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Fight for Control of Water · Tuku Morgan has written to the Waikato Regional Council Chairperson, Pamela Storey, in relation to the; · WAIKATO (AND WAIPAA) RIVER FRESHWATER REVIEW PROCESS: · UPHOLDING THE WAIKATO RIVER SETTLEMENT · In his letter the first paragraph states: · “I write to express my deep concerns regarding the Freshwater Policy Review (FPR) process presently being administered by the Waikato Regional Council (Council). It has…

Te Waka - Failure · Waikato economic development agency Te Waka launched six years ago will wind up at the end of this month, after announcing it is closing due to a “lack of regional commitment and inadequate funding”.  · Te Waka has three full-time staff and runs on a budget of approximately $1 million with $750,000 of that amount coming from the Waikato Regional Council. · Te Waka which was business led and governed was launched as “the…

Two-thirds of Ingria near Turin are competing for positions including a mother and son in rival camps. · The last time Igor De Santis ran for mayor in Ingria, a tiny village surrounded by forests and mountains near Turin, he won an easy landslide victory. But he faces a tough challenge in his bid for a fourth mandate, after his mother joined a rival camp. · Ingria, one of the smallest villages in Italy, is home to 46 inhabitants. A further 26…

A new heat-to-energy converter has reached a record efficiency of 44% – the average steam turbine manages about 35%, for comparison. This thermophotovoltaic cell is a major step on the way to sustainable, grid-scale renewable energy storage. · With renewable energy prices dropping fast, the barrier now is their intermittency – the first point any renewable energy skeptic will throw at you is “but what happens at night or when the wind isn’t…

Antibiotic-induced disruption of the gut microbiome can compromise health and make people more susceptible to opportunistic infection by pathogens like C. difficile. The widespread rise of superbugs resistant to antibiotics further complicates their use. · Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign now say they've developed a next-generation antibiotic that reduces or eliminates multidrug-resistant bacterial infections while…

Final Judgment is, beyond question, the most “controversial”—and certainly the most widely denounced—book on what is perhaps the most written about subject in American history . . . · Yet, most of those who have so hysterically condemned this book have never even read it . . . · Critics viciously attack the author, but they refuse to debate him . . . · This is the one book on the JFK assassination that no major publisher dared print . . . ·…

Since 2022, the traditional Māori festival of Matariki has been marked by a new public holiday. · There are many aspects to this time of the year which can be welcomed by Christians, and by people of any or no faith: a long weekend, an acknowledgement of the traditional Māori New Year, a recognition of the importance of Māori culture in Aotearoa New Zealand, some stargazing, gatherings and kai, the remembrance of those who have died, gratitude…

The Matariki public holiday, a significant event in the New Zealand calendar, is set to unfold this month on Friday, June 28th, 2024. Established in 2022 to commemorate the Māori new year and recognize the cultural heritage surrounding Matariki, this special day is strategically positioned on the Friday closest to the new moon following the rising of the Matariki star cluster. The decision to institute the Matariki public holiday stemmed from…

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Real Estate Love, Passion and Obsession From an early age I have nurtured an unshakable love for Real Estate. Discovering how real estate creates that special type of shelter that everyone yearns to possess; it evens generates the brand of wealth that most cannot amass by simply working a job; and it gives great power to its owners who are fortunate enough to hold on to it at the right time and wise enough to let go when necessary. Whether you…