[ad_1] Companies are cautioned to take into account the “higher risk” of doing business with China, as a new report finds New Zealand and Australia high on China’s international agenda. A new report from Australia’s Institute for Strategic Policy released Monday sheds light on the Chinese Communist Party’s “coercive diplomacy” …
Read More »Man to appear in court after Mosgiel supermarket incident
[ad_1] A 27-year-old man will appear in court in Dunedin this morning after allegedly assaulting a supermarket worker and threatening to shoot police in Mosgiel. The man and a woman were taken into custody in Memorial Park after police were called following reports of a man acting “aggressively” in Countdown …
Read More »Patrick Gower: On Lockdown shows the best and worst of Paddy
[ad_1] The second installment of the On… series by Patrick Gower deals with the subject that has touched us all this year. But the documentary seems almost as fascinated by Gower himself, writes Sam Brooks. It seems strange, the day that Auckland comes out of a confinement, his second, to …
Read More »Marfell School Community Tells Minister ‘We’re Shovel Ready’ As Green School Funding Row Continues
[ad_1] Stuff Members of the Marfell community wanted to show Green Party co-leader James Shaw how “ready they are” to start working at Marfell’s school. A Taranaki acting director says the direct message she sent to the government about funding the schools seemed to have fallen on deaf ears, but …
Read More »Why News Websites Survived the Cyber Attacks That Wrecked the New Zealand Stock Exchange
[ad_1] For most of the past week, the NZX had to go on hiatus due to persistent cyberattacks. Similar attacks against news websites have been reported today. So how did they get out basically unscathed? The NZX stock exchange is a critical piece of the financial infrastructure, yet persistent cyberattacks …
Read More »Marfell School Community Tells Minister ‘We’re Shovel Ready’ As Green School Funding Row Continues
[ad_1] Stuff Members of the Marfell community wanted to show Green Party co-leader James Shaw how “ready they are” to start working at Marfell’s school. A Taranaki acting director says the direct message she sent to the government about funding the schools seemed to have fallen on deaf ears, but …
Read More »New Zealand Wine Company Reports $ 7 Million Profit After Owner Gives Trump Nearly $ 400,000
[ad_1] Supplied Foley Wines owns brands such as Mt Difficulty, Roaring Meg, and Boatshed Bay. Billionaire winery owner Bill Foley donated nearly $ 400,000 to US President Donald Trump, but revelations of his political leanings do not appear to have affected the popularity of his New Zealand brands. The American …
Read More »Skilled early childhood teachers could earn more working in a supermarket, says center chief
[ad_1] Teachers in early childhood centers could earn more money working in a supermarket, says a manager, as the problem of wage parity continues. Average pre-tax pay for early childhood center teaching staff is $ 26.78 per hour, but some certified teachers earn close to the minimum wage, which is …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: Heather du Plessis-Allan – To Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, thank you!
[ad_1] COMMENTARY: Thanks to the Prime Minister for the courageous call to bring Auckland to Level 2 today. I don’t think it was an easy decision. It’s a risk to take, especially given the new daily case numbers we’re still seeing. Five new cases in the community today, two yesterday, …
Read More »Government spy agency ‘has no leads’ on source of cyber attacks on NZX
[ad_1] The government still has no clues as to who might be behind the cyberattacks against NZX, RNZ and other things, says GCSB Minister Andrew Little. Media companies and banks appear to have been targeted by the same cybercriminals who took the NZX website offline for periods of five consecutive …
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