Kaiser Brew Garden wins top NZ hospitality award

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Tāmaki Makaurau - Kaiser Brew Garden of Christchurch has won the Supreme Award at the 2023 Hospitality Awards for Excellence. The awards were announced at a black-tie dinner event at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland tonight – the final night of the two-day Hospitality New Zealand Conference.  The awards celebrate the success,

Preventing whale entanglement

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Ōtautahi - The Department of Conservation is asking people to do their bit to prevent humpback whales becoming entangled in fishing gear as they migrate north along the New Zealand coastline. DoC’s marine technical adviser Mike Ogle says humpbacks are most likely to become entangled when migrating during winter to warmer

Top 10 emerging technologies of 2023

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Ōtautahi - The World Economic Forum's newly-launched top 10 emerging technologies of 2023 report lists this year's most impactful emerging technologies. The top 10 list includes environmental innovations, such as sustainable aviation fuels and wearable plant sensors. Other emerging technologies range from innovations harnessing the power of AI to reengineering molecular

Royal Commission sets out covid inquiry next steps

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Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Professor Tony Blakely, chair of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into lessons learned from the covid pandemic, today sets out key aspects of the inquiry and will look at a national response to future pandemics. Professor Blakely will indicate how and when members of the public will be

What do our infrastructure services really cost?

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Tāmaki Makaurau - A new report published by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission Te Waihanga finds New Zealand households spend about 16 percent of their after-tax income on infrastructure services such as drinking water, transport, broadband and home heating. Aotearoa households’ spending on infrastructure services is comparable to Australian households. The

Prepay customers paying much more for power

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Ōtautahi - New research from Consumer NZ has found most prepay customers could be paying about 15 percent more for power. Prepay customers tend to be Aotearoa's most vulnerable electricity consumers, often unable to sign up for monthly electricity plans because of poor credit ratings. Prepay customers in Wellington and Tāmaki Makaurau

Commission opens market study into personal banking services

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Tāmaki Makaurau - The Commerce Commission has opened a market study into personal banking services which will examine how well competition is working and consider options for enhancing competition for the long-term benefit of Kiwi consumers. Commerce Commission chair John Small says New Zealanders should be able to be confident that

House sales first annual rise in two years

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Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Property transaction volumes have turned a corner, after consecutive interest rate hikes and tighter lending rules caused two years of softer sales and triggered New Zealand’s largest sales slump since 1983. CoreLogic NZ’s latest study has found a 7.5 percent increase in residential sales numbers via estate agents