Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 9:06 am
With many people now able to work from home more often,
New Zealanders are sitting more and moving less, putting
them at greater risk of heart disease according to new
advice from the Heart Foundation.
“For many
industries working from home is more common in the COVID-19
era and it’s likely to have a big impact on the amount we
are moving during the day, which is affecting our health,”
says Heart Foundation National Advisor, Lily
Henderson.
“We’ve looked at the evidence and the
impact of too much sitting and not enough physical activity
is clear,” Lily says. “People who sat the most had a
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 9:48 am
Open Polytechnic together with Whitireia and WelTec will
be hosting the national 2021 ITP (Institutes of Technology
and Polytechnics) Research Symposium, which will be held on
25-26 November at Whitireia, Porirua.
The theme for
this year’s conference is ‘Resilience’ and the call
for abstracts is now open with submissions being accepted up
until 15 August.
Keynote speakers confirmed for the
event include award-winning journalist Jehan Casinader and
Dr Mereana Selby, Chief Executive of Te Wānanga o
Raukawa.
Dr Nadia Sal, Open Polytechnic’s Research
Development Leader, is one of the symposium convenors and
says one of the aims of the symposium is to foster research
After a triumphant sold-out Auckland
Town Hall concert in June,
Bach Musica NZ
returns once more to the iconic Great Hall on 12 September
for their third performance of the year. The combined choir
and orchestra will transport audiences with another
astounding programme. The first half offers two of the most
popular guitar concertos of all time,
Vivaldi’s captivating
Rodrigo’s
Concierto
de Aranjuez, his most well-known work and that which
established his reputation as one of the world’s most
significant 20th century Spanish composers. In the second
half you will experience Bach Musica NZ’s largest-ever
forces on stage for Rachmaninov’s beautiful choral
Data released today by the Real Estate Institute of New
Zealand (REINZ) shows there were 258 fewer lifestyle
property sales (-10.3%) for the three months ended June 2021
than for the three months ended May 2021. Overall, there
were 2,241 lifestyle property sales in the three months
ended June 2021, compared to 1,223 lifestyle property sales
for the three months ended June 2020 (+83.2%), and 2,499
lifestyle property sales for the three months ended May
2021.
10,440 lifestyle properties were sold in the
year to June 2021, 3,872 (+59.0%) more than were sold in the
year to June 2020. The value of lifestyle properties sold
was $10.60 billion for the year to June 2021.
The
median price for all lifestyle properties sold in the three
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 10:31 am
Local Hutt Valley businesses are encouraged to express
interest in being part of the Naenae Pool rebuild, to
benefit from a slice of up to $68 million being invested in
the project.
Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry says
investing to rebuild the Naenae Pool will not only deliver a
new community asset, but also provide opportunities for
local people and businesses. As Mayor, I’m always
asking how we can make sure local businesses are at the
heart of the Naenae Pool rebuild, and how we can retain as
much of Council’s investment within our local economy,