Christchurch - July 27, 2015 Two University of Canterbury postgraduate students have launched a company which is the first in New Zealand to sell ethically-made organic business shirts. Engineering management students Samantha Jones and Lina Kay have launched their online shopping website www.littleyellowbird.org targeting corporate or business people who support ethical and
Year: 2015
Major NZ construction pivotal to conference issues
Wellington - July 22, 2015 The public benefits of the biggest construction projects in New Zealand will be highlighted at a major national conference in Christchurch next month. The New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development’s Building Nations Symposium on August 20 and 21 is the premier event on the New Zealand infrastructure
Best NZ engineering projects to be recognised at 50th annual awards
Wellington - July 20, 2015 The Warkworth motorway, the Esk hydro power project near Napier and the Hagley Oval pavilion in Christchurch are among 28 major engineering projects vying for recognition at the 50th annual Association of Consulting and Engineering Professionals of New Zealand awards in Christchurch on August 1. The association’s
Arts graduate wants to paint giant murals to highlight pollution
Christchurch - July 6, 2015 A University of Canterbury fine arts graduate wants to paint giant murals in New Zealand’s main cities to highlight pollution problems. Tess Sheerin says cities need large murals to brighten and tidy up some areas and her New Zealand pollution awareness project will make cities more connected
Leading tech company winning global awards for improving people’s health
Wellington - July 1, 2015 A cutting-edge Wellington-based international health start-up is winning awards for their innovative mobile health platform, which is benefitting New Zealanders in need. Melon Health which is supporting changing traditional healthcare services through mobile apps, last month received the best start up award at the annual Healthtech Week
St Margaret’s College raises more than $20,000 for Nepal
Christchurch - June 17, 2015 Christchurch schoolgirls who were in Nepal during the devastating April earthquakes have helped raise more than $20,000 for the Nepali recovery effort. Twenty six students and four teachers from St Margaret's College were in Nepal when the 7.8 earthquake hit on April 25. Nearly two months on,
Sam Johnson’s Kiwi team helping build the first of 1000 shelters for desperate villagers
Christchurch - June 10, 2015 Christchurch’s Sam Johnson has helped organise the construction of 70 transitional shelters in outlying areas of Nepal that have had no assistance since the devastating April earthquakes. Johnson, who foundered and led the Student Volunteer Army after the Christchurch earthquakes, has joined forces with the RiseNepal organisation
Sam Johnson returning to Nepal to provide urgent aid work
Christchurch - May 28, 2015 New Zealand’s Student Volunteer Army founder Sam Johnson is launching a second humanitarian aid mission to help outlying villages in Nepal following last month’s earthquake that killed more than 8000 people. See a Radio New Zealand article here Johnson flies to Nepal next week with a team of