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The New Zealand workers who make carpets for commercial and residential use at what’s touted as one of the top carpet manufacturers in the world have reached a stalemate with the company over wages and overtime.
22 Nov: 1051 | Hawke’s Bay ratepayers submitting on a planned share sale for Napier Port have backed the proposal by a small margin.
NZMACITO won in the Best Apprenticeship or Training Scheme category of the awards against four other entries from around the world. NZ Marine executive director, Peter Busfield on hand in Amsterdam to collect the award.
Queenstown Airport in New Zealand has revamped its wayfinding signage system to guide visitors through the gateway from the arrivals kerb to the departure gate, and as you can see it is pretty impressive.
Award-winning NZ technology company, Raygun has announced plans to invest $15 million NZD into Wellington, as it looks to more than triple its local employee headcount over the next two years.
Air New Zealand’s first A321neo (new engine option) aircraft will operate its inaugural service this afternoon, flight NZ739 from Auckland to Brisbane.
23 Nov: 0821 | If the Government manages to push through the recommendations of the Tax Working Group (TWG), the 450,000 or so small business owners in this country will be hit with massive compliance costs writes Troy Browker for Stuff.
22 Nov: 1750 | Engineers say taking action on cleaner energy is the most practical step New Zealand can take to tackle climate change.
Wellington's Peka Peka to Ōtaki Expressway project the perfect launchpad
From milk and merino to wine and tourism, a new book talks about how New Zealanders are transforming how we make a living off our land.
The New Biological Economy is the second book that has come out of a project funded by the Marsden Fund in 2009. The first book Biological Economies: Experimentation and the politics of agri-food frontiers (Routledge Hardback 2016, paperback 2018) had a more academic focus but this one is written for a public audience.
It poses some key questions:
It explores how high-volume, low value-add industries in New Zealand can continue to grow – and do so sustainably.
"We can do it with merino, we can do it with meat - and to a certain extent we can probably do it with dairy and with tourism as well," co-author and associate investigator Professor Eric Pawson told Kathryn Ryan of RNZ's Nine to Noon.
Co-author and co-principal investigator Professor Richard Le Heron FRSNZ told Nine to Noon that lessons can be learned from the Māori economy.
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
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