Lancaster Park site redevelopment progressing
14 May, 2021 01:58 AM
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Work to redevelop the former Lancaster Park site is progressing. Photo / Lesley Murdoch
NZ Herald
A site visit was held on Friday to provide an update on the project.
Work to partially remove the foundations of the former Paul Kelly and Deans stands that were part of the demolished stadium is under way.
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The history of Lancaster Park dates back to 1880.
In 1880, Canterbury Cricket and Athletics Sports Co Ltd, Edward Stevens and Arthur Ollivier initiated the purchase of a parcel of swampy farmland (the actual cricket ground was in low-lying area and basically sitting on a large pool of saturated land) which became Lancaster Park, and Lancaster was the name of the farmer and previous landlord.
Convicted sex offender working at Marlborough school - Ministry says not appropriate
14 May, 2021 12:25 AM
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A convicted sex offender has been working at a Marlborough school. Photo / 123RF stock image
Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask
A convicted sex offender who once admitted multiple charges of unlawful sexual connection with a young teenager has been working at a Marlborough school.
The school s principal was reportedly aware of his offending and allowed him to work on site- telling a person who complained measures were in place to protect the students.
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Kazakh Energy Minister Nurlan Nogayev has met with Franck Riester, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, and Yves-Louis Darricarrere, MEDEF International representatives, Kazinform cites the press service of the Energy Ministry of Kazakhstan.
No two ways about it: The April jobs report was extremely disappointing. And itâs likely to heat up the debate, now preoccupying the White House, over whether government policy might be subtly discouraging unemployed people from returning to work.
Economists and analysts had been expecting around a million jobs to be added on net in April, given the rising share of vaccinated Americans and relaxation of restrictions on business. Instead, employers created a measly 266,000 positions, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently. Job growth for March was revised downward, too.
The size of the jobs deficit â the difference between how many jobs there are today vs. pre-pandemic â remains quite large, with employment in April still 8.2 million jobs, or 5.4%, below the peak from February 2020. If Aprilâs hiring pace were to continue indefinitely, it would take 2½ more years before we regained all the jobs we had pre-COVID (and we actually want more jobs than th
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