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Bachelor of Screen Arts (BSA) year two students studying at the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) have used lockdown as an opportunity to develop an online exhibition. Over the past two months, students and tutors have been developing the Pixibit exhibition; due to unprecedented times and as a

New Zealand has no new cases of Covid-19 for the 24th day in a row and one significant cluster has now closed, the Ministry of Health has confirmed. In a statement released this afternoon, the Ministry of Health said there were no new cases and no active cases to report. The total number of confirme

A series of online learning modules has been developed to help people better understand the Building Code and how it works, says Dave Robson, Manager of Building Performance and Engineering at MBIE. “The Government has just made it easier for homeowners to do a number of low-risk DIY jobs without th

A military robot that was lost in the Pike River drift five days after the mine exploded has been recovered. The military robot that was sent into the Pike River Mine, five days after the explosion in 2010, has now been recovered.The military robot that was sent into the Pike River Mine, five days a

Hi there team and welcome to another Mal’s Music Memory – Songs From The Lucky Country brought to you by our friends and yours, Little Fire MusicWorks. Here are a couple of crackers, two very different songs from very different times but with a common denominator……… Ross Wilson. Ross put Eagle Rock

H&J Smith today confirmed it will close its Te Anau and Balclutha H&J Smith stores and downsize its Gore department store. It will also close Outdoor World at Remarkables Park in Queenstown. Late last month, H&J Smith announced a proposal to reduce its store network and consolidate its operations ba

There are no new cases of covid-19 in New Zealand for the 15th consecutive day, with just one active case remaining. The total remains at 1504 confirmed and probable cases, and just one case remains active. There was no media conference today. The Health Ministry said in a statement there have been

Air New Zealand is losing $5 million a day and is bracing for potentially more job losses saying it needs to slash $150 million more from its wage bill. The national carrier has already ditched 4000 jobs, and some employees have taken a 30 percent pay cut. The company has had more than $70 million [