Campus cash

- University of Canterbury -

The University of Canterbury is developing a master plan for a $1 billion investment in infrastructure at its Ilam campus over the next 20 years.

 

Internationals close to Kiwi trees

- Scoop – Carbon News –

 Iwi join Aussies in carbon forestry venture

 Six iwi have joined forces with an Australian carbon forestry company and are looking to mop up land in the Central North Island.

Shannon Gillies – Yes that’s m for mayor

Hi all you fantastic people

If you’re looking for more updates about what the campaign team are up to you need to hit them up on Facebook.

Commited to Sewerage

- Scoop – Whangarei District Council

WDC Needs to Commit to Sewerage Upgrade – Commissioners

Whangarei District Council has effectively been given until early February to adopt a comprehensive upgrade programme for its Whangarei Wastewater Treatment Plant – or risk the rejection of a crucial consent change it wants.

Consultation on set net closures begins

- Scoop – Ministry of Fisheries -

 

The Ministry of Fisheries has today opened public consultation on options for managing the impacts on fishing from set nets on Maui’s and Hector’s dolphins in two areas where the Minister has been asked to reconsider previous decisions as a result of a High Court ruling.

Hercules upgrade announcement welcome

- Scoop – Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union -

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) welcomes today’s news that the Government and L3 Communications have reached agreement on completing the Air Force’s C130 Hercules aircraft Life Extension Programme in New Zealand.

It’s all about the fish

- Scoop – Forest and Bird -

 Call for better protection for endangered dolphins

Forest & Bird calls for better protection for endangered dolphins

Conservation organisation Forest & Bird calls for the Ministry of Fisheries to choose the best ways to protect endangered Maui’s and Hector’s dolphins from fishing set nets.

Press wasted by decree

- Scoop -

 

 

 

Survival Of Fiji Times Now On A Knife-Edge

Thursday, 26 August 2010, 11:52 am
Press Release: Pacific Media Watch

Survival Of Fiji Times Now On A Knife-Edge

http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/08/survival-of-fiji-times-now-on-a-knife-edge/
Time is running out for the 141-year-old influential newspaper as it has only a month to divest 90 percent of its Australian-ownership – or be forced to close down.

Women get smeared

- Beehive -

Significant increase in Maori and Pacific women having cervical smears

More women have had cervical smears as part of the National Cervical Screening Programme (NCSP) during the past three years, says Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia.

Clean up your Meth lab – the state is not your mother

 

- Beehive - 

Health Minister Tony Ryall has released new guidelines for cleaning up clandestine laboratories used to manufacture methamphetamine or ‘P’.