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Chocka.NEWS News List - Page 27

More Flawed Government Modelling, This Time on Smoking

Newsroom - 9 November 2022

thumbnail Leading anti-smoking campaigners say officials’ modelling wrongly suggested the Government’s plan would reduce smoking rates by 85 percent within five years In a new review released early …

Govt Says no Current Plans for Annual COVID Booster for Most

Radio New Zealand - 8 November 2022

thumbnail Despite rising Omicron case numbers, hospitalisations and reinfections, the government has no plans yet to launch an annual Covid-19 vaccination booster for the majority of people. But the minister in …

Christchurch Mosque Shooter Appealing Conviction and Sentence

NZ Herald - 8 November 2022

The Christchurch mosque gunman who killed 51 people in 2019 is appealing his conviction and sentence. The Court of Appeal in Wellington this morning confirmed to the Herald that Brenton Tarrant has …

Taxpayers' Union: Adrian Orr Rewarded for Driving Up Inflation

Voxy.co.nz - 8 November 2022

The Taxpayers’ Union has condemned the Government’s decision to reappoint Adrian Orr for another five-year term as Reserve Bank Governor despite having failed to keep inflation under control. …

NZ Greenhouse Gas Contribution Insignificant

theBFD - 8 November 2022

This is a green energy catastrophe similar to that being experienced in Europe, UK and California. We should take heed. There is general agreement that New Zealand’s contribution to the production of …

Over 150 Stolen Cars in just One Week across CHCH

NewstalkZB - 8 November 2022

thumbnail ar theft has “significantly increased” over recent weeks, according to Christchurch police as youth crime rates continue to climb in the city. In just one week, police said they received over 150 …

Tech Company Says Tech Spending the Answer to Emissions Reduction

NZTech - 8 November 2022

thumbnail The idea that New Zealand can reach its emissions targets without relying heavily on technology and innovation has always struck the tech ecosystem as strange, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller …

Timaru Man does 24-Hours of Step-Ups for Gumboot Friday

Stuff - 7 November 2022

thumbnail Hugh Slobbe has blisters and chaffing to boot, but says it was all worth it, after stepping up for 24 hours to raise money for charity. The Timaru 32-year-old personal trainer donned a pair of …

If Kāinga Ora is Moving In to Your Neighborhood, Get Out

Radio New Zealand - 9 November 2022

thumbnail An Auckland homeowner who says she was advised to sell up and move out to get away from unruly Kāinga Ora neighbours has taken a complaint to the Ombudsman. After enduring five years of illegal drag …

University Staff Rally at Parliament Against Proposed Cuts

Radio New Zealand - 8 November 2022

thumbnail Tertiary education budget cuts of $35 million are on the table for new mega-polytech Te Pūkenga, and Auckland University of Technology (AUT) announced plans to cut 170 full-time academic positions …

Big Turn Out at Wairoa Public Meeting Over Farm Emission Plans

Rural News - 8 November 2022

thumbnail he battle lines are being drawn between the small, isolated northern Hawke’s Bay farming town of Wairoa, pop. 8000, against the big guns of Jacinda Ardern and what they see as her anti-farming …

New Study Narrows Māori NZ Settlement to Between 1250 and 1275 AD

Radio New Zealand - 8 November 2022

thumbnail Today’s study, published in the journal PNAS, used updated radiocarbon technology at 436 archaeological sites in the North Island and 145 in the South. Dr Magdalena Bunbury from …

Save Glenholme Group Starts Up to Stop Kāinga Ora Devon St Project

NZ Herald - 8 November 2022

thumbnail The Government has spent more than $60 million in Rotorua in the past three years to get more houses in Rotorua. Kāinga Ora bought 54 Devon St for $650,000 and plans to build six two-storey homes on …

Vet Shortage Cause for Concern for NZ Pet Owners

NZ Herald - 8 November 2022

thumbnail New Zealand Veterinary Association chief executive Kevin Bryant said there were about 150 job vacancies across the country that could not be filled, and more than 150 were needed to solve the …

'Spud' Allegedly Kidnaps Builder Over Botched Bathroom

Star News - 8 November 2022

In his evidential police interview played in court yesterday, the complainant told Detective Jordan Edwards that he had his car keys and mobile phone taken from him when he entered the garage. It was …

Keys to Every Car on Turner's Hamilton Lot Stolen

Stuff - 7 November 2022

thumbnail Police are investigating a break-in at a Hamilton car dealership that saw the keys to every car on the lot stolen. Officers were called at 10am on Sunday about the burglary at Turners on Te Rapa Rd …

Govt Threatens Major Bank Shake-up Over Modest Profits

Newshub - 8 November 2022

Newshub can reveal the Government is poised to announce a major change to banking, which experts say will slash their profits. It comes as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is being challenged to back-up …

Luxon Fence Sitting on Automated Tax Indexation

NZ Herald - 8 November 2022

thumbnail ational leader Christopher Luxon is on the fence about whether National will continue to index tax brackets to inflation beyond the one-off adjustment his party has promised. Former leader and finance …

Govt Continues Supporting Big Business in Their Battle Against the Gig-Economy

Stuff - 8 November 2022

thumbnail Most Airbnb owners and Uber drivers do not need to levy GST directly themselves as their incomes from the “gig economy” usually fall under the $60,000 threshold above which the self-employed and other …

National Complains About PM Skipping COP27

Radio New Zealand - 8 November 2022

thumbnail In 2020, Ardern declared a climate change emergency, but she has never gone to COP as Aotearoa’s leader. Her decision has been criticised by the National Party, but Ardern said New Zealand prime …

Adrian Orr Reappoint Governor of the Reserve Bank

interest.co.nz - 8 November 2022

thumbnail It is fair to say that Orr has been a polarising presence since starting in the role in 2018. The timing of the reappointment announcement will likely irk the National Party - coming as it does just …

Labour and National Come Together in Calls to Shorten Their Work Days

NZ Herald - 8 November 2022

thumbnail A Labour and National MP have come together to ask their colleagues get Parliament to finish sitting days two hours earlier on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. National’s Jacqui Dean and Labour’s …

PM Finds Next Scapegoat, Banks

Radio New Zealand - 7 November 2022

thumbnail [Ardern] instead challenged banks to look at their own policies, and reflect on whether they were doing the right thing. She believed banks were well aware New Zealanders were facing increases in the …

Govt Spends $360K on Research into the Existence of Taniwha

Te Ao: Māori News - 7 November 2022

thumbnail A study celebrating Māori experiences and perspectives using the narratives of the taniwha has been given a financial boost in the latest Marsden funding round. Dr Kirsty Dunn (Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, …