Monday, 19 July 2021, 10:03 am
Te Pūkenga leaders visited Southern Institute of
Technology in Invercargill on Friday talking with people
from the network and learners about the future of vocational
learning and the work underway to build it.
Te
Pūkenga is a new national entity established by the
government to unite polytechnics and industry training
organisations around the country into a national network.
Learning will be easily accessible no matter where learners
are, while meeting the needs of employers.
“We have
a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a vocational
learning system that is simple to navigate, responds to the
needs of a diverse range of learners and employers and is
Monday, 19 July 2021, 12:06 pm
Nelson and Westport are both now accessible by the Lewis
Pass and Springs Junction to the south and east, says Waka
Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, following the extensive flooding
of recent days.
“We do need road users to understand
that reopening the highway does not mean it is back to what
it was last week,” says Tresca Forrester, Waka Kotahi
Journey Manager.
“We need everyone’s patience and
care on all upper South Island networks in coming days and
weeks.”
Hard-working road crews have reopened the
route connecting the Lewis Pass, SH7 at Springs Junction to
SH65 through the Shenandoah and onto SH6 into Nelson, she
Monday, 19 July 2021, 11:22 am
AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND – 19 July
2021 – The Drug Detection Agency (TDDA), the
Australasian leader in workplace drug testing, education and
policy services and solutions, has appointed former New
Zealand Commissioner of Police Mike Bush to its
board.
Mr. Bush served in the New Zealand Police for
42 years, progressing through the ranks from frontline
policing and the Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) to
senior roles including Liaison Officer for Southeast Asia.
He was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
in 2006 for his relief work during the 2004 Boxing Day
tsunami. Upon appointment to the role of Commissioner of
Sunday, 18 July 2021, 1:09 pm
Waka Kotahi contractors are beginning the hard work of
re-connecting South Island communities cut off by this
weekend’s massive weather event as flood waters begin to
recede.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Journey
Manager Tresca Forrester says crews have been out since
first light assessing road damage, inspecting bridges and
clearing debris from blocked and flooded
highways.
Access to some cut-off communities such as
Westport and through to Golden Bay has been re-established,
with the SH67 Buller Bridge, SH60 from Collingwood to Riwaka
and SH6 from Hira to Rai Valley all re-opened (Rai Valley to
Renwick remains closed).
I don’t doubt the climate is changing as it always has
and that all the current policies & plans the
politicians want to implement aren’t going to fix their
concerns.
As usual, we continue to see flooding,
weather bombs, fires effecting not only New Zealand but the
world.
Why don’t these politicians think how can we
support our people, communities, towns cities at the local
level to adapt to the ever changing climate?
The
recent flooding event in Canterbury is an example of where
the politicians could have planned to prevent these types of
events turning into disasters of this magnitude.