Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 12:07 pm
Bilingual duo Aro, are taking their music on the
road this spring to celebrate and share the stories of our
waters, in support of their latest project, & EP release
‘He Wai’. The tour intentionally coincides with Māhuru
Māori and Te Wiki o te Reo Māori which celebrates the
Māori language. Aro are performing across the
whenua, throughout September & October, visiting coastal
communities, big & small, and other intimate venues near
bodies of water as part of their ‘He Wai’ National
release tour.
During the spring tour, Aro will also
continue on with their established education programme
Geoff
Hamilton
Geoff will be joining the Council on 9
August 2021 following a successful recruitment process led
by executive recruitment specialists Sheffield New Zealand,
which saw 47 applicants from across New Zealand apply for
the role.
Geoff is a Chartered Accountant and has a
strong background in strategic leadership, tendering
procurement activities and iwi engagement. His Local
Government background includes working for Whakatane
District Council as the acting Chief Financial Officer and
General Manager Business Partnering to lead workshops,
develop a Social Procurement Policy and help implement its
2021-2031 Long Term Plan.
Geoff is looking forward to
making the move from Ōhope with his wife and being closer
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 10:30 am
Shobha Shukla – CNS
While the governments chant
the mantra of leaving no one behind , it is ironic that
they are abetting corporate grabbing of land and resources,
which is pushing farmers out of agriculture. Corporations
are exercising more and more control over food and
agriculture and influencing public policies. The forthcoming
United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021, tentatively to be
held in September 2021 and convened by the Secretary-General
of the United Nations, purports to transform the way the
world produces and consumes food, and leverage these actions
to deliver progress on all the 17 Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs).
However, one fears that with UN
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 12:33 pm
The search for a pod of orca off the Wellington coast has
resumed today (14 July) as work continues to reunite a
stranded orca calf with its family.
The orca calf –
believed to be between four and six months old – stranded
on rocks at Plimmerton on Sunday afternoon. It is remains in
a temporary enclosure near a wharf at Hongoeka, with
volunteers from Whale Rescue/Orca Rescue trust working
alongside Department of Conservation and local iwi Ngati
Toa.
Ian Angus, Department of Conservation (DOC)
Marine Species Manager, says there have been two reported
sightings of a pod off the Kapiti Coast – including a
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 12:06 pm
Some Kiwi SMEs are calling it a funny economy because
some companies are busy while others in the same industry
have gone quiet – a movable feast that can change month to
month – but, as one chartered accounting firm is
asserting, it possibly has less to do with the economy than
with the business itself.
Director at BetterCo
chartered accountant and business advisor, Alister Siew,
says the New Zealand economy, buoyed by the property
industry, is doing better than expected, and perhaps it s
time for those that are struggling to reassess their
business plan or strategy. To begin with, a business