Friday, 2 July 2021, 3:39 pm
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford
says that June 2021 sales of new vehicles reflects current
market opportunities and constraints.
As has been the
case for the year to date, the market continues to be
logistically challenging with worldwide shipping capacity is
still a long way off pre-Covid-19 levels and manufacturers
still grappling with a worldwide shortage of semi-conductor
chips.
Within these constraints the New Zealand
market, year to date, continues to perform exceptionally
well.
June 2021 registrations were 15,135 units
compared to 11,514 units for June 2020. Year to date the
market is up 57.7% (31,000 units) compared to the first six
Friday, 2 July 2021, 1:36 pm
To coincide with Matariki, Wellington’s oldest and
tallest tree, the 800-year-old rimu in Ōtari-Wilton’s
Bush, will officially be gifted the name Moko with a plaque
unveiling next week.
The name Moko has been gifted by
local Iwi after some discussion about a suitable title, and
establishing the age and sex of the tree – Moko was
decided upon as it is most appropriate for a female tree,
which is younger than Tāne Mahuta.
Ōtari-Wilton’s
Bush is the only public botanic garden in New Zealand
dedicated solely to native plants, and this tree is a
Friday, 2 July 2021, 3:30 pm
“On the morning of September 11, 2001, Donald Rumsfeld
ran to the fire at the Pentagon to assist the wounded and
ensure the safety of survivors,” expressed a mournful
George W. Bush in a statement.
“For the next five years, he was in steady service as a
wartime secretary of defense – a duty he carried out with
strength, skill, and honor.”
Long before Donald
Trump took aim at irritating facts and dissenting eggheads,
Donald Rumsfeld, two times defense secretary and key planner
behind the invasion of Iraq in 2003, was doing his far from
negligible bit. When asked at his confirmation hearing about
Friday, 2 July 2021, 4:01 pm
Without an urgent injection of cash, billions globally
are at risk of still being without lifesaving access to safe
drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services by 2030,
according to a new UN report published on
Thursday.
Latest data from the World Health
Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s
Fund (UNICEF) reveals that
three in 10 people worldwide could not wash their hands with
soap and water at home during the COVID-19
pandemic.
“Handwashing is one of the most effective
ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious
diseases, yet millions of people across the world lack
access to a reliable, safe supply of water”, said
Friday, 2 July 2021, 2:59 pm
The Government must cancel its new procurement rules
which could see contracts awarded based on ethnicity rather
than the best person to do the job, National’s Economic
Development spokesperson Todd McClay says.
The
Government is rolling out a new procurement policy which
means up to 5 per cent of government contracts will be
awarded to Māori organisations.
“Contracts should
be awarded based on who will do the best job for the best
price, regardless of the ethnicity of the company,” Mr
McClay says.
The New Zealander Defence Force had this
week written to all of its suppliers asking them to confirm