice is nothing short of torture. Thousands are fleeing targeted violence and persecution in Central and […]
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