Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 12:59 pm
Kate Mildenhall has been announced as the recipient of
the inaugural New Zealand-Australia residency exchange, an
international residency program held by Varuna, the
Australian National Writers House in collaboration with the
Michael King Writers Centre in Auckland and the Verb
Wellington Writers Festival.
Kate is the
much-acclaimed author of the novels
Skylarking (Black
Inc.) and
The Mother Fault (S&S).
The Mother
Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction
Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis
Science Fiction Novel of the Year.
Subject to travel
restrictions, the four-week residency exchange will take
place in October 2021. Kate will work on her third novel at
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 2:25 pm
The emphasis on experience is arguably at its greatest
today because the structure of almost everything we do has
been upended by the Covid-19
pandemic.
Increasingly, the customer experience
(CX) offered by organisations is measured not just by
standards set by competitors but also by non-competitors
across industries.
61% percent of executives surveyed
for recent research
by Accenture agree that customers are shaped by the most
hyper-relevant, real-time, and dynamic experiences they
encounter across all industries, and that those experiences
affect how and why they innovate. Yet 41% believe an
inability to respond quickly to changing customer habits is
Associate Minister of
Health
New measures to help bolster the
midwifery workforce as they care for the next generation of
New Zealanders, have been announced today by Associate
Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall.
“New
Zealand’s midwives are committed to the wellbeing of women
and whānau, but they’re facing significant challenges.
The DHB midwifery workforce has been shrinking, while demand
for their services and expertise is increasing,” Ayesha
Verrall said.
“In order to support them, clinical
coaches will stand shoulder to shoulder with midwives on the
maternity wards, as they care for the health and medical
needs of pregnant and birthing women.
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 1:35 pm
Thousands will be vaccinated at the country’s first
mass vaccination event later this month as part of
protecting one of our most at-risk communities from
COVID-19.
MIT Mass Vaccination will take place over
three days – July 30, July 31 and August 1 – at Vodafone
Events Centre, Manukau and is open to MIT staff, students
and their whānau.
“Students of MIT and their
families have been given a great opportunity to get
vaccinated,” says MIT Student Council president Micah
Sili.
Mass vaccination events have been used
successfully overseas to get large groups of people of all
ages (in the case of the Pfizer vaccine 16 years and over)
Past Fresca Mac N
Cheese
The dish he learnt at a young age from his
dad sparked his passion for cooking, leading him to follow
in his father’s footsteps and pursue a career in
hospitality.
Mac N’ Cheese is now one of the most
popular dishes his customers order for delivery on
Menulog.
Ahead of Mac N’ Cheese Day on July 14 –
when restaurants and foodies celebrate the ultimate comfort
food – the Hamilton chef and owner of Menulog restaurant
partner Pasta
Fresca reveals the three ‘secrets’ to his Mac N’
Cheese that makes it one of the best in the