The CS-VUE team is eagerly anticipating the release of CS-VUE Version 3.0.

Users will login to CS-VUE and view a completely overhauled and fresh design, with the CS-VUE functionality redressed to be even more intuitive to use.

The new interface will also make it much easier for us to implement and release the exciting modules we are planning for later this year.

We are now inviting feedback from the CS-VUE community; please go to the members' only section of our blog to take a sneak peek at what is coming up.

If you are having difficulty logging in, please contact Jasmine.

National Business Review
17 April 2009

Application helps keep track of all the complexities.

For many, The Resource Management Act is a beast careering out of control.

Regional sales manager Adrian Bullen told NBR his company's eponymous online software had its genesis when CS-VUE was approached the Auckland City Council in 2003 to devise a system for tracking and managing consent compliance within the council.  For Auckland software company CS-VUE, it has proved a business opportunity.

To read the rest of this article online, click here.

Why Twitter?

Twitter is a great way to learn about new things, often with links to interesting information and stories.  The search facility is simple to use, and it's easy to browse the short tweet titles to quickly discover what you are looking for.

Important news worthy events are well documented and break on Twitter.  There are numerous examples of events were first broken on Twitter, before the traditional media noticed something happened, and then subsequently published by large news organisations including CNN.

It's also a great place to network with peers in your industry and find people that have similar interests to you - in real time!

Take a look at the links below to see what you might be missing!

Useful Twitters

http://twitter.com/CS_VUE

http://twitter.com/NZGovtFeeds 

http://twitter.com/NZGreens

http://twitter.com/gpnz

NZ By the numbers - 52% Rise in Prosecutions

Prosecutions under the Resource Management Act have leapt, with the agricultural sector the main culprit.  An Environment Ministry report showed 260 prosecutions nationwide from May 1, 2005, till June 30 last year.  That compared with 171 prosecutions from July 1, 2001, till April 30, 2005, an increase of 52 per cent.  The number of prosecutions each year has grown from 45 to 82.

Au - $460K Oil Spill Requires Lengthy Ongoing Monitoring

ECOLOGICAL fallout from the Queensland oil spill will be felt for months and could include albinism in mangrove plants and reduced fish populations, scientists warn.

AU By the Numbers - Mobil ordered to pay $350,000

Mobil Refining Australia (Pty) Ltd were convicted in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court, during December 2008, on one charge of causing an environmental hazard.

AU By the Numbers - CALTEX PENALISED $100,000 FOR LEAK
Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd was convicted in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court today (March 6) on one charge of permitting an environmental hazard.

AU By the Numbers - Marine Co fined $80,000

One of the world's largest marine terminal operators was convicted today in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on a charge of polluting the atmosphere, and was ordered to pay $80,000 towards the construction of a community garden at Docklands

AU By the Numbers - Transpacific ordered to pay $75,000

Transpacific Cleanaway Pty Ltd were found guilty, in December 2008, of breaching its EPA operating licence for its Tullamarine Landfill operation and been ordered to pay $75,000 to a community environmental project.

NZ Banks Peninsula dairy farmer fined $5,000 for effluent discharge

Banks Peninsula dairy farmer Philip Ross Curry has been fined $5,000 after pleading guilty to a charge of discharging dairy shed solids onto land that may have resulted in contaminants entering nearby Barrys Bay Stream. The case was heard in the Christchurch District Court earlier this year.

NZ PHA emphasises importance of Resource Management Act to health
The Public Health Association (PHA) has warned against changing the Resource Management Act (RMA) at the expense of people's health.

NZ News - Unlikely allies fight RMA appeal limits
An unlikely alliance is forming between big business and environmental groups against a proposed law change they say will shut them out of important planning decisions.

Andrew.Stewart Ltd has had recent media coverage in the Gulf News regarding the work they have done with Waiheke Island Resort. The two companies have been working together to improve the Resort's wastewater treatment plant, reduce the volume of water used on site and improve the quality of their treated wastewater. The effluent produced by the system is of such high quality that it is suitable for recycling and irrigating olives and lemons, which are about to be planted on site.

CarbonGroup has recently teamed up with Revolution ID to include use of the FoundationFootprint^TM product - a web-based Carbon, energy and water footprint management system that is compliant to the GHG Protocol and ISO 14064 standards.

CS-VUE continually innovates!

If you have any suggestions about future enhancements or improvements, please let us know.

Our technical team will review all development ideas, and as always, we roll-out product updates to all of the CS-VUE community - meaning everyone benefits.