新西兰英语 761 Teachers march

More than 10,000 teachers marched this morning as a protest against education changes. About 4,000 protested in Auckland and 2,000 in Wellington. All around the country, in 26 towns, groups of teachers marched in protest. The protest was organised by

新西兰英语 760 Akaroa Marine Reserve

Yesterday, the Conservation Minister, Dr Nick Smith, went to Akaroa near Christchurch to tell local people that part of the harbour will be a marine reserve. A marine reserve is like a park for recreation in the sea. It means that nobody can catch fi

新西兰英语 759 Same-sex marriage bill passed

First listen to March 15th 2013 to hear more about this bill. A crowd of people queued to get into the public gallery in Parliament tonight to watch the final vote on the Marriage Amendment Bill. The bill passed with 77 votes to 44. The crowd in the

新西兰英语 758 Statistics

Statistics New Zealand is a government department. The census information is an important part of their job but they also give us a lot of information about our country, people and economy at other times. You might like to look at these two web sites

新西兰英语 757 Afghan interpreters arrive

30 Afghan interpreters and their families arrived in Auckland yesterday to start a new life in New Zealand, 94 people in total. The youngest is 3 months. These interpreters worked with New Zealand soldiers and police. Over the last 10 years, New Zeal

新西兰英语 756 ANZAC Day

Traditionally, ANZAC Day is the day we remember soldiers who died during the First World War. This war was a terrible tragedy for a small country of just over 1 million people in those days, as 18,000 men were killed. However, ANZAC Day is a day for

新西兰英语 754 Death of MP, Parekura Horomia

We heard the sad news that Parekura Horomia died at his home in Tolaga Bay, this afternoon. He was 62. He had problems with his weight and tried for many years to improve his health but recently he had not been very well. He had been a Labour Party M

新西兰英语 753 New Zealander of the Year

On Thursday evening, Dame Anne Salmond was named New Zealander of the Year, at a ceremony in Auckland. Dame Anne has won many awards for her books. She is a sponsor of a project to encourage low income children, especially Maori and Pacific Islanders

新西兰英语 752 Drought in North Island

There has been no rain for months now in most of the North Island. This summer has been hotter than usual with record sunshine hours. For people on holiday, this has been the best summer for many years. However, for farmers it has been terrible. No r

新西兰英语 751 Mighty River Power shares

The government plans to sell 49% of Mighty River Power company very soon. Mighty River is an electricity company. New Zealanders who are interested in buying shares in this company need to pre-register their interest on-line. About 150,000 people hav

新西兰英语 750 Ellerslie Flower Show

The Ellerslie Flower Show opened in Hagley Park in Christchurch on Wednesday and runs for 5 days. The first Ellerslie Flower Show was at the Ellerslie RaceCourse in Auckland in 1994. It moved to Christchurch in 2009. It is a very popular show with 50

新西兰英语 749 John Key in Chile

Prime Minister, John Key, is in the middle of a 10-day visit to Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Brazil. One of the reasons for his trip is to increase trade between New Zealand and these countries. When Mr Key was in Colombia, he invited 150 farmers from

新西兰英语 748 Dunedin Fashion Week

This week is Dunedin Fashion Week. It is the 14th year that Dunedin has held their fashion week. The programme is exciting with breakfast shows, speakers and fashion shows. The breakfast shows include vintage clothes, jewellery and fashion photograph

新西兰英语 820 Local Body Elections

Local body organisations are city or district councils, local or community boards, regional councils and District Health Boards. Different areas have different local body organisations. District Health Boards are responsible for hospitals in your are

新西兰英语 821 Antarctic summer season opens

The first flight for the summer to Scott Base in Antarctica left Christchurch yesterday. Another flight left today and a third one will leave tomorrow with cargo. Aboard the planes are staff of the New Zealand Defence Force and the US Antarctic progr

新西兰英语 428 RoAuckland Plan

Auckland Unleashed is the name of the new discussion paper. It is 220 pages long but you can see a quick video of statistics about Auckland at Auckland Discussion Paper. Some of these statistics are positive but many are negative. The statistics give

新西兰英语 812 End of ramadam

My name is Urooj. Pakistan is my home town, but currently I am living in New Zealand. Today is Eid day, Eid-ul-fitar, the feast of breaking the fast. It marks the end of Ramadan, the holy month is which Muslims have to fast from sunrise to sunset. It

新西兰英语 813 Names for North and South Islands

The Geographic Board wants New Zealanders to choose whether to use a Maori or an English name for the North and South Islands. The Board has recommended this to the Land Information Minister, Maurice Williamson. It is now his decision. If he agrees,

新西兰英语 817 New Zealand Fashion Week

New Zealand Fashion Week starts today at Aucklands Viaduct Events centre. This is New Zealands biggest fashion event. It attracts international designers and buyers. All New Zealands well known designers are showing their best fashion designs. The fi

新西兰英语 808 Birth Statistics

Listen to August 19th 2010 to hear about more babies born in New Zealand. It is interesting that more women these days are deciding not to have children. The last census, in 2006, showed 13% of women aged between 45 and 49 were childless whereas in 1