Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 12:28 pm
Auckland, 21 July 2021 – Loneliness NZ is proud to be a
founding member of the Global Initiative on Loneliness and
Connection (GILC) which was launched overnight with a global
webinar. Participants were inspired by those international
leaders now placing ‘profound importance’ on addressing
loneliness and social isolation recognised as a
significant health issue for the 21st Century.
GILC is
comprised of national organizations committed to end the
pressing global issues of loneliness and social isolation.
We support the dissemination of system-wide, national
approaches to build social connection.
Participants
heard views from a number of prominent people,
including: Dr Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 11:53 am
Alcohol-fueled crashes cost New Zealanders $636,000 in
lifetime ACC costs every day for the last five years on
average new figures show.
The ACC data demonstrates
the staggering cost of just one aspect of alcohol-related
harm between 2016 and 2020.
The data was released
after Minister of Justice Kris Faafoi stated his goal to
review of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act within this
parliamentary term, a move applauded by alcohol policy
experts.
“In total $1.162 billion has been amassed
in lifetime costs to ACC over the last five years,” The
Helen Clark Foundation’s health equity fellow Matt Shand
and Vulnerable
Gaming Drivers
NortonLifeLock’s global
research team Norton Labs today published its second
quarterly Consumer
Cyber Safety Pulse Report, detailing the top consumer
cybersecurity insights and takeaways from April to June
2021. Leveraging the company’s global threat telemetry,
the analysis reveals the three most common phishing scams,
in addition to new threats in encrypted chat marketplaces,
online cookies, and vulnerable gaming drivers.
Norton
thwarted 23.7 million phishing attempts between April and
June 2021, with tech support scams, survey scams and
supplement scams ranking as the top types of phishing scams
seen. These scams are specifically designed to trick
unsuspecting consumers to share personal information or
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 2:13 pm
Data released today by the Real Estate Institute of New
Zealand (REINZ) shows there were 137 more farm sales
(+53.7%) for the three months ended June 2021 than for the
three months ended June 2020. Overall, there were 392 farm
sales in the three months ended June 2021, compared to 450
farm sales for the three months ended May 2021 (-12.9%), and
255 farm sales for the three months ended June
2020.
1,748 farms were sold in the year to June 2021,
51.5% more than were sold in the year to June 2020, with
148.1% more Dairy farms, 47.6% more Dairy Support, 40.1%
more Grazing farms, 67.5% more Finishing farms and 30.5%
less Arable farms sold over the same period.
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 1:23 pm
The Maritime Union says extra caution is needed in New
Zealand ports following more cases of COVID-19 on overseas
vessels.
Maritime Union National Secretary Craig
Harrison says overseas ships have to come into New Zealand,
but vigilance is required.
The Marshall
Islands-flagged container ship
Mattina in Bluff has
nine COVID positive crew members aboard, with the entire
crew under quarantine on the vessel.
A vaccinated
pilot from Southport had been aboard the vessel, but no
other workers had been.
Mr Harrison says a recent
spike in COVID cases amongst overseas crew members is
concerning to port workers.