Written By: advantage - Date published: 4:24 pm, June 22nd, 2024 - 37 commentsCategories: assets, national, Politics, privatisation, same old national, simeon brown, transport - Tags:The grounding of the ferry Aratere is potentially a political gift to National. In January 2023, the Kaitake lost power inside Cook Strait while it had 880 people on board. In 2013 the Aratere had one of its propellers simply fall off. And yesterday the steering on the Aratere failed about 15 minutes after it had set off from Picton. In both trade and travel, it is as core to the connection of New Zealand as a country as the Transpower Cook Strait cable.

Whangārei Councillors Slam Mayor Over Palestine RefusalSchool Strike 4 Climate | Pro-Palestine WDC petitioners at a recent protest putside the council's Te Iwitahi head office | Photo: Northern Advocate, Michael CunninghamWhangārei Mayor Vince Cocurullo is being slammed by five of his councillors for refusing to allow council debate on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict next week. Cocurullo refused to receive a motion from five councillors to discuss lobbying the government over the conflict at next week’s Whangārei District Council (WDC) meeting. He also refused to accept a 1000-plus signature Palestinian Solidarity Network of Whangārei (PSNQ) petition. The quintet is made up of WDC councillors Carol Peters, Nicholas Connop, Deb Harding, Patrick Holmes and Phoenix Ruka. Advertisement - scroll to continue readingCr Peters (no relation to Winston Peters) wanted the notice of motion tabled so councillors could have their say in a vote.

Auckland power distributor Vector expects data centres to put 500 megawatts of extra demand. That’s the equivalent of the power demand from 200,000 homes. Fund managers say data centres have become “red hot”, especially since innovations like artificial intelligence put them in greater demand. This week, NZX-listed infrastructure investor Infratil easily raised $1 billion for expansion in data centres, specifically CDC, which has facilities in New Zealand and Australia. A data centre generally has a high electricity demand relative to other connections on the network.

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An area of concern relevant to this deployment because the New Zealand Defence Force is suffering staff shortages. Sea drones are small and hard to detect on radar because they merge with the radar ‘clutter’ created by waves. Further, sea drones are relatively cheap and easy to produce, so are likely to proliferate quickly, even in the Pacific. Bougainville leaders visit Solomon IslandsLast week, independence leaders from Bougainville visited Solomon Islands to discuss the island’s independence. The war finished with a commitment from Papua New Guinea to explore the island’s independence.

On Sept. 7, 2023, Investor A, a resident of Brambleton, Virginia, sent a direct message to Robb and discussed the opportunity. Robb told Investor A that the investment must total at least $100,000 and described the MEV bot as capable of delivering very high returns. On Oct. 28, 2023, Investor A sent an additional $50,000 to Robb’s Ethereum virtual currency address. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No.

The stars will shine on the shores of Lake Takapō/Tekapo, as Matariki is celebrated in the Mackenzie. Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua will host this year’s festival with the inaugural evening concert a highlight, Te Upoko o Waihao, Te Wera King said. The Matariki Public Holiday Bill was passed on April 7, 2022, and its first public holiday was celebrated in June that year. King said he could not imagine anywhere better to celebrate the rise of Matariki, than in the Mackenzie. Matariki Mackenzie would start at 10am on Friday, pausing briefly at 3.30pm, before the evening concert and a night market started at 5pm.

By Steve Kilgallon ofPhoto: Green Party NZSuspended Green MP Darleen Tana told a migrant worker he was able to work in her husband's bike shop on a seasonal work visa - despite that visa clearly stating he could only work in horticulture and viticulture jobs. The worker who was told to work on a seasonal visa spoke to Stuff on condition of anonymity. The job change meant his sponsored work visa lapsed. While he waited for another sponsored visa, the worker secured a seasonal work visa, which limited him to working in horticulture and viticulture. Hoff-Nielsen had not responded to requests for comment before deadline but previously told Stuff the worker's ERA claim was without merit.

After a four-week trial, 33-year-old Leigh Matthew Frederick Beer has been found guilty of murdering 21-year-old supermarket worker Emma Field. "We've got Leigh Beer's family obviously they're going to have a son brother, friend go away into jail for a while. The following year, while waiting to be sentenced, Beer, who had been drinking, backhanded his son when he would not go to bed - splitting his lip. When sentenced in 2013, the judge noted alcohol was a common denominator in Beer's offending, jailed him for two years and issued a strike warning against him. Beer will be sentenced for Field's murder in September.

Manufacturing and hospitality jobs were the second and third hardest hit, dropping 35.6% and 35.4% respectively. Interest.co.nz asked recruiter Robert Half what is going on, and the company's director Ronil Singh provided some answers for us. "The main reason why IT job ads have dropped the most is because we are coming off an IT jobs boom," Singh said. There is also the spectre of the much hyped artificial intelligence (AI) technology which is said to be able to replace some IT jobs, but hasn't had much of an impact on the IT jobs market, Robert Half noted. On average, salaries have increased a mere 0.6%, with only infrastructure and engineering workers getting an inflation-busting 9.5% pay rise.

Wing 374 – go chase your dreams.”Alan and wing members celebrated the end of initial training on 23 May with a graduation ceremony at Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua, which was packed with whānau, friends and other well-wishers. Director of Training Superintendent Warwick Morehu – a recruit when Alan was an initial training sergeant at the RNZPC – addressed the change. “You are the first wing to graduate under the refreshed 20-week Initial Training Programme, also known as a foundation training,” he said. “I’m proud of our wing members for making it to graduation…” he says. Demographics:30.8 percent of wing members are female, and 69.2 percent are male.

A woman took her boyfriend to New Zealand’s Disputes Tribunal after he failed to take her to the airport, causing her to miss a flight to a concert she had planned to attend. The woman involved had arranged to be picked up by the man, who she was in a relationship with, but he never arrived to collect her. The woman lodged a claim with the tribunal, which said that, in her view, the agreement for a ride to the airport constituted a legally binding agreement. Credit: APAs a result, she missed her flight and had to travel the following day. It was also arranged that he was to stay at her house while she was away and look after her dogs, which he did not do.

But first, initial US jobless claims slipped slightly last week after the prior week's rise. We noted the extreme heat in northern India and the Middle East in yesterday's report. The Kiwi dollar starts today a little softer at just under 61.2 USc. That all means our TWI-5 starts today unchanged at 70.7. The bitcoin price starts today at US$64,672 and down -0.6% from this time yesterday.

Discovery have teamed up with Emirates Team New Zealand to bring the America’s Cup live to Kiwis – no matter where they are or what devices they own. The Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup kicks off on August 22 and will see Team New Zealand defend the Auld Mug in Barcelona. The coverage includes all events within the America’s Cup, starting with the Barcelona Preliminary Regatta and the Louis Vuitton Cup Challenger series, followed by the Puig Women’s America’s Cup, UniCredit Youth America’s Cup and October’s Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match. So, when considering the coverage of the America’s Cup in New Zealand it was no different. “The America’s Cup is one of the biggest events on the 2024 sporting calendar for New Zealand, and in an Olympic year that’s saying something.

The imminent sale of a legendary Moeraki restaurant marks the end of a culinary institution that set the bar for fresh local food and home-grown hospitality. Video / Frank FilmOn a paddock on the bank of the Waitaki River, renowned chef and restaurateur Fleur Sullivan spies a clump of watercress. Photo / Frank FilmNow, she tells Frank Film, she is selling up. “I’ve grieved but I’m prepared to let this go.”In doing so, she leaves a legacy of conviviality, local enterprise and fresh regional food. Olivers became renowned for fresh local food (and, later, wine), live music and ambience by the truck-load.