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Vai alla Scheda Paese »People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
— Edmund Hillary
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Why we need a national policy on teaching foreign languages
OPINION: A smaller proportion of secondary school students is learning languages now than at any other time in the past 100 years. This means the New Zealand education system is failing to give students the cognitive development skills language study offers, or the professional and social competence that linguistic capabilities provide.
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Editorial: More questions about spies and the public service
EDITORIAL: The end came swiftly for Ross Butler. The chairman of the government-owned Southern Response, a company tasked with settling Christchurch insurance claims after the collapse of AMI, resigned in the narrow window of time between the release of a scathing report on spying by his company and other government agencies, ...
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Tauranga house sales surpass national average
A pre-Christmas rush on Tauranga real estate has seen sales volumes exceed the national average. The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand's latest figures show the number of houses sold in Tauranga rose a whopping 37.6 per cent...
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Furious car buyers, ripped off by the 'Wolf of Church St', fight to get money back
Brent Smith was an outwardly successful Auckland car dealer. But he's racked up more than a dozen appearances at the Motor Trade Disputes Tribunal, and lost. Anuja Nadkarni investigates the story of the dodgy car dealer and his string of victims.
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Forex trader denies $7m fraud
A Half Moon Bay foreign exchange trader has pleaded not guilty to running a Ponzi scheme to defraud his clients of more than $7 million. Kelvin Clive Wood (69) pleaded not guilty at the Auckland District Court last Thursday to representative charges of ‘Obtaining by deception’ and ‘Theft by person ...
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Auckland's static rental market now equal with Wellington's: Trade Me
Rents in Wellington City now match those of Auckland for the first time, according to Trade Me rental figures.
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High learning students offered access to business management degree pathway
Higher level learning students will have greater access to postgraduate diplomas in management thanks to a partnership between Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology and New Zealand Management Academies.The agreement, signed by both...
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Hard work plays off for Te Omanga Hospice with two business awards
The hard work paid off for the Te Omanga Hospice with two Wellington Region Business Excellence Awards.
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Wellington film industry added $260m to economy in 2017, provided 2500 jobs - report
Wellington has long been regarded as a film-making mecca, and now new figures show just how big the benefits are for the capital.
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Wellington pushes forward public-private partnership for affordable apartments
A push for affordable apartments in inner-city Wellington may soon include six more buildings.
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Arrest Shakes Huawei as Global Skepticism of Its Business Grows
Britain, New Zealand, Australia and other countries have grown increasingly worried about potential security risks related to the Chinese telecom giant.
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Diplomazia Economica Italiana 05 dicembre: ultime news dal mondo
NUOVA ZELANDA - GHELLA VINCE GARA PER COSTRUZIONE IL CONVOGLIATORE DELLE ACQUE PIOVANE DI AUCKLAND Il Consiglio della città di Auckland ha deciso di assegnare la progettazione e la costruzione del grande convogliatore di acque piovane reflue (Central interceptor) alla joint venture formata da Ghella...
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Firewood supplier 'Ablaze' catches fire near Wellington
Smoke could be seen billowing from a firewood supplier in Wellington after the business called Ablaze caught fire.
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Wrong way on Wellington motorway on three punctured tyres
A driver fleeing the law took off the wrong way up a Wellington highway with three punctured tyres, police say.
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Company of the year: Zespri - Bearing fruit
The kiwifruit marketing body — which represents 2500 New Zealand growers — lifted profits by 38 per cent to $101.8 million in 2018.And it expects higher returns still in 2019, forecasting earnings of up to $180m and a dividend per...
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Trade Me: Wellington's incredible property market
Wellington sellers now think their homes are worth, on average, more than $600,000, Trade Me Property says.
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Bay of Plenty biosecurity champions win national awards
Bay of Plenty businesses and experts have won big in the 2018 New Zealand Biosecurity Awards.Biosecurity New Zealand announced Mount Maunganui-based business Kiwifruit Vine Health as the winner of the New Zealand Biosecurity GIA...
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Rocket Lab’s Modest Launch Is Giant Leap for Small Rocket Business
The company’s Electron rocket carried a batch of small commercial satellites from a launchpad in New Zealand, a harbinger of a major transformation to the space business.
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Tauranga's Business of the Year 2018 revealed
A Tauranga business which moved 11 employees from its Auckland operation to the Bay of Plenty has been crowned Business of the Year.Jenkins Freshpac Systems prints labels for the fruit industry and opened a new purpose-built facility...
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Sh*t Towns of New Zealand: New Zealand's Worst 'Big Things'
Under New Zealand law, for a settlement to officially qualify as a town it must feature a giant replica of a food item, animal or object alongside its nearest highway or main road, mainly so tourists can take photos of themselves...
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Trader charged with multi-million dollar fraud
A Half Moon Bay man who operated a foreign exchange brokerage and trading business has been charged with fraud that allegedly saw his largest investors lose more than $1 million each. Kelvin Clive Wood (69) entered no plea on Tuesday at the Auckland District Court to representative charges of ‘Obtaining ...