Cutting The OCR Next Week 'Likely The Wrong Thing To Do' - Economist
Kelly Eckhold said he expected the RBNZ will go ahead with a smaller sized cut of 25 basis points to 3.5 percent, because it had already strongly hinted a further cut would happen when it reduced the ...
Extended Skill Mix In Primary Care Teams Improves Patient Access And Outcomes
As Primary Health Organisations and general practices nationwide await a decision on funding continuation, a new report from General Practice New Zealand (GPNZ) highlights the improvements to access ...
Empowering Cultures: Students Ignite Polyfest50 With Pride And Purpose
Among them were cultural leaders Israel Gomes and William Tutui, deputy head boy Munroe Fusitua and Junior Kohinoa – all proudly embracing the 50th Polyfest while supporting their school’s Fijian and ...
Strokes Of Inspiration? Mayors Mahé And James Hit The Water
Tauranga Mayor Mahé Drysdale and Western Bay Mayor James Denyer took to the water for a spot of rowing on Wednesday to help ...
Canterbury Council Defends Rising Debt
Waimakariri council - which includes Kaiapoi and Rangiora - has a debt level of $200m against an income from rates of around $150m and a debt to revenue ratio of around 135 percent.
Hub Launched To Empower Architects And Engineers To Build Above Code
A joint initiative between the Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake (NHC), BRANZ, MBIE and New Zealand's technical societies, Design.Resilience.NZ houses guidance for architects, engineers and ...
Rainwater Harvesting Rules Frustrate Oxford Resident
Environment Canterbury (ECan) estimates there are between 25,000 and 30,000 private wells in Canterbury used for drinking water, but the council did not hold data on all wells as landowners did not ...
Opinion
Dunne's Weekly: While We're Breaking Up Monoliths, What About MBIE?
While the government is in the mood for breaking up failing conglomerates like the supermarket duopoly, it should consider doing the same to one of its own largest agencies – the ubiquitous Ministry ...
One Plan To Rule Them All: Coast Council Says Juggernaut Can’t Be Stopped
The West Coast Regional Council heard this week that the council and iwi committee that has led the Te Tai o Poutini Plan ...
Third Contender For Whanganui Mayoralty: Josh Chandulal-Mackay Shares Vision For City
Three-term district councillor Josh Chandulal-Mackay has set his sights on the Whanganui mayoralty and leading out “a new ...
Disabled People Will Be ‘Further Isolated’ If Travel Subsidy Cut
The council ultimately requested staff develop and implement a process to limit trip numbers, while considering cutting the subsidy to 50 percent as a disincentive. No final decision was made at the ...
‘Weird Wording’: Parent Says Nelson Speed Consultation Is Confusing
Consultation has finally opened on a proposal to retain a 60km/h limit on a stretch of Nelson highway, but a local parent and ...