San Francisco Weighs New Policy For Working Parents
Source: Big News Network
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-14 12:02:06 -0700 | technology-news
Even with these limitations, this kind of policy has been found to be effective in meeting demand from workers to gain some control over their schedules. The United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia have implemented similar policies and found they...
Formula for trouble
Source: The New Zealand Herald
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-14 11:21:54 -0700 | political-news
Christopher Adams investigates what has gone wrong The fears and anxieties shared by millions of Chinese parents can be summed up in the story of baby Yi Kaixuan...Soon Yi wasn't producing any urine at all and he died shortly after...
For better or worse, until restless sleep do we part
Source: New Zealand Herald
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-14 11:14:09 -0700 | technology-news
Would moving to two beds, or even separate bedrooms, be the answer for couples in search of a good night's rest? Tim Lott investigates I am gradually, but remorselessly, being pushed out of the marital bedroom. The presence of six...
A music-playing bottle? That must be some kind of record
Source: New Zealand Herald
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-14 11:05:52 -0700 | entertainment-news
The world's first music-playing beer bottle has been created in New Zealand. Using modern technology, three minutes of music has been inscribed on the surface of a Beck's beer bottle to promote Kiwi band Ghost Wave's new album. The bottle...
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a Platonic concept...
Source: New Zealand Herald
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-14 11:05:50 -0700 | entertainment-news
Of all the superheroes, it seems most fitting that Superman should have revealed himself in a dream, zooming through his creator's head in a single night of frantic inspiration. "I am lying in bed when suddenly it hits me," wrote...
Burdon: In Richie McCaw's sabbatical we trust
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-14 10:49:00 -0700 | sports-news
Rugby can be relied on for throwing up innocuous sounding terms which soon take on a controversial bent. A couple of years ago you couldn't get through an interview with a union chief executive without at least one "going forward"....
Shaun Kenny-Dowall denies move rumours
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-14 10:48:52 -0700 | sports-news
Shaun Kenny-Dowall has fended off suggestions he could be set to leave the Sydney Roosters, as the resurgent NRL club reportedly makes a play for Wallaby-in-waiting Israel Folau. The nine-cap Kiwis international is contracted to the Bondi club until the...
A broker's view: Telecom
Source: Wellington Dominion
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-14 10:14:35 -0700 | technology-news
Telecommunications Overview: Telecom is the dominant retailer in the New Zealand telecommunications market. Its traditional dominance of the home phone market is unlikely to be challenged, but with growth for these connections limited it has refocused its efforts on the...
Recyclers see red over 'green' bottles
Source: Wellington Dominion
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-14 10:14:24 -0700 | business-news
The two-litre opaque milk bottle sits silently under the humming supermarket lights. A customer wraps her fingers around the chilly handle, tosses it into her shopping basket next to the capsicum and cabbage, comforted by marketing hype that once its...
Elizabeth Warren's QE for Students: Populist Demagoguery or Economic Breakthrough?
Source: Truthdig
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-14 08:55:35 -0700 | business-news
Jun 14, 2013 On July 1, interest rates will double for millions of students from 3.4% to 6.8% unless Congress acts; and the legislative fixes on the table are largely just compromises. Only one proposal promises real relief Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Bank...
Stephen Fry bored by The Hobbit book
Source: ExpoSay
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-14 04:13:08 -0700 | entertainment-news
Stephen Fry couldn't be bothered to read 'The Hobbit', despite starring in the film. The British actor is playing the money-hungry Master of Laketown in the second instalment of Sir Peter Jackson's epic trilogy, 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug',...
Last call for Dunedin's Captain Cook pub
Source: New Zealand Herald
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-14 00:24:00 -0700 | business-news
The current owners of the famous Dunedin student pub, Captain Cook, aren't holding out much hope for its future...Co-owner James Arnott said it was unlikely someone else will take it on. "Cos it's a massive site, the rent's huge. It's...
ePortfolio pilot a success
Source: Scoop
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-13 23:58:17 -0700 | technology-news
Since the pilot launch in July 12, response to the site has been strongly positive, with interest from a wide range of nursing areas, said project manager Liz Manning. Individuals through to large organisations such as DHBs have been involved...
NZ Final of the Global Drivers' Fuel Challenge
Source: Scoop
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-13 22:24:41 -0700 | business-news
The driver judged to be the most fuel efficient will go on to enter the Asia Pacific Final in August and potentially the world final in Sweden. The five drivers (two winners of the South Island heats, and three from...
Home Detention for commercial corruption
Source: Scoop
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-13 22:03:30 -0700 | political-news
Mr Green's offending occurred between 2003 and 2010 when he was responsible for ensuring the portfolio of premises that his employer occupied around New Zealand, were appropriately insured. Mr Green's employer was a client of Herbert Insurance Group (HIG) which...
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