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Press Release – Local Government NZ The Mayors Taskforce for Jobs (MTFJ) is celebrating a significant milestone, having guided 500 mostly young and Covid-19 displaced workers into sustainable employment through its Community Recovery Programme . The Community Recovery Programme is a … The Mayors Taskforce for Jobs (MTFJ) is celebrating a significant milestone, having guided 500 mostly young and Covid-19 displaced workers into sustainable employment through its Community Recovery Programme....

Lawrence Gullery/Stuff Apprentice Pairama Katipa-Maikuku with supervisor Tai Mataroa, buildings maintenance officer Patrick Carr and apprentice Hayze Carr-Rewi inside the workshop they refitted at the Ōtorohanga Kiwi House and Native Bird Park. Rural councils have managed to find 500 jobs for young people and those displaced by Covid-19, as part of a $11.5 million community recovery programme set up mid-2020. It represents just under half of the 1150-job target the 23 rural councils have to m...

Sizzling property market continues in 2021 as house prices maintain their upward march Newshub 8/02/2021 Scott Palmer © Video - Newshub; Image - Getty Watch: House prices predicted to soar in 2021 as Auckland property boom starts again. The sizzling property market has continued in 2021 as house prices maintain their upward march. A shortage of stock continues to put upward pressure on prices while low interest rates and a recovering economy encourage buyers. "Major urban c...

Brian Fallow: Pragmatic path to cutting carbon 4 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 7 minutes to read OPINION: If I had to choose one word to characterise the Climate Change Commissions draft road map to a decarbonised future, I would plump for "pragmatic". It is certainly more pragmatic on the electricity sector, for example, than the Government it is advising. Like the Interim Climate Change Committee, the commission is sceptical of the objective of 100 per cent renewable electricity, says...

Minister of Tourism Another cash lifeline is being rolled out to the regions after the approval of funding towards a wide range of events and activities to stimulate domestic tourism. Contracts have now been signed with all nine regional tourism groupings to enable the $50 million Regional Events Fund to be distributed around the country. “Event organisers and tourism operators from Northland to Southland will benefit from the events outlined in the plans from their regional organisations,”...

Press Release – New Zealand Government Hon Stuart Nash Minister of Tourism Another cash lifeline is being rolled out to the regions after the approval of funding towards a wide range of events and activities to stimulate domestic tourism. Contracts have now been signed with all nine regional tourism groupings to enable the $50 million Regional Events Fund to be distributed around the country. “Event organisers and tourism operators from Northland to Southland will benefit from the events ou...

Died: December 23, 2020. TOM Laurie OBE, who has died aged 82, was a quantity surveyor who helped transform Scotland’s cultural landscape both physically and creatively. He played an integral part in the founding of Cumbernauld Theatre, and was key to the setting up of WASPS Studios at a time when affordable studio provision for artists was hard to find. He was Chair of the Traverse Theatre during one of Edinburgh’s new-writing theatre’s golden periods, and brought artistic life to ev...

New Zealands most overdue library books, 121 years late 27 Jan, 2021 07:28 PM 6 minutes to read Digital producer, Christchurch, NZ Heralddevon.bolger@nzme.co.nz We have all been guilty of forgetting to return a library book on time but what happens when you forget for 121 years? A Herald investigation reveals the countrys most overdue library books. Every council in the country was contacted and asked about their most overdue book. Childrens books appear to be the most commonl...

Several parts of the country could be in for some rough weather in the next 24 hours; including Wellington, Canterbury and the West Coast.

It's a wet and windy start to the weekend for some, but hot 30C days are on the way.