Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 02 December 2014

Apr 23 - Demand for diesel in the top of the south has fuelled a spruce-up of BP's fuel storage tanks at Port Nelson. BP NewZealand spokeswoman Anna Radich said New Zealand Oil Services Limited (NZOSL) are currently completing the refurbishment of an existing …

Apr 23 - Large forestry companies say they will need more foreign workers if they are to hit the Government's goal of planting one billion trees in 10 years.

Apr 23 - In the 1970s, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer revolutionized operating system software. Thirty years later, Mark Zuckerberg helped pioneer social networking. 

Apr 23 - New Zealand is often touted as an innovation hub at the bottom of the world, but in recent times those charged with keeping consumers safe in an ever-changing technological world seem to be dragging their feet. In Stuff's seven-part podcast, Superfad, we've explored the weird and wonderful world of …

Apr 23 - "You can't just by the crow flies say it's so many minutes to get to a response because there are very tricky weather conditions around the mountains, we've got lakes here, huge forestry tracks and isolated rural towns so I don't think they've looked at it properly." Ms Chadwick said she would be asking …

Apr 23 - The Moroccan authorities have mounted a charm offensive in New Zealand to protect their vital phosphate trade with this country. Morocco produces about 75 percent of the world's phosphate, much of it mined in the Western Sahara.Opponents of the trade have long argued that Morocco runs an illegal military occupation of phosphate-rich Western Sahara.

And, as a result, New Zealand should not be buying products from there.

Australian banking scandal described as a wake up call for NZ

Apr 23 - Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters is talking up the prospect of a Free Trade Agreement between all 53 commonwealth nations after discussions in London over the weekend. Winston Peters was in London with the Prime Minister for the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting, …

Emirates will unveil its new Boeing 777-300ER First Class Private Suite exhibit at the Arabian Travel Market 2018 (ATM). The region’s leading travel and tourism exhibition will run from 22 – 25 April.

Apr 23- Around 150,000 cars a year are scrapped in New Zealand. Here's where they go writes Rob Stock for Stuff