Summary Passive investing has gained considerable attention in the COVID-19 era, with NZ markets resonating with this interesting trend. Unlike active funds, passive funds do not involve active management but rely on an underlying benchmark index. .
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 4:34 pm
A successful construction project is made up of many
moving parts. From conceptual design, to earth, pvomg,
laying a concrete slab, completion, and all the stages in
between, a successful project really is a Rube Goldberg
contraption. And just like a Rube Goldberg machine, if there
are any hiccups in the process, the ball can stop rowing.
There are many potential bottlenecks in the construction
process and in the event that one of these bottlenecks
occurs, it can send ripples throughout the remainder of the
project. This causes a cascade of events that ultimately can
delay the build time, cause a hemorrhage in the budget and
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 1:47 pm
The World Health Organization’s just-released ‘eighth
annual report on the global tobacco epidemic’ is sadly
more proof that billionaire foundations are more influential
on the WHO’s public health guidance than leading
international scientific evidence, says Asia Pacific’s
leading Tobacco Harm Reduction consumer advocacy
group.
CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm
Reduction Advocates) says the WHO’s latest attack on safer
nicotine products, reportedly funded by Bloomberg
Philanthropies, deserves the global condemnation it is
receiving.
CAPHRA s
Executive Coordinator says rather than trying to ban the
world’s most effective smoking cessation tools, the WHO
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 12:42 pm
A community of passionate New Zealand farmers, growers
and artisan food producers have joined forces to launch an
exciting new brand – Good Farmers New Zealand.
Put
simply, Good Farmers is a community that stands for ‘Good
Food, grown on Good Land, nurtured by Good
Farmers.’
The collective, which currently includes
eight food producers with more joining shortly, has two key
goals:
Bring together like-minded food producers,
who share a passion for sustainability, animal welfare and
packaging waste reduction, to operate under a unified brand
that will support their growth, share resources, and harness
best practice learnings.
Help shoppers who care
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 3:52 pm
Acting Minister of Emergency Management the Hon Kris
Faafoi was in Marlborough this morning to assess the damage
to the region caused by the recent storm.
Minister
Faafoi joined a briefing at the Emergency Operations Centre
and thanked the response team, led by Incident Controller
Richard McNamara, for its work over the last ten days.
Minister Faafoi said he was aware that Marlborough’s
multi-agency emergency management response team was a
“well-oiled machine” and had been successful in
responding to and managing the storm’s immediate
impacts.
Minister Faafoi also witnessed first-hand the
serious damage to Queen Charlotte Drive at Cullen Point near