Monday, 28 June 2021, 2:07 pm
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) elected members
will be asked to confirm $5.4M grant funding for the
development of an arts and cultural hub based in Frankton
when they meet this Wednesday.
QLDC General Manager
Community Services Thunes Cloete confirmed that the proposed
funding with the 2021-2031 Ten Year Plan was to assist
Council and Te Atamira Trust who are working together on the
project.
“The Three Lakes Cultural Trust has
advocated to QLDC for an arts and cultural hub to be
established following a report commissioned by AEA
Consulting. In the last few years, there has been increasing
Monday, 28 June 2021, 12:38 pm
NZX listed medicinal cannabis company Cannasouth expects
to be ready to export pharmaceutical grade cannabis flower
in early 2022 after completing commissioning of its
Waikato-based growing facility.
Cannasouth’s joint
venture partner, Cannasouth Cultivation Limited, which has
developed a next generation controlled environment
agriculture (CEA) sealed greenhouse has its first commercial
harvest expected in December 2021.
At the company’s
AGM today, Cannasouth Chief Executive Mark Lucas told
investors the facility will produce up to 1,800kg of
pharmaceutical grade cannabis flower each year with the
ability to scale the facility by four times as demand
requires.
“Current wholesale pricing estimates for
Monday, 28 June 2021, 2:02 pm
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today
released a report finding an aged care provider in breach of
the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’
Rights (the Code) for failures in its care of an elderly
woman.
The woman, aged in her nineties at the time of
these events, had a number of health issues including
recurrent pneumonia, leukaemia, Parkinson’s disease and a
sacral pressure injury. She required full assistance with
daily living activities.
Until her death, she was a
permanent resident at Waiapu House Lifecare (WHL) run by
Heritage Lifecare Limited. This was during a period of
Monday, 28 June 2021, 3:31 pm
Different
views of the Stone Store using 3D laser scanning technology
to create a high-precision model of New Zealand’s oldest
stone building
A Kerikeri
engineering firm has used state of the art 3D laser scanning
technology to create a high-precision model of New
Zealand’s oldest stone building – and the results are
amazing.
Vision Consulting Engineers recently used a
series of scans both inside and outside the Stone Store to
capture a moment in time in the building’s 185-year
history. The engineers used technology that projects, then
records, hundreds of millions of points of light to create a
Monday, 28 June 2021, 1:43 pm
A can-do attitude goes a long way, but a can of spaghetti
for a struggling family can go much
further.
PAK’nSAVE’s inaugural PAK’canSAVE
campaign, on now until 11 July, asks customers to give a can
and help feed a hungry fam.
Every PAK’nSAVE store
has partnered with their local City Mission, foodbank or
food rescue organisation to feed hungry families in their
community. All product donations will benefit these groups
and on top of our customers’ generous donations,
PAK’nSAVE will collectively donate $100,000 to
PAK’canSAVE beneficiaries.
“PAK’canSAVE is the
brand’s first CSR-driven campaign and brings to life our