New Zealand dairy firm Fonterra has apologized for its tainted milk powder scandal. Batches of the whey protein from the dairy giant were allegedly found containing toxic bacteria. Su Yi has more. Fonterra CEO Theo Spierings says Fonterra regrets any

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 世界各地新闻集锦

3. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, APEC CEO Summit in the Speech 3. 新西兰总理海伦克拉克在APECCEO峰会上的演讲 Now, at the beginning of the 21st century, New Zealand is taking a new approach to economic development. 现在正值

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 历史英雄名人演讲

Tonight, an Olympic Gold Medal for the Womens Shot Put was presented to Valerie Adams in Auckland. She arrived back in New Zealand from overseas this morning. At the time of the shot put event in London, Valerie was placed second. However, a week lat

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

A vet is a short word for veterinarian, an animal doctor. This year, Massey University in Palmerston North is celebrating 50 years since it opened the Veterinary school. Tomorrow, the school will celebrate this occasion with a day of speakers and a d

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The economy continues to be a major concern globally but also to New Zealand. We are especially affected by what happens in Australia, partly because our major banks are Australian owned. In the last few days, the US and European countries have moved

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

New Zealand inflation is up by 5% for the year ending September 30th. This is the highest increase for 18 years, but Australia is reporting the same increase. The Governor of the New Zealand Reserve Bank has to keep inflation between 1% and 3% so thi

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The forestry industry in New Zealand is in trouble. Forestry has always been one of our major export industries but in recent years, it has been declining. Nineteen sawmills closed this year, two in the last month. New plantings of trees reached the

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The Vice-Chancellors Committee which represents the heads of the eight New Zealand universities, is asking the government for more money. They say that funding has not kept up with inflation and they need at least another $230 million on top of the $

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The official results for the election were announced on Saturday. 270,000 special votes were counted and all other votes were re-counted. Special votes were votes by people who were not in their own electorate on Election Day. Some of these people we

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Todd: So, Mark, what do Kiwis like to do in the summer? Mark: Yeah, I think the first thing for some people to realise is that Christmas is midsummer in New Zealand. Todd: Oh nice! Mark: So kiwis combine Christmas holiday and New Year holiday with a

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

The H1N1 flu which is also called Swine flu is now causing some worry in New Zealand as well as the rest of the world. The World Health Organisation is now calling this a pandemic which means that it is now global and spreads within each country as w

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

A Hong Kong company, Natural Dairy, wants to buy 16 dairy farms which belonged to the Crafar family. Thirteen of the farms are dairy farms and in total, the land is 8,815 hectares. The Crafar family went bankrupt and could not pay their debts of arou

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The government is planning to take some Flu medicines off the shelves of chemist shops. Instead, people will have to go to their doctor and get a prescription if they want these medicines. The reason is that these medicines contain pseudoephedrine wh

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Todd: So, Monica, you are from New Zealand. Monica: Yes, that's right. Todd: So, for people going to New Zealand, what would you recommend? What are three or four places that you must see in New Zealand? Monica: Oh, OK, three or four places you must

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

Some New Zealand MPs who returned from the Copenhagen conference are disappointed. The Green Party MP, Jeanette Fitzsimons, said the conference was a failure because there were no legal promises. The conference decided to limit temperature increases

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Nearly everyone living in New Zealand must know about the All Whites win against Bahrain on Saturday evening. The stadium in Wellington, which holds 32,000 people, was full. About half a million people watched the game live on Sky and another 300,000

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Air NZ showed what their new planes will look like inside. The CEO of Air NZ said that there have been many improvements for Business class passengers in the past few years but nothing for Economy class. The new planes, the Boeing 777-300 model, will

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Listen to other items on ANZAC Day April 24 2009 and April 25 2008 April 25th is ANZAC Day, the day when we remember New Zealand soldiers who died in wars. April 25th, 1915 was the day when Australia and New Zealand soldiers (they were called ANZACs)

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Yesterday two police officers were shot and injured in Christchurch. A police dog was shot dead. The police officers did not have guns because they did not expect trouble. They were looking for a missing mental health patient and went to a house next

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Chris Ryan, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Insurance Council, said today that Canterbury earthquake claims will probably be more than $3bn. This will be the biggest payout in New Zealands history for any natural disaster. The second biggest payou

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语