Mark Jennings Auckland, August 15, 2018 Spark is upping its game in the sports market by buying more content, offering some of it free and promising competitive pricing similar to Netflix. The war over sports rights is heating up although the two main protagonists are playing it cool – at least in public. Spark fired another shot yesterday when it…
Read More Supplied Content Hamilton, August 14, 2018 A group of ethnic counsellors have seen their vision for a counselling service for migrants and former refugees become a reality. Kaoru Tsukigi, Freda X’ia, and Vanisri Mills met at Wintec five years ago when they were studying towards a degree in counselling. About the Group That was not the only thing they had…
Read More Jo Moir RNZ Wellington, August 14, 2018 Opposition Leader Simon Bridges is defending the roughly $84,000 he clocked up travelling around the country in a Crown limousine between April and June. He said that he might never get to the bottom of who leaked the information before it was due to be published but said it was not his caucus.…
Read More Mark Jennings Auckland, August 14, 2018 A return to its roots or back to basics. Call it what you like, the ACT party is set to travel back in time – to when people knew what it stood for. The journey began on Sunday (August 12) at its annual conference in Auckland. Leader David Seymour has been warming people to…
Read More Supplied Content Wellington, August 13, 2018 Revenue Minister Stuart Nash has said that New Zealand’s ability to detect and prevent tax evasion is enhanced by an update to our Double Tax Agreement (DTA) with Hong Kong which is now in force. The update to the 2010 DTA removes an impediment to the automatic exchange of information (AEOI) between the two…
Read More Supplied Content Wellington, August 13, 2018 Minister of Housing and Urban Development Phil Twyford has welcomed the opening of pre-qualification for first homebuyers and second-chancers wanting to buy a KiwiBuild home. He issued the following statement: From today, aspiring homeowners can apply online at kiwibuild.govt.nz to determine if they are eligible to enter a ballot for a KiwiBuild home. The…
Read More Venkat Raman (From Taiwan) With Indian Newslink Staff New Zealand’s political leaders have called for closer economic, political, commercial and bilateral relations with India, stating that this is a natural extension of historic ties between the two countries. Speaking at the India Independence Day celebrations held today at the Mahatma Gandhi Centre in Eden Terrace, Auckland Central, Finance Minister Grant…
Read More Greg Roughan When the government announced on Friday (August 10) that it was banning single-use plastic bags, it was its use of the ‘c-word’ that shocked the most. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and children from Petone College picking up rubbish after the announcement of the single-use plastic bag ban. Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller Government with guts ‘Compulsory’. When was…
Read More Staff Reporter (Indian Newslink) Suva, Fiji, August 12, 2018 More than 31,000 Fijians are currently benefitting from the Government’s Free Medicine Programme, Health and Medical Services Minister Rosy Akbar has said. Speaking at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Conference of the Fiji Pharmaceutical Society at Pacific Harbour last night she said that the Programme was introduced as a part…
Read More Supplied Content Auckland, August 12, 2018 Virtual reality (VR) field trips are now being used to teach students about construction and leaky homes at the University of Auckland Business School, as the technology revolutionises the property industry. Immersive experience From this month, Bachelor of Property students in the stage one course ‘Introduction to Property’ are being given Google Cardboard headsets…
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