Technology

[ad_1] KELLY HODEL / STUFF / Waikato Times Education Minister Chris Hipkins announces NZIST’s permanent name, Te Pūkenga. New Zealand’s mega polytechnic was renamed Te Pūkenga, to replace its placeholder name: New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology. Te Pūkenga, meaning skills, was announced by Education Minister Chris Hipkins at …

[ad_1] Robyn Edie / Stuff Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the Murihiku Marae in Invercargill with, from left, Peggy Peek and Winsome Skerrett as they listen to Ngai Tahu kaumatua Sir Tipene O’Regan talk about Tiwai Point’s transition to green hydrogen production. Ngāi Tahu wants Tiwai Point to become a …

[ad_1] Robyn Edie / Stuff Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the Murihiku Marae in Invercargill with, from left, Peggy Peek and Winsome Skerrett as they listen to Ngai Tahu kaumatua Sir Tipene O’Regan talk about Tiwai Point’s transition to green hydrogen production. Ngāi Tahu wants Tiwai Point to become a …

[ad_1] National Party leader Judith Collins wants to invest $ 250 million over four years in a set of skills-building measures, including training 30,000 unemployed and helping 5,000 companies start their own businesses. Collins made the announcement of the re-training and skills policy in Nelson today, following last night’s Newshub …

[ad_1] Watching the founders of the world’s largest social media platforms describe how bad they are for young people’s mental health, 15-year-old Neisha Biviano had to pause to give herself time to take it all in. Almost instantly, the spectacular Netflix documentary, The social dilemma, changed his relationship with the …

[ad_1] After the first shot, he had no reaction. But Kan Chai felt dizzy after the second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine approved for emergency use in China. “When I was driving on the highway, I suddenly felt a little dizzy, like I was driving drunk,” the popular writer and …

[ad_1] Labor wants to see an end to single-use plastics and vows to ban straws, silverware, cotton buds and fruit stickers by 2025 if they are re-elected. Other single-use plastics that currently have no alternative will be the focus of a $ 50 million research fund. The Labor Party also …

[ad_1] After the first shot, he had no reaction. But Kan Chai felt dizzy after the second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine approved for emergency use in China. “When I was driving on the highway, I suddenly felt a little dizzy, like I was driving drunk,” the popular writer and …

[ad_1] National’s technology growth policy would see accelerated processes for foreign investors and entrepreneurs and technology visas for skilled workers. Over time, the tech sector could catch up with dairy in terms of revenue, he said. “We would relax the requirements for an investment class visa so that we could …

[ad_1] New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the border will reopen sooner than people think and that mass immigration should be left in the past. Immigration Spokespersons in the 2020 Election Campaign (from left): Kris Faafoi from Labor; Stuart Smith of the National Party; Golriz Ghahraman of the Greens; …