Skateboarder rushed to hospital
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2010-11-29 22:49:52 -0800 | political-news
18 30/09/2010 A skateboarder has been hospitalised after a fall while being towed behind a car near Christchurch. Police said a car carrying up to four people was towing the skateboarder on Izone Drive, at Rolleston, when the accident occurred...
Dramatic Shift In Race For Christchurch Mayoralty
Source: Scoop
Canterbury :: United Kingdom | updated 2010-12-02 18:15:51 -0800 | political-news
Large majorities also think that Civil Defence (94%), the City Council (90%), EQC (88%) and the insurance companies have handled the aftermath well. Christchurch City residents think that people who do not have insurance should not be compensated for damage...
Boat on fire off Wellington
Source: Wellington Dominion
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2010-11-01 17:34:50 -0700 | political-news
There are reports of a boat on fire off the coast of Wellington...The boat was off Baring Head, a fire communications spokesman said. Eyewitnesses on Wellington's south coast can see smoke over the water.
Vandals cripple wind turbines
Source: Wellington Dominion
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2010-12-27 19:37:42 -0800 | political-news
Vandals have shut down the Tararua wind farm, bringing more than 30 turbines to a halt and costing TrustPower at least $200,000. Thieves broke into the site's transformer yard before 1am yesterday, cutting up copper earthing wire in an attempt...
Soldiers funeral close to home
Source: Newstalk ZB
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2010-10-11 01:50:48 -0700 | political-news
48:01 It's a poignant day for Labour leader Phil Goff as he attends the funeral of Lieutenant Timothy O'Donnell. The 28-year-old New Zealand soldier was killed in an attack in Afghanistan last week. Mr Goff's nephew, who was in the...
Skier dies after fall at Mount Hutt
Source: Wellington Dominion
Christchurch :: New Zealand | updated 2010-10-06 04:00:51 -0700 | political-news
One of the two skiers helicoptered off Mt Hutt this morning has died. Garden City Helicopter general manager Simon Duncan said a 31-year-old male skier had died after an accident on Mount Hutt skifield this morning. The accident happened around...
Drybars heated clothes rack dryer banned from sale
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2010-10-05 22:58:24 -0700 | political-news
We have acted to ban the sale and use of these products for public safety, and to reinforce any action taken by the supplier. The clothes dryers have been sold directly through the Drybars website, various trade shows and also...
Baby safety greatly improved with two new Standards
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 23:33:35 -0700 | travel-news
The revised Standard for baby cots AS/NZS 2172 and the new Standard AS/NZS 8811.1 for testing firmness of sleep surfaces will help improve product safety and reduce the likelihood of death or injury to babies. AS/NZS 2172:2013 Cots for household...
Drug-using rail worker involved in near miss (Newstalk ZB)
Source: Xtra News
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 19:27:17 -0700 | travel-news
Drug-using rail worker involved in near miss Nita Blake-Persen, Newstalk ZB May 23, 2013, 1:42 pm Two rail workers narrowly escaped being hit by a train on a Wellington railway line after a drug-using co-worker told a train driver the...
KiwiRail introduces random drug tests
Source: Wellington Dominion
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 20:52:41 -0700 | travel-news
Kiwirail is introducing random drug tests for all staff as a report reveals a track worker involved in a near miss had cannabis in his system. Two workers repairing the tracks narrowly escaped being hit by commuter train on August...
As Rescue Operations End, Freeport Focuses On Mine Safety Re
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-23 02:49:19 -0700 | travel-news
We will take all actions required to provide for the safety of our workforce,a Adkerson said in a press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday. Adkerson said that Freeport's workforce has always been and will continue to be the company's top...
Pre-Tornado Severe Weather Warning
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-21 09:12:06 -0700 | travel-news
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0447 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OZARKS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT... THE NWS STORM PREDICTION...
Operation Eight IPCA report
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-21 19:23:22 -0700 | travel-news
The release of the Independent Police Conduct Authority's report into Operation Eight confirms that the operation was justified, but that mistakes were made in the termination, Police Association Vice-President Luke Shadbolt said today. Police were confronted with evidence of illegal...
NZOG's Griffiths backs director liability on health, safety
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-20 20:31:03 -0700 | travel-news
New Zealand Oil & Gas chairman Peter Griffiths has thrown his support behind legislative moves to make directors liable if the companies they govern fail to meet health and safety obligations. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the...
Near-fatal KiwiRail blunders slammed
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-23 10:21:23 -0700 | travel-news
Kiwirail's safety practices have been criticised by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission after a series of blunders that nearly cost two Wellington track workers their lives. A report published yesterday reveals that a worker on drugs, haphazard training and incomplete...
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