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Whittaker’s indulges fruit lovers with two new Artisan Collection flavours
Whittaker’s indulges fruit lovers with two new Artisan Collection flavours

Whittaker’s is delighted to bring back two fruit lovers’ favourites, Raspberry & New Zealand Strawberry 100g, and Gisborne Orange & Hazelnut 100g, now showcasing local ingredients, as part of its core New Zealand Artisan Collection.  

Ready, steady, fish! Freshwater season licenses now on sale
Ready, steady, fish! Freshwater season licenses now on sale

Fishing licences are on sale today as anticipation builds for the upcoming season. “Spring is on its way, and today marks a key date in the diary for keen anglers,” said Fish & Game New Zealand chief executive Corina Jordan. “With the season starting on October 1, it’s a good idea for anglers to get in early and grab their licence so they can focus on sorting their gear and planning trips with friends.

Spawning monitoring – measuring to manage 
Spawning monitoring – measuring to manage 

Fish & Game staff throughout the country are busy conducting spawning surveys for trout and salmon to ensure there are sustainable fisheries for the future and to check up on stream and river health. Fish & Game New Zealand chief executive Corina Jordan said there were a range of ways to monitor spawning, from using fish traps to walking up a stream and counting. 

Featured Artist - Catherine Macdonald
Featured Artist - Catherine Macdonald

New Zealand artist Catherine Macdonald creates drawings & prints, makes & illustrates objects & furniture, and writes, illustrates & publishes books.

Artwork - Just as they fall (Catherine MacDonald)

Featured Artist - Kimbra Taylor
Featured Artist - Kimbra Taylor

Kimbra has a Diploma in Visual Communications from the Wellington School of Design and a teacher's certificate.

“I worked in an advertising agency as an illustrator and visualiser, The Evening Post as an illustrator and then became a freelance illustrator. I worked with Thomas Nelson publishing firm and illustrated many children's books. One of the paintings from a book I illustrated was given to the author for her birthday. I felt very honoured and delighted to be able to share this with her as a gift.” Kimbra shares

Appointments to the New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board
Appointments to the New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board

The Minister for Hunting and Fishing, Hon. Todd McClay, has appointed board members to the New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust. The Game Bird Habitat Trust is an independent public entity established under the Wildlife Act 1953. Its functions include improving New Zealand’s game bird habitat and the habitat of other wildlife.

Featured Artist - Jane Comben of Pogo Design
Featured Artist - Jane Comben of Pogo Design

“When I moved to NZ, I ended up in Wellington. There was much less packaging work so I moved into print design and branding, and the more government-focused work of the Wellington market. 

After working in agencies, I created Pogo Design when my son was school-age. I wanted the flexibility to manage school holidays etc. I often tell people my biggest work success to date is walking my son through the gate of the local school.” – Jane

Whittaker’s celebrates the people behind their chocolate this World Chocolate Day
Whittaker’s celebrates the people behind their chocolate this World Chocolate Day

World Chocolate Day on 7 July is a chance for Whittaker’s to celebrate our relationships with our cocoa farmers and other ingredient suppliers in New Zealand and around the world, staff at our one factory in Porirua, our ethical sourcing partners, our local community and our Chocolate Lovers. 

Game bird hunters and anglers encouraged to enrol ahead of Fish & Game elections
Game bird hunters and anglers encouraged to enrol ahead of Fish & Game elections

Licensed anglers and game-bird hunters are being urged to enrol so they can vote in the upcoming Fish & Game elections. 

New Zealand’s 12 regional Fish & Game Councils are elected by licence holders every three years and voting in the 2024 election opens on 19 September. 

Licence holders must register to be on the electoral roll to be eligible to vote in their region.

A Matariki Gift from Artist Helen Casey
A Matariki Gift from Artist Helen Casey

With Matariki upon us and School Holidays just around the corner we hope to create a tradition with some of New Zealand’s finest Artists that helps make this time memorable for Whanau across Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Down the Magic Morepork is a colouring in project for Matariki.

University of Auckland ranks 10th best sustainable uni globally

University of Auckland ranks 10th best sustainable uni globally

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London - The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), global higher education analysts, have listed Auckland University 10th in the world in their inaugural QS world university rankings on sustainability.

The new framework evaluates how universities are taking action to tackle the world’s most pressing environmental and social issues.

QS aims to provide prospective students with independent insights on universities record in improving sustainability.
The QS organisation also seeks to support universities in monitoring and benchmarking their progress as they strive to implement their ESG strategies and find solutions to unprecedented global challenges.

QS evaluated more than 1300 higher education institutions meeting specific eligibility requirements[1] and 700 of those appear in this ranking.

The University of California, Berkeley is named the global sustainable leader, achieving top scores in both the environmental impact and social impact categories, each contributing 50 percent of the overall score. the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia. The top rankings are:

QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2023: Top 202023InstitutionCountry1University of California, Berkeley (UCB)United States2University of TorontoCanada3University of British ColumbiaCanada4The University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom5=The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)Australia5=The University of SydneyAustralia7The University of TokyoJapan8University of PennsylvaniaUnited States9Yale UniversityUnited States10The University of AucklandNew Zealand11Uppsala UniversitySweden12Lund UniversitySweden13University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom14University of California, DavisUnited States15Aarhus UniversityDenmark16University of OxfordUnited Kingdom17Western UniversityCanada18Newcastle UniversityUnited Kingdom19University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom20Harvard UniversityUnited States


The United States dominates the rankings, with 135 ranked universities (19.2 percent of the total), including thirty among the top 100, while the

United Kingdom is the second-most represented country, with 67 universities ranked (9.5 percent), including twenty among the top 100. Germany is the third-best for overall representation, with 39 universities. The New Zealand rankings:

New Zealand Universities in QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 20232023 RankInstitutionOverallEnvironmental Impact (50 percent)Social Impact (50 percent)Sustainable InstitutionsSustainable EducationSustainable ResearchEqualityKnowledge ExchangeEducating for SocietyEmployment & OpportunitiesLife QualityScoreScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank10The University of Auckland85.187.2584.743=74.81895589.17790.830=62.226397.8681.56884.3121=47University of Otago73.3703770.4130=49.6117=90106921393.91953.4327=77.19454.625271.1208=95University of Canterbury63.771.32945.1309=57.86188.91164.224164.225015.3501+69.115260.4192=20.5501+116Victoria University of Wellington6157.69654.623249.6117=72.445=52.330482.872=31501+66.8168=60.1195=18.2501+125Massey University60.556.310455.3224=47.7157=77.62241.337487.15243.2417=52.6273=49.5304=40.2382221-240University of Waikato-52.1122=34.2414=36.227680.92136.2407=69.51999.7501+39.1371=45.4341=19.3501+261-280Auckland University of Technology-35.3301=37.8377=41.522343.9281=2848087.64815.7501+32.2434=38.3407=13501+381-400Lincoln University-39.824420.3501+45.4185=5020629.6462=54.4347=4.9501+12.6501+35.3441=33.9422=

The country’s eight universities all ranked among the top 400.  New Zealand is at the forefront on biodiversity and conversation efforts, and it exerts an influential presence on the global stage when it comes to the intersection of climate and trade, as illustrated through various recent Free Trade Agreements signed between the country and the EU and the UK, which included robust and enforceable climate commitments.

Aotearoa universities Zealand performed particularly well under the environmental Impact category.

Lincoln University ranks among the world’s top 200 in the sustainable institutions indicator.

kip Brook
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kip Brook

Kip Brook has more than 25 years’ international and national news media experience. He was appointed to London in 1997 to be New Zealand media’s UK-Europe Bureau Chief Correspondent. Kip has covered NZ Prime Minister overseas tours, world leaders’ summits, major disasters, All Black tours, NZ cricket team tours, Olympic Games and many international events. He has won three NZ journalist of the year media awards.

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