Fire and Emergency’s investigation into the cause and origin of the ship fire at Napier Port in December last year is now complete.
The investigation found the fire was accidental caused during operations to remove the cargo and started in the upper hold of the ship.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) investigation into this fire remains ongoing.
Gordon Campbell: On Australia's Superior Ways Of Communicating About Its Vaccine RolloutIt isn’t only on the cricket field that Australia performs better. The clarity and degree of detail in Australia’s published schedule of the priorities for its vaccine rollout has been very impressive. Here for instance, is their initial “1a” top priority category: Quarantine and border workers, including: staff at entry points to the country (such as sea ports and land borders)... More>>
Joint Press Release: Dirty PR Exposed In Whale Oil Defamation Trial
Three public health advocates are relieved that their long-standing Whale Oil defamation trial against Cameron Slater, Carrick Graham, Katherine Rich and the Food and Grocery Council has finally concluded and they are pleased that the truth has come out... More>>
Government: Next Stage Of COVID-19 Support For Business And Workers
The Government has confirmed details of COVID-19 support for business and workers following the increased alert levels due to a resurgence of the virus over the weekend... More>>
Government: PHARMAC Review Announced
The Government is following through on an election promise to conduct an independent review into PHARMAC, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Health Minister Andrew Little announced today... More>>
Government: Balanced Economic Approach Reflected In Crown Accounts
New Zealand’s economic recovery has again been reflected in the Government’s books, which are in better shape than expected.
The Crown accounts for the seven months to the end of January 2021 were better than forecast in the Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update (HYEFU)... More>>
Covid-19: Auckland Back To Alert Level Three After One New Community Case Revealed
Auckland will move to alert level three for a week at 6am tomorrow morning after two new Covid-19 community cases announced this evening could not be directly linked to earlier cases, the Prime Minister has confirmed.
The rest of the country will move to level two.... More>>
NZ Initiative: New Report Highlights How Our Housing Crisis Could Worsen If We Don’t Act Now
If New Zealand politicians thought the housing crisis in 2020 was bad, the worst is yet to come, warns a new report by The New Zealand Initiative. In The Need to Build: The demographic drivers of housing demand , Research Assistant Leonard Hong ... More>>
Parliament: Kiwi MPs Among The “Most Educated In The World”
New analysis of MP qualifications reveals New Zealand’s Parliament is one of the most educated and highest qualified in the world, and significantly more educated than Australia’s. The research, by Mark Blackham of BlacklandPR and Geoffrey Miller ... More>>
