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ChristchurchNZ and its partners have facilitated COVID-19-related support services for thousands of businesses who sought it and continue to do so. We launched a hugely significant domestic tourism campaign and have attracted a range of major events to drive both local and visitor spending. Along with this immediate work, we appreciate how vital it is…
River recharge project officially unveiled The official opening of the Waikirikiri / Selwyn Near River Recharge site in September marks an important point in the fight to improve freshwater ecosystem health in the catchment. Representatives from Environment Canterbury, Taumutu Rūnanga, Selwyn Waihora Water Zone Committee, Central Plains Water, Department of Conservation, project contractors, and the…
AA Motoring is urging motorists to renew their car’s Warrant of Fitness (WoF) now while its sites still have capacity – particularly during afternoons – or expect increasingly long wait times the closer it gets to the government’s October 10 deadline to renew. Vehicle owners with warrants that expired this year have just over two…
The Yamaha New Zealand Extreme Off-Road Championship series will reach the halfway stage this weekend, with the country’s elite dirt bikers determined to stake their claim on the coveted crown. All but one rider is capable of moving up in the standings and that individual is Wainuiomata’s Jake Whitaker, the multi-talented rider who won the…
Mortgage Express announces the recent appointment of Mark Thompson, Mortgage Adviser based in Christchurch. Mark joins Mortgage Express with close to 30 years’ finance experience, having worked for three main finance institutions in a number of roles. Most recently he was a mobile mortgage manager and a senior commercial manager. “I have entered the industry…
Celebrating World Rivers Day with a Waimakariri tree-planting event, on behalf of Sustainable Coastlines and Pit Stop Charity Sustainable Coastlines, in collaboration with Pit Stop NZ, invites Cantabrians keen to volunteer in a tree-planting alongside the Waimakariri River on Sunday, 27 September, in celebration of World Rivers Day. World Rivers Day is an annual event…
Home > About Massey > News > Massey secures grant to support MÄori into STEM Massey secures grant to support MÄori into STEM The investment with impact 270 rangatahi from the ManawatÅ« and around 100 rangatahi in Hawkes Bay. (Image credit PÅ«horo STEM Academy) Director Naomi Manu Massey University’s PÅ«horo STEM Academy has received an…
A group of Christchurch Colleges students braved the brisk spring weather to have their luxuriant locks shorn off in order to raise money for Leukemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand on September 17th. The event raised $60, 000 – roughly $20,000 more than the next-highest amount ever raised by the school. Ara Institute of Canterbury…
Renowned soprano Emma Pearson is to tour with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, performing in Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin and Christchurch in October. The Australian-born singer, who made her professional operatic debut with New Zealand Opera, will perform Richard Strauss’ elegiac song cycle Four Last Songs. “As a young singer in Wiesbaden, Germany, I saw how…
The Department of Conservation (DOC) is investing $1.4 million to develop new predator lures that would be game-changers for trapping and surveillance towards a predator-free Aotearoa, the Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage, announced in Christchurch today. The proposal is to develop long-life lures attractive to a range of predators-rats, mustelids and feral cats-for use in…
The Youth Ambassadors received recognition of their achievements at an event to celebrate NZ Chinese Language Week at Parliament on Tuesday evening. The Youth Ambassadors for 2020 are: Jake Doyle, ACG Parnell College in Auckland; Natalie Goh, Glendowie College in Auckland; Ngaru Omichi,Rotorua Boys’ High School in Rotorua; Lesieli Kotoa, Wellington East Girls’ College, in…
NZ Post has announced a net profit after tax of $6 million following a financial year of “two halves”, with a strong operational performance in the first part of the 2019/2020 financial year, before the COVID-19 response and resulting lockdowns materially affected revenue streams. “The return to profit in a year of enormous challenges reflects…
Aotearoa New Zealand’s third SDG Summit Series, which will be announced in Åtautahi Christchurch on 25 September to mark five years since the world committed to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), will stimulate sustainability action across Aotearoa New Zealand, according to the summit’s chairperson. The 17 SDGs provide a framework and global agenda…
A six-year-old boy who couldn’t spell cat and didn’t know his last name, was sent to an institution where for the next 13 years he was put to work and physically and sexually abused. IHC Director of Advocacy Trish Grant will give evidence on Monday to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care…
Global geoscience software company Seequent was this week highlighted as one of four global partners working with Microsoft and its customers to drive change for good around water quality and conservation. Microsoft President, Brad Smith, announced Microsoft’s commitment to operating as a water-positive company by 2030 on his official news blog this week. Smith outlined…
Simplicity, the nonprofit KiwiSaver and Investment Fund manager which gives 15% of fees to the Simplicity Charitable Trust, today announced its biggest donations to date. Over $250,000 has been donated to five organisations across New Zealand, doing critical work for young people and the environment. Lifewise Charitable Trust – $50,000 to support their youth housing…
Local runners toasted double success at the rescheduled 2020 Rotorua Marathon today as Michael Voss and Alice Mason secured historic victories in the men’s and women’s marathons with a pair of dominant performances. On a symbolic day in which the iconic race was one of the first mass participation road race events in the world…
Seddon House in Hokitika, once a hub for government on the West Coast, has been earmarked for government use once again. “Today we’re announcing a $22 million investment from the Government’s $3 billion infrastructure fund for shovel ready projects for the purchase and restoration of Seddon House in the heart of Hokitika” said Minister for…
Progressive galloper Super Strike reminded racing pundits of his undoubted ability when he produced a powerful finish to score first up over 1200m at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Super Easy gelding had been off the scene since sustaining a muscle injury when running second at the venue back in December last year. Trainer Richard Collett…
The points are starting to add up for Wainuiomata’s Jake Whitaker as he seeks to successfully defend his New Zealand Extreme Off-road Championships crown. The 29-year-old father-of-one took his 2020-model KTM EXC300tpi two-stroke bike to a solid runner-up result at the second round of four in the series near Whangamata on Saturday, crossing the finish…
With the Reserve Bank printing a $1 billion of new money each week and central banks around the world signalling higher inflation expectations is it time for New Zealand to have a second currency? Since July that is exactly what is happening. RedPill is a digital currency being distributed by Christchurch based Forecast Services Limited….
A National Government will deliver high quality mental health care that is accessible, timely and effective, regardless of where you’re from. National’s Mental Health policy was announced by Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey and Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti in Christchurch today. “Mental health is just as important as physical health. One in five Kiwis…
Top play by Lwamba Chileshe and Emma Millar at the National Squash Centre Invitational PSA Satellite tournament has given both players a boost as they target their first national senior squash titles. Chielshe ranked at 148 in the world and Millar 115 in the women’s world rankings have been starved of PSA squash tournaments with…
It’s two rounds complete and two different winners thus far for the 2020 Yamaha New Zealand Extreme Off-road Championships, the series reaching the halfway stage near Whangamata on Saturday. With two of four rounds now in the record books – and wins to Wainuiomata’s Jake Whitaker and Cambridge’s Dylan Yearbury – you could be forgiven…
Young Aucklanders have growing aspirations to put New Zealand handball on the world stage. To develop their skills in the Olympic sport, they are using innovative portable goals that allow them to train where and when they want to. Over the past year, Auckland Region Handball has purchased 10 portable Handball Packagoals from New Zealand…
For the first time, Vector Lights on Auckland Harbour Bridge and the Queen Street Lights will be lighting up pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, in support of Breast Cancer Foundation NZ’s (BCFNZ) annual Pink Ribbon Street Appeal. Vector Lights and Queen Street Lights will be joining Sky Tower in Auckland, along with…
A top-billing T20 between the BLACKCAPS and the West Indies at Eden Park on Friday, 27th November will launch a packed home international cricket schedule for the New Zealand 2020-21 summer. After concerns over the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the summer schedule, sports fans can look forward to the arrival of the West…
For the last twelve years, the Chair of Clinical Neurology has been revolutionising the way New Zealand treats strokes that come into the Emergency Department. Year after year the number of Kiwis affected by stroke has been on the rise. It is estimated that in 2020 11,000 Kiwis will be affected by a stroke. This…
New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters says today’s decision by the Serious Fraud Office exonerates the New Zealand First Party of any electoral law breaches. Having fully investigated the allegations the SFO has cleared the New Zealand First Party, all of its Ministers, all sitting members of the New Zealand First party, all candidates standing…
Champion trainer Jamie Richards is hoping for another fruitful day on both sides of the Tasman on Saturday despite the stars not aligning for star mare Probabeel in the Gr.1 Epsom Handicap (1600m). The Cambridge Stud-owned mare drew barrier 18 for the A$1 million feature and as a result of the wide draw drifted to…