Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 02 December 2014

Environment Minister David Parker has unveiled the all-but-final version of a template to make local governments' planning documents far easier to understand - a process that has so far taken a decade and will have seven years to go before being fully implemented, if the Draft National Planning Standards go ahead as proposed

Two dechlorinated water stations are a strong possibility for Napier, as the first day of deliberations over Napier City Council’s draft Long Term Plan draws to a close.

Farm Infrastructure unequal to NZ herd doubling

Waitrose is experimenting with a new form of non-plastic punnet which uses tomato leaves to help package tomatoes reports Tony Corbin for PackagingNews.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson told a parliamentary committee that Treasury provided no advice about the potential fiscal or economic risks from banning future offshore oil and gas exploration licenses

Comparing human and nonhuman animal turn-taking skills empirically to shed further light on the evolutionary roots of language

DURHAM, N.H. - It doesn't matter if it's a forest, a soybean field, or a prairie, all plants take up carbon dioxide during photosynthesis - the process where they use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into food.

Findings from a nationwide survey of employers have found that the 90-day trial periods should be called the "take a chance on me" legislation.

Xero embarks on global brand update, reveals new tagline.  Says the time is right to update its ‘Beautiful accounting software’ tagline to ‘Beautiful business’

Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff said that he was disappointed in the National Party’s knee-jerk response to the Government’s announcement of the Fair Pay Agreement working group yesterday.