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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 [

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), along with its Agricultural faculty Telford, have collaborated with Agricultural and Forestry industry groups to provide short training courses to allow people who may have lost their employment to quickly retrain for Agricultural and Forestry positions. SIT w

Courses and training in construction, agriculture and community work will be free for the next two-and-a-half years, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Education Minister Chris Hipkins have announced. Ardern also confirmed the Cabinet would next Monday consider the move to alert level 1, and she woul