Auckland Council announces 73 priority infrastructure projects
Auckland Council has submitted a list of 73 priority projects to the Infrastructure Industry Reference Group, the taskforce set up by the Government to seek out ‘shovel-ready’ infrastructure projects that can start quickly to stimulate the economy and reduce the economic impact of COVID-19.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 6:10 pm
Hamilton City preparing for revenue drop
Hamilton City Council is forecasting a $33 million drop in revenue because of COVID-19.
Chief Executive Richard Briggs said the Council’s initial modelling shows under a best-case scenario, with business back to normal by July this year, the financial impact will be significant.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 5:09 pm
Calls to older Napier residents making a difference - Napier City Council
Napier City Council staff are making calls to people over 70 in the Napier community to make sure their needs are being met during the Level 4 lockdown.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 5:01 pm
Hamilton City preparing for revenue drop
Hamilton City Council is forecasting a $33 million drop in revenue because of COVID-19.
Chief Executive Richard Briggs said the Council’s initial modelling shows under a best-case scenario, with business back to normal by July this year, the financial impact will be significant.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 4:37 pm
SWDC applies for $60 million from government for post-covid projects
South Waikato District Council has applied to Crown Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for $60 million across a range of large infrastructure projects to be actioned post-COVID lockdown.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 4:34 pm
Police continue to seek sightings of missing man
Police are appealing to the public for any sightings of 77-year-old Japanese tourist Tokuichi Sato.
Tokuichi was last seen on 28 February in Sockburn, Canterbury and Police would like to hear from anyone who has seen him since then.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 4:06 pm
COVID-19: Tertiary student support package
An immediate student support package announced today in response to Covid-19 will assist students financially to continue their studies, Education Minister Chris Hipkins says.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 4:02 pm
Kaiwharawhara makes cut as site for new multi user ferry terminal
Following a reassessment of criteria for development of a Multi-User Ferry Terminal, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Horizons Regional Council, joint shareholders of CentrePort, have both reaffirmed Kaiwharawhara as their preferred location for the terminal.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 3:57 pm
'N4L provides free safety filter for all students learning from home'
Network for Learning (N4L) has developed a safety filter to make the internet safer for all students learning from home that parents can set up on their children’s learning device to block the worst of the web.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 3:45 pm
School kids have the tools to learn - Waikato District Council
With Term 2 starting tomorrow, a bunch of Raglan Area School students now have the tools to learn thanks to help from Waikato district Civil Defence staff.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 3:27 pm
Essential travel helps secure future of shore plover - DOC
On Saturday 11 April five rare tūturuatu/shore plovers were given permission to undertake essential travel, supporting a critical conservation programme to establish a new population.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 2:54 pm
If you need help, reach out - Waikato District Council
For most of us, our daily lives are very different right now and being in lockdown can make us experience all sorts of things: anxiety, loneliness and fear just to name a few.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 2:18 pm
Maori unemployment could rise above 30% if action is not taken now
The New Zealand Maori Council has urged the Government to work more with Maori small business and industry to develop a specific Maori approach to employment and business growth as Treasury Forecasts indicate a scenario where unemployment could hit past 26%.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 2:16 pm
NZ livestock responsible for less emissions than previously thought - Federated Farmers
A recent finding that livestock are responsible for less nitrous oxide than previously estimated underlines the value of in-depth research and accurate data.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 2:01 pm
Top performing KIwiSaver funds revealed post Covid-19 crash - MoneyHub
Morningstar data, accessed online, reveals a spread in results among growth funds
Data from Morningstar, the fund investment research firm, reveals that the JUNO Growth Fund was the top-performing KiwiSaver growth fund for the 12 months to 31 March 2020.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 12:28 pm
Call to make it easier for low income people to get financial help
Make it easier for low income people to get financial help says Peter Malcolm spokesperson for Income Equality Aotearoa " Closing the Gap"
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 12:08 pm
Total Mobility subsidy temporarily changing - Horizons
Total Mobility subsidy temporarily changing In response to COVID-19 Alert Levels 3 and 4, the joint Total Mobility Scheme between Horizons Regional Council and the New Zealand Transport Authority (NZTA) will be temporarily changing effective 14 April 2020.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 11:58 am
EPA calls for information on two neonicotinoids
Following our recent announcement that grounds exist to reassess all neonicotinoid use in New Zealand, we are calling for information on two neonicotinoids, thiacloprid and acetamiprid.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 11:46 am
Flammability of plant species generally runs in the family - research
A large team of researchers from Lincoln University, the University of Auckland, and Auckland University of Technology has shown, in an article- published in the prestigious journal Nature Plants, that the flammability of plant species generally runs in the family.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 11:08 am
Small sea-level rises to drive more intense flooding - scientists
A little can mean a lot - especially when it comes to the relationship between sea level rise and coastal flooding.
Source: Voxy.co.nz - National | 14 Apr 2020 | 10:50 am
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