The Canterbury West Coast Sports Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Chief Executive for Sport Canterbury. He is Geoff Barry, an accomplished educator, sportsman and coach, who comes to the position after nine years as Chief Executive of Surf Life Saving New Zealand.

Wellington, Feb 19 NZPA - Efforts to re-establish New Zealand's rare orange-fronted parakeet the kakariki in the North Island centre on a population on Mayor Island, off the Bay of Plenty coast.

The Minister of Broadcasting announced today the reappointment of Fa'amatuainu Tino Pereira as the chair of the National Pacific Radio Trust and James Prescott and Brian Chamberlin as trustees.

Two people with a wealth of skills and expertise in high-level governance and leadership have been appointed to the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) Trust Board.

Christchurch Arts Festival Trust, Creative New Zealand and the Christchurch City Council have agreed to funding that secures the future of the Christchurch Arts Festival as a biennial feature in the city's arts calendar.

The estate of the "Father of Auckland", Sir John Logan Campbell, has given 174 organisations across northern New Zealand grants totaling $815,205 this year.

Former MP Pita Paraone has been elected as the new chair of the Waitangi National Trust Board. He replaces Jeremy Williams who steps down after three years in the role.

Save Our Arts Centre (Christchurch) today announced that it is challenging the Arts Centre Trust Board's involvement in the controversial Music School proposal in the High Court. It is also legally challenging the Christchurch City Council on two specific matters, in the same proceeding.

Auckland War Memorial Museum has delivered its first visitor report of the 2009/2010 year to its Trust Board, showing broad increases in visitation for the first quarter of the financial year.

Special teams of scientists are heading back into the Hipaua Thermal area this morning above the Waihi Village on Lake Taupo to continue assessing the possibility of a landslide.