The
Ombudsman has been investigating the High and Complex
Framework since early 2019.
The investigation centred
primarily on the shortage of specialist hospital
accommodation and the conditions in which some people are
being accommodated.
“We accept the Ombudsman’s
recommendations in this report,” says the Ministry’s
Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley
Bloomfield.
“It’s been important to the Ministry
to cooperate with this investigation and assist where we
can.
“We’ve taken time to review this report and
the Ombudsman’s recommendations. The Ministry has always
been committed to protecting the rights of people supported
by the Framework and improving their quality of
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 4:40 pm
Kāpiti Coast District Council has maintained its AA
Standard and Poor’s credit rating for the
long-term.
In its latest report the independent
ratings agency Standard and Poors has affirmed its AA/A-1+
long- and short-term ratings, saying Council s experienced
management and New Zealand institutional settings support
the ratings while the district s economic profile tempers
these strengths.
Because of the investment approach in
the newly-adopted Long-term Plan 2021-41 there is potential
for a change in future years and this is reflected with a
revised outlook from stable to negative.
Kāpiti Mayor
K Gurunathan says it is pleasing to see Council retain
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 9:05 am
Exercise is hugely more important for people’s mental
health since covid arrived 16 month ago, according to a
major new ExerciseNZ survey.
In 2018, just seven
percent of the public surveyed by ExerciseNZ said they
exercised for mental health.
ExerciseNZ’s latest
survey shows 63 percent of people are now exercising to help
with their mental health.
“This is really positive
and is a greater awareness of why exercise helps on so many
levels,” ExerciseNZ chief
executive Richard Beddie says.
“With stress, and
mental health challenges at an all-time high, we need all
the tools at our disposal that we can.
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 11:47 am
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global provider of critical digital
infrastructure and continuity solutions, today announced it
has appointed two new channel talents as it increases focus
on its Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) channel to meet edge
computing demand in the region’s increasingly
decentralised business ecosystem.
Michelle Du Plessis
has taken the role of Channel Sales Coordinator and brings
extensive experience in both the vendor and distributor
sides of the IT channel.
She joins Vertiv
Australia and New Zealand from Anixter where she held the
role Inside Sales Representative, and prior to that was at
was
happy to run a column from John Tamihere accusing David
Seymour of an “insidious, sophisticated and covert form of
race-based politics” but they wouldn’t publish David s
below response because they didn’t like the “tone” of
the article.
If you wonder why Stuff is stuffed
and people don t trust the media, here is the perfect
example.
There’s a dilemma we all face when
personally attacked. Just ignore them, (like most people
probably have already), or set the record straight. Ignoring
them is easier, but maybe they think throwing enough mud
will see some stick. Setting the record straight takes more