Christchurch - After 25 years, the owners of one of Christchurch’s most prominent upmarket restaurants, Saggio di vino, are retiring. Saggio di vino owners Lisa Scholz and Yommi Pawelke are putting up their feet after first opening the Victoria Street restaurant in 1991. The stylish restaurant is considered a landmark institution
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National initiative to ignite female students into tech careers
Auckland - Young New Zealand female students have the opportunity to be mentored by high profile technology companies at Shadow Tech Day in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland over the next three months. More than 230 students will take part – an increase from about 45 students in previous years. Being mentored for a
Budget a boost for a digital nation – NZTech chief says
Wellington - Today’s Budget is an encouraging boost for technology, New Zealand’s fastest growing industry, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. With rising surpluses and forecast growth in the economy spells more digital and hi-tech jobs and expanding tech businesses Muller says. “It’s heartening to see the $761 million for Innovative New
Major Pacific planning event aiming to end poverty
Auckland - Top New Zealand experts will play key roles in a major international sustainable development planning conference in Fiji later this year with the aims of ending poverty, protecting the environment and ensuring prosperity. Commonwealth countries last year signed up to a set of goals as part of a new sustainable
Go the Sallies!
The Salvation Army has started its annual Red Shield appeal. They are worth supporting, considering: They help more than 120,000 Kiwis in need annually. They distribute more than 55,425 food parcels a year. They provide almost 14,000 budgeting sessions and serve 18,192 community meals a year. They provided more than 7000 elderly and ill
Jobs down but Christchurch poised to rise
Most jobs in Canterbury are connected, even some tenuously, to the Christchurch rebuild. There has been a lot of positive talk about the rebuild ramping up. Christchurch’s CBD is an exciting place at the moment. But the latest ANZ job advertising monthly report shows the Canterbury labour market continuing to weaken