Venkat Raman Auckland, June 4, 2020 Medtech Global, a leading medical technology company of New Zealand, has sold its Practice Management System (PMS) to Australasian healthtech advisory and investment company Acclivis Group and Advent Partners, a private Australian investment fund. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Medtech Global will retain its advance Practice Management Software and state-of-the-art…
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NCEA students get additional credits for University Entrance
Staff Reporter Wellington, June 4, 2020 Students on the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NEA) Curriculum will be able to earn additional credit qualifying them to University Entrance (UE) requirement, Education Minister Chris Hipkins has announced. The move is to offset the disruption caused by Covid-19. He said that students will receive one Leaning Recognition Credit for every five credits…
Read MoreNational promises $10,000 cash to small businesses
But they must hire additional staff Wellington, June 4, 2020 All New Zealanders have had to make sacrifices over the past few months as the Covid-19 pandemic tipped our world upside down. Our small businesses in particular have shouldered a significant amount of the economic pain in order to abide by the lockdown rules. At time of writing, with no…
Read MoreDespite forfeiture of freedom, our record makes us proud
Wellington, June 4, 2020 Universal public compliance has been one of the major reasons why New Zealand has apparently been so successful in curbing the spread of the Covid-19. Fundamentally, people complied with the restrictions imposed during Alert Levels 4 and 3 because of an overwhelming fear of the risk they could catch the virus. The clear and decisive rules…
Read MoreOnline education reaches home screens in Fiji
But mVuli Project needs financial and material support Swami Tadananda Nadi, Fiji, June 4, 2020 The Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) has had a huge impact on the delivery of education worldwide. Most First World countries have used their online education platforms to continue to deliver education to students at home. It seems that online education will continue to play an important…
Read MoreNew Normal will emerge as we move to Level One
Wellington, June 4, 2020 As I write this, New Zealand is several weeks into Covid-19 Alert Level 2 and the Prime Minister has announced that Cabinet will consider whether we can safely move to Level 1 at its meeting on Monday, June 8, 2020. Because of the hard work of our team of five million New Zealand already has some…
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