Thursday, 1 July 2021, 10:02 am
The Government needs a clearer position on transport
decarbonisation and to be more realistic about the societal
impacts while reducing emissions, says Road Transport Forum
(RTF) chief executive Nick Leggett.
While recognising
the considerable work done by Ministry of Transport Te
Manatū Waka (MoT) on Hīkina te Kohupara - Kia mauri ora ai
te iwi Transport Emissions: Pathways to Net Zero by 2050, in
its submission the RTF says the Government’s approach is
confusing, creates uncertainty in the freight sector, and
will increase transport costs, which they should be honest
about. On one hand the Government tells us the market
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 11:23 am
Central Canterbury electricity distribution company,
Orion, announced a record number of new customers were
connected to its network in the 12 months to 31 March in its
annual results released today.
More than 4,100 new
residences and businesses were connected to the local power
supply, reflecting strong growth in central
Canterbury.
On the back of the resulting increase in
total power consumption, the company announced it had made a
$33m profit after tax for the year to 31 March
2021.
Interim Orion Group Chief Executive, Jono Brent,
said customer number growth had exceeded
expectations.
“We have been connecting around 3,000
new customers per year for the past 20 years and had
Wellington dates at
Shed 6
will be issued new tickets before the event date, via the
same delivery method originally requested.
With the
upgrade to the bigger venue of
TSB Arena we
are able to release new tickets for purchase! These tickets
have just gone on sale now from Ticketmaster but are
expected to sell out fast!
Fans who have purchased
tickets to the
Shed 6 concerts and are
unable to attend the new show at
TSB Arena
will be given a full refund from their point of purchase
(Ticketmaster).
Beginning as music students busking on
the streets, Drax Project have grown into
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 11:13 am
The LAWA Air Quality National Picture Summary 2021
released today confirms air quality in New Zealand towns is
generally good and has improved over the past 15 years,
however it highlights there are still unacceptable levels of
winter air pollution in some places across the
country.
LAWA Air Quality Science Lead and Environment
Canterbury Air Quality Analyst Teresa Aberkane said there is
a pattern of winter exceedances of harmful particulate
matter (PM) concentrations in monitored places where locals
rely on burning wood or coal to heat their
homes.
“Today’s release of the LAWA Air Quality
National Picture Summary is timely as we are seeing the
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 10:00 am
Canterbury’s taonga (treasures) will be safer and more
accessible thanks to a project aiming to help up to 40 of
the region’s heritage organisations improve the care of
their collections.
The Canterbury Museum-led project
received $209,033 in the most recent round of funding from
Manatū Taonga Ministry of Culture and Heritage’s Te Tahua
Whakakaha Capability Fund.
Over the next 2 years the
project will assist Canterbury heritage organisations to
develop the skills and material they need to improve the
care of their collections.
A Collections Care Advisor,
to be employed by the Museum, will help the individual