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Matthew Hooton writes: The Ardern administration has finally confirmed — were confirmation required — that it is the most incompetent New Zealand Government in living memory, and perhaps ever. … National’s Muldoonist era might rival Jacinda Ardern’s circus. But, however controversial, the Clyde Dam, the Waitara and Motunui methanol plants and the Marsden Point expansion […]

TOKYO, Sept 2, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team aims to return to the top step of the podium on the legendary Acropolis Rally in Greece on September 8-11, round 10 of the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship. The ...

The New Zealand Indoor Bowls team (the Mat Blacks) are trailing Australia by two game points at the completion of a mammoth day two of the Tran Tasman currently being played in Ballarat. The test is played over three days, with every country picking ...

Press Release – Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Society The Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Society (KMBS) is thrilled to welcome a new patron, Dame Fran Wilde DNZM QSO, and a new vice-patron, Witi Ihimaera DCNZM QSM. Dame Fran Wilde requires little introduction to most New Zealanders. She is a former MP, former mayor of Wellington, an arts advocate […]

Nelson City Council has approved $2 million in grant funding from Phase Two of its Housing Reserve to respond to the urgent need for housing in Nelson. In a meeting on Thursday, 25 August, Council agreed to grant $1 million to the Nelson Tasman Housing ...

The Motor Industry Association’s David Crawford says that 14,690 registrations of new vehicles for the month of August is the strongest month of August on record, largely due to shipments arriving allowing back orders to be filled. The month tally ...

Taranaki Bulls players took a break from training for their upcoming clash with the mighty Waikato this weekend to visit patients at Taranaki Base Hospital on Friday (2 Sept). Mitch Brown, Kaylum Boshier, Michael Loft and Ricky Riccitelli visited ...

This morning, Coastguard New Zealand welcomed and gave thanks for their special, high-tech new rescue boats and the meaningful names bestowed on them. The names of both vessels, Joe Hawke Rescue and Hukātai Rescue, have been gifted by local iwi ...

Police are now in a position to confirm a person has died after being struck by a passenger train in Kapiti this morning. Emergency services responded to the incident near MacKay’s Crossing at Whareroa Road, Paekakariki just before 10am. Police would ...

Ratepayers in the Queenstown Lakes District will soon receive notice of this financial year’s individual rates calculation and payment options. This follows Queenstown Lakes District Councillors’ approval of the expected average increase to rates ...

The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is calling on Labour-endorsed mayoral candidate Efeso Collins to sign the 2022 Ratepayer Protection Pledge if he is serious about easing the financial burden on struggling Auckland households. In a policy release ...

Technology Investment Network (TIN), in association with the Consortium for Medical Device Technologies (CMDT), has today released New Zealand’s second Healthtech Insights Report, offering a deep dive into the country’s largest tech industry ...

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) has decided to invest up to 730 billion yen (approximately $5.6 billion) in Japan and the United States toward supplying automotive batteries for battery electric vehicles (BEVs), for which demand is growing, and aims to begin ...

A Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha from office on August 24, immediately replacing him with his deputy, while judges decide when Mr. Prayuth's prime ministry should end after he seized power in a 2014 coup and won ...

aCommerce Group, the largest end-to-end e-commerce enabler in Southeast Asia, has partnered with Johnson & Johnson Philippines, part of the largest and most broadly based healthcare company in the world, in a joint venture to offer a sustainable ...

One person has died following a crash near the intersection of Masters Road and Goodwin Road in Aka Aka this evening. The crash, involving two cars, was reported to emergency services at 4.40pm. One of the vehicles became submerged in the stream ...

Feat. DJ/Producer Paige Julia When: 2-4pm, Sat 17 September 2022 Where: two/fiftyseven, level 2, 57 Willis St, Te Aro, Wellington 6011 Wish you knew how to identify the music you love dancing to? This workshop will breakdown electronic dance music for ...

Discussions between Essity and the Pulp and Paper Workers’ Union have adjourned until next week. Essity’s General Manager at Kawerau Peter Hockley says the facilitated bargaining over the past two days has seen positive progress made and discussions ...

Wellington.Scoop All train services have been suspended between Paekakariki and Waikanae since 1.15 this afternoon. Metlink has given no explanation for why the trains aren’t running except to say: Service change due to medical or health emergency. It also advises: bus replacements are attempting to run to schedule if possible, however, delays are expected to […]

Aucklanders now have a clear choice between keeping spending under control, and the eye-watering rate hike plan revealed by Councillor Efeso Collins this week, candidate Wayne Brown says. Mr Collins has now repeatedly said that he is comfortable with ...

The stage is set at Hamilton’s FMG Stadium Waikato for an exciting test match between the All Blacks v Argentina on Saturday night. Part of the Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship, the game is expected to draw a large crowd to the Hamilton venue. Ben ...

The Crown looks likely to resume collecting people’s iwi affiliation information when it introduces a new civil registration system in 2024. The Crown and Iwi will work to codesign a system that would enable Iwi to verify that data. ...

NIWA’s climate scientists can now confirm what you may have suspected. After carefully poring through more than a century’s worth of data, it has been officially determined that winter 2022 was Aotearoa New Zealand’s warmest and wettest on record. The ...

The Peace Train “Chugger” sent by British singer-songwriter Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) to the city of Christchurch will have its first public outing at South Hagley Park this Sunday. Yusuf’s initial act of compassion following the 2019 mosque attacks ...