Auckland - Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says covid-19 community transmission is now inevitable and Kiwi families should start stocking up on their own personal supplies of masks. Pharmaceutical scientist and medical device expert Sir Ray Avery says Bloomfield is 100 percent correct but it is important that people buy the
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World-first for NZ software company Rfider
Auckland - A world first, Rfider, a cutting-edge New Zealand software company, is powering a next generation digital supply chain for the Latin American coffee industry, Rfider chief executive John Pennington says. Mastercol, a Colombian specialty coffee company, compares similarly to high-end Kiwi wine or honey producers, Pennington says. With this
Aroma NZ buys leading NZ flower supplier
Christchurch - New Zealand’s biggest green-lipped mussel health food company has bought one of the country’s largest flower growing companies. Aroma NZ has successfully purchased Moffatt’s Flowers, which has been growing roses and other flowers in their Christchurch glasshouses since 1949. As one of the largest rose growers and flower wholesalers in New Zealand, Moffatt’s grows
Kiwibank policy doesn’t pass litmus test
Auckland - Kiwibank’s new responsible banking policy includes a number of businesses that it would not do business with. This included places such as brothels and strip clubs which the bank put in the same category as fossil fuels, military and nuclear weapons and palm oil companies. However, Kiwibank has stepped back from
NZ helping countries prepare for life after covid
Christchurch - New Zealand is helping other countries’ exercise industry organisations and registration bodies to prepare to open fully up exercise facilities, post-covid lockdown or after nations start returning to business as normal, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says. New Zealand was one of the first countries in the world to re-open
A law degree makes a positive difference to helping NZ
Christchurch - Tens of thousands of New Zealand university students headed back to campus this week after a long break because of the covid pandemic lockdown. Massey University pro vice-chancellor Professor Chris Gallavin is offering advice to the thousands of tertiary students getting back into a law degree, starting a law degree
Healthcare spending revives in June
Christchurch - Monthly card spending on New Zealand’s medical and other healthcare services reached a record high last month. Spending on medical and other healthcare services was $261 million in June 2020, up 20 percent from June last year, Stats NZ says. Healthcare services include GPs, specialists, physiotherapy, optometry, ambulances, and