Monday, 26 July 2021, 2:10 pm
Groups with an interest in the financial market
transactions and payments are being asked for their views on
how a new law governing the ‘plumbing’ of the financial
system should be implemented.
The Financial Market
Infrastructure Act became law in May 2021. The new Act
governs Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) – a set of
critical systems that are sometimes referred to as the
plumbing of the financial system. These systems allow
electronic payments and financial market transactions to
occur.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea
Matua and the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) - Te Mana
Tātai Hokohoko are together the regulator of FMIs under the
New Zealand company
KidsSafetyNet is on a mission to decrease the amount of
online bullying occurring in New Zealand, an issue that
costs $440 million annually according to Netsafe who are
launching their first ever Netsafety Week from July 23 to
July 30. The added pressures of digital parenting have
created a need for a simple solution to online safety that
allows everyone to have a more positive experience online
without fear of grooming, bullying or harmful
content.
KidsSafetyNet are supporting
Netsafe in spreading the ways people can have a more
positive experience online by allowing parents to block
social media with a flick of a switch on their App thereby
Monday, 26 July 2021, 4:30 pm
Exploring
new uses for New Zealand’s strong wool. Wool Source
pigments are currently in pre-commercialisation
trials.
Wool Research Organisation
of New Zealand Inc (WRONZ) today announced its world-class
research initiative with the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to explore new uses for New
Zealand’s strong wool has led to the development of unique
wool particles, powders and pigments with global export
potential for applications as diverse as cosmetics,
printing, luxury goods and personal care.
WRONZ
unveiled the innovative wool products at an event to
celebrate the achievements from its New Uses for Strong Wool
Monday, 26 July 2021, 3:03 pm
In Aurecon’s latest Just Imagine blog, Kat Crewes
(Geotechnical Engineer) and Robert Holmes (Lead, People and
Change) argue that while neurodivergence has been viewed by
businesses as a hurdle, employing neurodivergent people
encourages new ways of thinking and working – and it’s
good for the bottom line.
Blog excerpt:
The
trend towards uniformity in the 20th century is visible in
many places, not just farmland. Many workplaces have
fostered homogeneity in thought and behaviour, where those
who do not work in the same way as the majority are weeded
out, even if unintentionally. What we now know, is that a
Monday, 26 July 2021, 2:12 pm
After more than a decade of meticulous planning with his
team, it was Norway’s Kristian
Blummenfelt who was crowned the men’s Tokyo 2020
Olympic Triathlon Champion on Monday morning on Odaiba Bay,
delivering one of the most gutsy runs possible to take the
tape with a roar, at the end of a truly epic battle of
wills.
For much of the run, Great Britain’s Alex
Yee looked like he might just continue his remarkable
rise all the way to the top of the triathlon tree, only for
the inimitable Norwegian to put in one final and ultimately