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150 for 150 – Celebrating Sir Ernest Rutherford
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 9:37 am | Joint Press Release
Today, August 30, would have been Sir Ernest Rutherford’s 150th birthday. To celebrate, Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, Otago Museum’s Tūhura Otago Community Trust Science Centre and Auckland’s Museum of Transport and Technology ... More >>
Dads Encouraged to Share Best 'Dad Joke', Raise Awareness
Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 11:10 am | Joint Press Release
Classic Kiwi Dad Jokes will take centre stage in the lead up to this year's Father's Day, with Wellington Chocolate Factory teaming up with Big Buddy to raise funds and awareness for the organisation which supports thousands of New Zealand boys every ... More >>
Children have natural ability to thrive during lockdown
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 8:50 am | Joint Press Release
A new report released today by Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa | NZCER and Te Kura o Te Mātauranga, Institute of Education, at Massey University shows that children have a natural ability to survive, thrive and learn during COVID-19 lockdowns. More >>
COVID-19 support available to Northland businesses
Monday, 23 August 2021, 2:19 pm | Joint Press Release
Northland businesses impacted by the COVID-19 Level 4 lockdown are able to call on a package of supports from MSD and other agencies in the region. Ministry of Social Development, Economic Development Manager for Northland, Darrell Lambert says that ... More >>
Metro Auckland Hospitals working closely to provide care
Friday, 20 August 2021, 12:06 pm | Joint Press Release
Hospitals across Metro Auckland are working closely with the Northern Region Health Co-ordination Centre to safely manage anyone in the region needing hospital level care. This follows a positive case being confirmed as being treated at North Shore ... More >>
Unprecedented show of solidarity to get action on crime
Thursday, 19 August 2021, 8:36 am | Joint Press Release
Central Auckland business associations want urgent action on crime. At 10am today, Heart of the City, Newmarket, Parnell, Karangahape Road, Uptown and Ponsonby Business Associations will simultaneously release an open letter to the Prime Minister to ... More >>
Ngāti Koata partner with the Ka Hao i te Ao Programme
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 8:53 am | Joint Press Release
With help from a partnership with Shopify’s global indigenous programme, government funding and donations, Te Whare Hukahuka are pleased to offer scholarships totaling $1.3 million dollars to cover the $7500 fee for their three-month E-commerce programme, ... More >>
Learning to fly: Training young heroes to operate drones
Tuesday, 17 August 2021, 10:28 am | Joint Press Release
Search and rescue operations are tremendously resource-intensive. At the heart of them are often volunteers, who selflessly give their time as members of their local Land Search and Rescue branch, and other volunteer organisations. But more recently, ... More >>
Canterbury And West Coast DHBs Planning For 19 August NZNO And MERAS Strikes Well Underway
Friday, 13 August 2021, 3:08 pm | Joint Press Release
Canterbury and the West Coast DHBs are implementing contingency plans for the strike action planned by New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation (NZNO) and Midwifery Employee Representation & Advisory Service (MERAS) members on Thursday 19 August. ... More >>
CentrePort Launches Electric Vehicles With Support From New Zealand Green Investment Finance
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 4:27 pm | Joint Press Release
One hundred percent electric vehicles are now being used to move container cargo at Wellington’s CentrePort, thanks to investment from New Zealand Green Investment Finance (NZGIF). After entering into a green credit facility provided by NZGIF, CentrePort ... More >>
NortonLifeLock And Avast To Merge To Lead The Transformation Of Consumer Cyber Safety
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 9:47 am | Joint Press Release
NortonLifeLock, a global leader in consumer Cyber Safety, and Avast, a global leader in digital security and privacy, are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended merger of Avast with NortonLifeLock, ... More >>
The Backhouse Home To New Innovation Collaboration
Thursday, 5 August 2021, 10:58 am | Joint Press Release
A new centre for innovation, creative industries, entrepreneurship and education - housed in the historic Backhouse building on UCOL Whanganui’s campus - is inspiring excitement in the city’s creative hub. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2108/900b7538c66fe290ca84.jpeg" ... More >>
ADB, New Zealand Helping Vanuatu Expand Interisland Shipping
Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 2:08 pm | Joint Press Release
A fifth route is to be added to a shipping scheme in Vanuatu which is connecting remote communities by sea and boosting social activities and economic growth. The fifth route, which will go to Santo province, has completed bidding and contract ... More >>
Chagos Islanders Seek Control Of Popular .IO Domain
Friday, 30 July 2021, 2:15 pm | Joint Press Release
A consumer group and a human rights group joined forces today to file a complaint with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) detailing consumer and human rights harms committed by Afilias Ltd, the manager of popular cryptocurrency ... More >>
Red Hat And Nutanix Announce Strategic Partnership To Deliver Open Hybrid Multicloud Solutions
Friday, 30 July 2021, 12:17 pm | Joint Press Release
Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, and Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, today announced a strategic partnership to enable a powerful solution for building, scaling and managing ... More >>
Share The Joy Of Breastfeeding Say Child Health Organisations
Friday, 30 July 2021, 9:48 am | Joint Press Release
New Zealand Breastfeeding Alliance (NZBA), the NZ College of Midwives and the Paediatric Society have joined forces to remind New Zealanders that breastfeeding should be a shared responsibility. World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), which runs from 1-7 August, ... More >>
EnviroWaste Partners With NZ Food Network To Feed Hungry Kiwis
Friday, 30 July 2021, 9:17 am | Joint Press Release
EnviroWaste has joined NZ Food Network (NZFN) to put more food on the table for the thousands of Kiwi households experiencing food insecurity. The new partnership will see EnviroWaste working with its large food production clients to ... More >>
New Zealand (Aotearoa) Could Be World’s First Large-scale Producer Of Green Hydrogen
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 12:08 pm | Joint Press Release
Contact Energy and Meridian Energy are seeking registrations of interest to develop the world’s largest green hydrogen plant. The plant has the potential to earn hundreds of millions in export revenue and help decarbonise economies both here and overseas, ... More >>
National Library Partners With Internet Pirates
Thursday, 15 July 2021, 2:18 pm | Joint Press Release
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc (NZSA) and the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) are shocked the National Library of New Zealand (NLNZ) has announced plans to handover hundreds ... More >>
Hunter Education Boost From Jobs For Nature
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 3:50 pm | Joint Press Release
The New Zealand Deerstalkers Association (NZDA) and the Game Animal Council (GAC) are welcoming a $700,000 boost for hunter training and education delivered through the Jobs for Nature Community Conservation Fund. “Hunting is increasing in popularity ... More >>
