WELLINGTON Cheap Jordan Spiz'ike , Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Building consents for new homes in New Zealand fell slightly in July, the country's statistics department Stats NZ said on Wednesday.

The number of new homes consented fell 0.7 percent in July 2017, following a 1.3-percent fall in June 2017, Stats NZ said.

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LUSAKA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Zambia's major media outlets on Monday.

-- Trade between Zambia and the European Union (EU) stood at 142.26 million euros in the first quarter of this year representing a decrease from the 187.79 million euros recorded during the same period last year.

The EU imported goods worth 59.6 million euros from Zambia and exported goods worth 82.66 million euros during the first quarter of the year, according to figures released by the EU office in Zambia. (Times of Zambia)

-- Zambia has signed the Southern African Development Community (SADC) protocol on gender and development aimed at promoting 50-50 gender parity in political and decision-making positions.

President Edgar Lungu signed the protocol during the just-ended SADC Heads of State and Government Summit held in South Africa. (Zambia Daily Mail)

-- The Zambian government will soon formulate a policy which will result in the establishment of an academy of science and technology.

Minister of Higher Education Cheap Jordan Future , Professor Nkandu Luo said the academy was one way by government to promote science and technology in the country, adding that it was important for the country to start looking at strategies of investing in science and technology as a precursor to sustainable development. (Daily Nation)

-- A former Zambian minister has urged President Edgar Lungu to fire his aides for failing to advise him correctly over the summoning of South African opposition leaders for a meeting.

Chishimba Kambwili, who was fired as information and broadcasting minister by Lungu last year, said the refusal by the two South African opposition leaders, Julius Malema and Musi Maimane, to meet the Zambian leader was due to a diplomatic gaffe which his aides failed to deal with. (The Mast)

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