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Internet Explorer’s final resting place in South Korea
A South Korean software engineer has commemorated the retirement of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer with a specially designed gravestone. Jung Ki-young designed the memorial to mark his love-hate relationship with the web browser. The headstone is engraved with Internet Explorer’s ‘e’ logo and the epitaph: “He was a good tool to download other browsers.” The memorial […]
Australian Foreign Minister to visit New Zealand and Solomon Islands
The Foreign Minister of Australia Penny Wong will travel to New Zealand and the Solomon Islands this week to discuss climate change and regional security. Senator Wong arrives in Wellington today and plans to meet with New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta on Thursday. “New Zealand is an indispensable partner in our ambitions for a […]
Air New Zealand increasing capacity as demand for travel returns
Air New Zealand expects to reach 75% of its pre-pandemic international capacity and 100% of its pre-pandemic domestic capacity by the end of this year, as the demand for air travel returns. “At this stage, there’s some pent-up demand that we’ve seen. People wanting to not just visit friends and relatives, but increasingly business people […]
Tokoroa public toilets win award for ‘best loo’
The Leith Place public toilets, located in Tokoroa, have won the Keep New Zealand Beautiful Best Loo Award. The Best Loo Award recognises the best public toilet in the country. It takes into account the location, facilities, cleanliness, interior, exterior and the surrounding environment. The award was made at a ceremony earlier this year. “As […]
Dunedin school plans campus beside Lake Te Anau
A Dunedin secondary school plans to open a new campus at a former lakeside lodge near Te Anau. John McGlashan College has bought the former Fiordland National Park Lodge site, located 30 km north of Te Anau on the highway to Milford Sound. The site, which includes 20 motel units, 26 rooms, a wharf and […]
New Zealand assists post-pandemic recovery of Vietnam
The New Zealand government has presented two million NZD to Vietnam to support its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The aid, which came from New Zealand’s Covid-19 Response fund, was presented at a ceremony in Hanoi last month. One million NZD is intended for the purchase of medical equipment, which will be provided by UNICEF […]
Biological controls of invasive weed established in New Zealand
Biological controls of one of New Zealand’s worst invasive weeds – old man’s beard – have been established at several locations in the country. Old man’s beard, introduced from Europe early last century, is a plant that disrupts native biodiversity. In biological control, living organisms are used to control the pest. Two types of biological […]
Korean and New Zealand webcomics nominated for prominent industry award
Web-based comics from Korea and New Zealand have been nominated in the Best Webcomic section of this year’s Eisner Awards. The Eisner Awards, or Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards in full, are regarded as the comic industry’s equivalent of the Academy Awards. The Korean webcomic, “Navillera: Like a Butterfly,” by Hun and Jimmy, is about […]
New dairy plant to be built in south Waikato by Singapore’s Olam
Singapore company Olam plans to build a dairy processing plant at Tokoroa in south Waikato. The milk processing site, which will be the 14th in the Waikato region, will begin operations in 2023. The company is still waiting on Overseas Investment Office and resource consent clearance, however, because Olam is already established in New Zealand, […]
Hawke’s Bay welcomes Samoan Prime Minister
The prime minister of Samoa Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa visited Hawke’s Bay yesterday as part of a three-day trip to New Zealand. She was welcomed to the region with an Ava ceremony, a significant custom in Samoan Culture, organised by members of the Samoan community, including seasonal workers and church leaders. In her address to horticultural […]