Press Release – Vodafone
Just over seven months after launching Vodafone Connect, a customised cloud contact centre solution powered by Amazon Connect, Vodafone New Zealand has been accepted into the Amazon Connect Service Delivery Program, making it the first business in Aotearoa to be awarded this status.
To join the program, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partners are put through a rigorous validation process, demonstrating a deep understanding of Amazon Connect services, extensive experience implementing the products, and proven customer success delivering AWS services to customers. As one of only five AWS Partners in Australasia and the first in New Zealand to achieve the status, Vodafone New Zealand is now authorised to provide specialised expertise in the areas of contact centre migration and operations, as well as best practices on how to deploy solutions seamlessly.
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New Zealand has agreed to open a quarantine-free travel corridor with Australia in a major boost for its ailing tourism industry.
The so-called travel bubble will open on April 19, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday in Wellington. It will restore unrestricted, two-way travel between the two neighbors for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic forced them to close their international borders more than a year ago.
“The bubble will give our economic recovery a boost and represents a world leading arrangement of safely opening up international travel while continuing to pursue a strategy of elimination and keeping the virus out,” Ardern said. “We have worked hard to ensure travel is safe and that the necessary public health measures are in place.”
Summary Appeal allowed in relation to Tessa, Sam and Ana. Appeal dismissed in relation to Wendy. Parties directed to prepare and seal final adoption orders under the Adoption Act 1955 in respect of Tessa, Sam and Ana. Leave reserved to apply to the Court for approval of the orders for sealing.
Family and Domestic Relationships Intercountry Adoption.
Ms Norman is a New Zealand citizen. She is the aunt of four young people who live in Ethiopia: Wendy (aged 20), Tessa (aged 19), Sam (aged 17) and Ana (aged 15) (the children). The children’s parents have not been heard from since 2013: it is likely they are no longer alive. The children are being cared for by another aunt, Ms May, who is Ms Norman’s sister. The children, Ms May and Ms May’s 10 year-year-old daughter all live together in one bedroom in a house owned by an extended family member. They live in financial and material poverty and are supported by funds sent f
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However one long-time freedom camper is worried low-income Kiwi families will soon be shut out of some of the country s most picturesque locations.
In November, Tourism Minister Stuart Nash announced plans to ban renting vans to tourists unless there is a toilet on board.
It follows years of poor behaviour by freedom campers, many young international tourists, who bought or hired cheap vans that did not have toilets, leaving behind their mess for councils and residents to clean up.
In 2018, the Responsible Camping Working Group was set up after protesters began blocking off parking sites, taking car keys off visitors and complaining en masse to local government.