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RedLogix 2.1 Interestingly that article starts with a description of appallingly bad safety standards at a major petrochem site in the 1960s. Yet remarkably everything has changed in the 50 years since; the events he describes are pretty much unthinkable in a developed country today. In particular: One day, Sherman was standing in a room, leaning over a large pipe to check a filter, when an operator in a distant control room mistakenly turned a knob, sending hot, almond-sm...

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Invercargill and Dunedin have been closed by floods once a decade or so. Graeme 1.1.1 Large parts of Dunedin are below mean sea level, some around a metre. Invercargill is just above, but close enough that a flood combined with a high tide makes things pretty wet. Both suffer from being built on very weak ground, especially Invercargill, so both are never going to be more than they are now and unlikely to get much future investment. Its not only airports that are at risk...

Written By: weka - Date published: 6:06 am, January 23rd, 2021 - 38 comments When the government proposed declaring a climate emergency in December last year, Jacinda Ardern said this, This declaration is an acknowledgment of the next generation: an acknowledgment of the burden that they will carry if we do not get this right and if we do not take action now. When I visit schools, when I read children’s letters, I’m often...

Budget 2021 will be delivered on Thursday 20 May, Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced today. “My focus continues to be on making sure spending is targeted at the areas and people that need it the most. “We will manage the books carefully including ensuring we are getting value for money ... 16 hours ago Morena ki a tatau, Tena tatau i nga kaupapa hauora, E tuitui nei i a tatau i tēnei ata, Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou katoa. When we were re-elected with a clear mandate for change, ou...

While rising unemployment and currently lockdown back in full swing, it may look bleak out there. However, one expert believes that the rate of hiring this year will accelerate for a number of reasons.    There are over a million people unemployed in the UK right now but there are things you can do to stand out from the crowd of job hunters and get hired James ODowd, managing partner of independent executive search firm Patrick Morgan explains: Generous government support over the past nine ...

Figures like that – and her own personal experience – has Deputy Wellington Mayor Sarah Free urging drivers to adopt the so-called “Dutch reach”, a technique where drivers open car doors using their left hand, which makes them reach across their waist and means they are more-likely to look behind. “I’ve had near misses myself on my bike where I’ve had to suddenly swerve to avoid a car door opening on me,” Free said. “People are always apologetic but if there is a collision ...

Press Release – Movement Frustrated by NZ Transport Agencys ongoing failure to give effect to the Governments priorities for land transport, advocacy organisation MOVEMENT has lodged a Judicial Review to challenge NZTAs decision-making. Chair of MOVEMENT, Christine Rose says: … Frustrated by NZ Transport Agency’s ongoing failure to give effect to the Government’s priorities for land transport, advocacy organisation MOVEMENT has lodged a Judicial Review to challenge NZTA’s decision-ma...

Public transport advocates are taking legal action over what they say is road building that encourages too much travel by car.

Friday, 11 December 2020, 9:58 am Frustrated by NZ Transport Agency’s ongoing failure to give effect to the Government’s priorities for land transport, advocacy organisation MOVEMENT has lodged a Judicial Review to challenge NZTA’s decision-making. Chair of MOVEMENT, Christine Rose says: “The Government Policy Statement (GPS) on Land Transport has specific priorities for NZTA which includes fewer private car trips and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. However, despite being legally req...