General News

Improvements to first aid training and health assessments resulting in a healthier, more productive workforce have won Hamilton-based Life Care Consultants a 2010 Vero Excellence in Business Support Award.

Liz Evans was announced as the new national president of Rural Women NZ at the organisation’s national conference in Oamaru last month, as former president Margaret Chapman stepped down at the end of her three year term.

Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) has released drowning statistics for the month of April 2010, reporting that there were seven drowning deaths over the 30 day period.

In the year ended March 2010, the median age of women giving birth was 30 years, Statistics NZ has said.

Broadband operating costs have been slashed for a number of North Shore schools thanks to the NEAL fibre network.

Sir George Fistonich joins Dame Kiri Te Kanawa as a Vice Patron of Variety – The Children’s Charity in NZ.

Teachers around the country, along with their partners, are eligible for a free one month’s trial at Les Mills, simply by enrolling their school in the Les Mills School of Fitness programme.

Whangarei’s Hora Hora School has a unique and positive school culture, according to a research report by PhD student Karen Pohio.

There are several and varied definitions of dyslexia but the problem with many of these are that they often include components that have little or nothing to do with the key concept.

Written by Astrid Von Sommaruga who is director of Learn4Potential, a student coaching organisation, specialising in helping dyslexic students achieve their true potential.