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The 2016 NZ DIA Forum will be held in the Viaduct Events Centre, Auckland on 16 - 17 November in conjunction with the RNZN 75th Anniversary celebrations, Operation Neptune.
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An NZDefence Industry release
10 June 2016 - The tool-kit, which provides practical advice and resources to help farmers improve health and safety on their farms, has been developed by Safer Farms, ACC and WorkSafe New Zealand’s health and safety programme designed with farmers and the wider agricultural sector.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand and Federated Farmers were among the groups which provided input to the tool-kit. Beef + Lamb New Zealand, in addition to working with WorkSafe on the new tool-kit, is working with sheep and beef farmers to help them meet their obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act. Beef + Lamb New Zealand Chief Executive, Sam McIvor, says that by the end of June, the organisation will have run over 70 health and safety workshops for more than 2,100 attendees around the country.
“There’s no question that as an industry we need to make sure we have good health and safety practices in place on our farms,” says Mr McIvor. “We’ve been working closely with WorkSafe and farmers to get these systems in place on sheep and beef farms. Tools, like those promoted on the WorkSafe website, give farmers good practical information to make their farms safe places to operate,” McIvor says.
Al McCone, WorkSafe’s Agriculture Programme Manager says that while many farmers recognise that proactive planning is needed to make sure they can keep healthy and safe, they find it difficult to know where to start with changing their approach. He reassures farmers that this doesn’t need to be hard. The easy-to-use tool-kit concentrates on those things that make a difference on farm, which are also at the heart of the new Health and Safety at Work Act - involving everyone on farm, recognising health as well as injury risks, and working with other businesses to make sure overlapping risks are managed.
“Fit and healthy people are a critical factor for successful farming. In 2013, around 20 per cent of agricultural workers made a farming-related injury claim to ACC, at a cost of over $26 million. Some of those injuries will keep costing for several years. Keeping everyone on your farm safe and healthy helps ensure a farm is productive and profitable.
“The new tool-kit can help farmers keep safe and keep farming,” says Mr McCone.
A WorksafeNZ press release
Entries are now open for New Zealand’s longest-running and pre-eminent sustainability awards.
9 June 2016 - The NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards, which are now in their 14th year, celebrate the contribution organisations and individuals are making to transforming New Zealand to a more sustainable nation. Entry to the awards is free and open to all organisations and individuals in New Zealand.
CEO of the SBN Rachel Brown says, "There’s been a tremendous amount of action in sustainability over the past year and the need to be recognised in this space is greater than ever. The sustainable business landscape has shifted with events such as the Paris Agreement on climate change putting sustainability firmly on the agenda.
"Now’s the time to be recognised for your sustainability innovations or impacts. Entering these Awards is a quick and easy way to celebrate your achievements."
The NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards focus on four transformation areas that are key to the future direction of sustainability in New Zealand: Renewables, Community, Mega efficiency and Restorative.
Within each of these four categories there are separate awards for Impact and Innovation. There are also awards for an individual Sustainability Champion, Communicating Sustainability and Energy Management.
The supreme award, NZI Greatest Contribution to a Sustainable New Zealand, will be awarded to a business that has performed outstandingly well in all aspects of sustainability.
Last year’s winners ranged from small businesses like Wishbone Design Studio and social enterprises such as Âkina Foundation to corporates like Gull and DB Breweries. The 2015 supreme award was presented to Taupô Beef.
Travis Atkinson, Executive General Manager of NZI, the Principal Sponsor of the Awards says, "We’ve been proud supporters of the Sustainable Business Network and national awards since 2007.
"NZI provides insurance for a growing New Zealand so being sustainable is really important to us - it’s become fundamental to the way we do business. We’re strong believers in the SBN’s mission to inspire change and we look forward to meeting the sustainability leaders of 2016."
Entries close on 1st August 2016. To find out more or to enter the NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards go to www.sustainable.org.nz/awards.
A news release from Sustainable Buisness Network
Is your local marae, sports team or social club confident in doing CPR and using an AED to save the life of someone in cardiac arrest?
As part of an effort to reduce New Zealand’s cardiac arrest toll, St John ambulance officers and tutors are volunteering their time to deliver a free 3 Steps for Life community education programme to the public.
“More than 1,200 people die every year in New Zealand after suffering a cardiac arrest. New Zealand’s cardiac arrest toll is four times the national road toll and yet it remains a silent disease in terms of public awareness,” says St John Medical Director Tony Smith.
3 Steps for Life is designed to give all New Zealanders the confidence and awareness to take action when somebody suffers a cardiac arrest by 1) Calling 111; 2) Starting CPR; and 3) Using an AED (automated external defibrillator).
St John’s last Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Report (2014/15) revealed that 64% of cardiac arrests occur at home and 19% happen in public so it’s vital that family members and bystanders take action.
Applying CPR and rapid defibrillation can increase a patient’s chances of survival by up to 40%. But for every minute without CPR or defibrillation, a patient’s chance of survival falls by 10-15%.
St John’s OHCA Report also revealed Māori are disproportionally affected with a 40% higher chance of suffering a cardiac arrest than all other ethnic groups.
As a result St John has developed a ‘Marae Cardiac Arrest programme’ using the 3 Steps for Life formula.
St John Pou Takawaenga (Māori liaison officers) are working with Māori communities and have engaged 30 marae around New Zealand to support training in CPR and access to defibrillators.
“St John is committed to enhancing Maori community health outcomes through our Te Ara Hato Hone strategy, just as building community resilience is an essential goal,” says St John Director of Community Health Services, Sarah Manley.
St John aims to deliver the free hour-long 3 Steps programme to at least 5,000 people over the next year so if your rugby, netball or hockey team, church group, local marae or any other community groups are keen, please go to the St John website 3 Steps for Life enquiry page to make a booking.
We know these three easy but vital steps can be the difference between a life lost and a life saved.
To book a 3 Steps to Life Session Click Here
Paul Radisich "I believe that in this day and age, backing New Zealand companies that manufacture and produce on home on home soil – whatever sector of industry that might be from – is vital,” he explained."
Two time world touring car champion and New Zealand icon Paul Radisich has been appointed as the new national and international ambassador for the Buy New Zealand Made Campaign.
Appropriately, Radisich’s first appearance in his new role will be at the Speedshow two day event at the ASB Showgrounds in July, where the domestic motorsport and performance parts industry is showcased every year.
Since his retirement from active motorsport, Radisich has focussed his attention on Aegis Oil, a family business which is unique in being the only company in the lubricants sector in New Zealand blending and making its own lubricants for the domestic and international markets.
“I believe that in this day and age, backing New Zealand companies that manufacture and produce on home soil – whatever sector of industry that might be from – is vital,” he explained.
“The Buy NZ Made campaign is all about raising awareness that we are producing a huge and diverse range of products blended here in NZ and that we are actually exceptionally good at it. That is something we can control and nurture and it keeps money and jobs inside New Zealand, both now and in the future. At a very simple level that has to be good for the next generation of Kiwis who manufacture domestically, but I believe is also key to us forging our place in the commercial world in the future. We have to be manufacturers to compete and survive – whatever it is we manufacture.”
Despite volatile international markets in some sectors, total New Zealand manufacturing rose by 1.3 per cent in the final quarter of 2015 according to Statistics New Zealand, with a small increase in sales despite the well-documented reductions in production value in the dairy industry.
“What a lot of people won’t know is that the Buy NZ Made campaign is still a very active one which offers support services and networking opportunities to other NZ manufacturing businesses and that collective strength will become increasingly useful and important in a global marketplace.
“As an owner and operator of a domestic manufacturing business I recognise the benefits of an NZ Made collective all of the time and I have been a very strong supporter of all things New Zealand made. It’s a privilege to be asked to be the campaign’s ambassador and I hope very much to add to the campaign as it will inevitably come into sharper focus in the years to come.”
Owned and run by Business NZ, the Buy NZ Made Campaign began in 1988. Its mission is to keep our country working by promoting and supporting the manufacturing, exporting and retailing of New Zealand made goods.
A Buy New Zealand Made press release
Long-established Hawkes Bay and Rangitikei industries work together on major development
In 2011 Italian, Lucca Mucchi set up the iLD in-line devices assisted by a team of highly skilled technologists whose aim was to develop and produce hi-tech strategic sensing solutions named mOisTori / mOisTracker, for improving industrial production processes.The members of this team brought with them a vast wealth of experience in the field of non-intrusive sensing systems founded on microwave-frequency technology, and were well aware of the opportunities that the real-time non-destructive solutions now provide.This technology plays a vital role in the food industry which motivated Tony Rumbold, founder of SCANZ Technologies, to develop a relationship with iLD which culmulated in SCANZ becoming their NZ representative.
Of particular interest to industry in New Zealand would be the mOisTracker® product range. This is based on multi- parameter planar microwave sensors over a surface of which the material is made to flow, coupled to a digital control unit.The mOisTracker® Cylindrical family is suitable for measuring powder, granular material, coffee, maize, semi-finished cream, liquids food, starches and derivatives and can be installed, for example on a pipe; it is also suitable for use with ceramic powder, etc.
The mOisTracker® Planar and Cylindrical sensor family provides smart solutions for real- time measurement of moisture and density in solid raw materials (paper, cement, chips, granulates, breads, panels, pellets, tiles, powder and food products for the oven or kiln, ceramic powders and colours, etc.), liquids (food, slips, glues, etc.) and semi-finished products (garnishing and filling creams, etc.), on production lines of industrial processes.
To discuss your requirements with Tony you can reach him on:
Scanz Technologies Ltd.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Phone: 09 520 2544 www.scanztech.com
The night I nearly dropped into Ali’s lap.
A global producer of advanced LED lighting products, today announced it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with the Greenenz Group of New Zealand and Enertricity of Sweden).
Eco-Shift Power Corp. is a contract manufacturer of advanced, high-efficiency lighting products and components designed for state-of-the-art energy management systems and cloud-based software platforms.
Greenenz Group and Enertricity partner is providing sustainable solutions for the waste, solar, water, lighting and distributed energy sectors acting as an Energy Service Company (ESCO) having a global network covering 30 countries.
"In essence, we act as project developers integrating design, financing, installation and operational elements," commented Anders Calius, the CEO of Enertricity.
Working with the Swedish Government Export Agency (EKN) Greenenz and Enertricity are looking forward to growing Eco-Shift Power's global footprint having secured the exclusive agency rights to Africa, Middle East, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia, Scandinavia and the Pacific Islands.
Commenting on the Agreement Alistair Haughton, CEO of Eco-Shift Power said, "We are very pleased with this partnership... ECOP has been developing their distribution network with an eye on the larger strategic Facility Management and ESCO's... the Greenenz-Enertricity partnership will facilitate this through their global network."
From GUELPH, ON--(Marketwired - Jun 7, 2016) - Eco-Shift Power Corp. (OTC PINK: ECOP)
Palace of the Alhambra, Spain
By: Charles Nathaniel Worsley (1862-1923)
From the collection of Sir Heaton Rhodes
Oil on canvas - 118cm x 162cm
Valued $12,000 - $18,000
Offers invited over $9,000
Contact: Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242
Mount Egmont with Lake
By: John Philemon Backhouse (1845-1908)
Oil on Sea Shell - 13cm x 14cm
Valued $2,000-$3,000
Offers invited over $1,500
Contact: Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242