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New Zealand rents remained at an all-time high in November, with the regions seeing prices jump while they dropped in the main centres, according to the latest Trade Me Property data. Trade Me Property Sales Director Gavin Lloyd said the national ...

Damien Grant writes: Wellington Airport security generates an extra degree of irritation because, despite being designed with two security wings, only one is ever in operation, no matter how many passengers are waiting to take their shoes off. To emphasise the indifference of management to the factors of production that us commuters are, at the […]

In electrifying vehicles and equipment to reduce carbon emissions, the bigger they are the more challenging it becomes. Infrastructure company Fulton Hogan has just flicked the switch on a ground-breaking fully electric mobile asphalt crusher, believed ...

A shearing record which has gone unchallenged for more than a decade will be up for grabs twice in three days in the central North Island this week. The target is the eight-hours solo strongwool lambshearing record of 744, set by Irish shearer ...

Press Release – Porirua City Council Changes are afoot for Titahi Bay Beach as a plan is developed to improve visitors’ experience and sense of safety. In February and March there will be opportunities for the community to share their thoughts and ideas about what’s important to them about the popular Porirua beach. There will […]

Press Release – University of Auckland Former Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield is to join Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland as a Professor in the School of Population Health and will lead the establishment of a new Public Policy Impact Institute at the University as its inaugural chair. Announcing the appointment, Vice-Chancellor Professor […]

News from The Bond Store A native NZ gin featuring rosehips harvested from the Wellington Botanical Garden has so far raised more than $5,000 for a new science and discovery centre in the Gardens’ Begonia House, a capital landmark that attracts more than 400,000 visitors each year. Down the Garden Path Gin was developed by […]

Bay of Plenty Police are urging motorists to make a conscious decision to not get behind the wheel after drinking. Police set up 15 checkpoints in Tauranga, Mt Maunganui, Papamoa and Te Puke over Friday and Saturday nights to target impaired drivers with ...

Hon Jan TinettiMinister for Internal Affairs Minister of Internal Affairs, Jan Tinetti is welcoming today’s announcement from the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union that union members have voted to accept the settlement for a new collective ...

NZPFU members turned out in force across the country to vote to accept the proposed settlement of the 2021-2024 collective agreement as recommended by the Union’s National Committee. There was high turnout at the 26 meetings ratification meetings ...

Police and emergency services are at the scene of a serious crash that has blocked State Highway 2 at Whakamārama, in Western Bay of Plenty. A truck and car have collided on the highway, near the intersection of Omokoroa Road. The crash happened about ...

Fire and Emergency NZ Chief Executive Kerry Gregory says professional firefighters’ ratification of a new collective employment agreement is a welcome and significant step forward. "We are pleased that, with Government support, we have been able ...

A man has been arrested in relation to a shooting at the Otara shopping centre last month. Police were alerted to the incident when a man presented to hospital with injuries on 7 November. Yesterday, the Armed Offenders Squad executed a search warrant ...

Mayor Nadine Taylor has thanked Waka Kotahi for the hard work they have put in repairing the state highway between Nelson and Marlborough. The road reopens tonight at 6.00pm, earlier than planned. “Waka Kotahi staff and contractors have gone above and beyond, ...

Hard work by road crews means repairs on State Highway 6 between Hira and the Rai Valley have been completed ahead of schedule. It means the route, which has been closed for emergency repairs for the last seven weeks, will be open to traffic from ...

Are you missing a bike? Canterbury Police have recovered this Trek Powerfly 4 eBike, which is believed to have been stolen. If this is your bike, or belongs to someone you know, please contact police by calling 105 and referencing 221218/9718. You can ...

Contractors will do a partial clean-up of the city beach this week after Councillors approved $52,000 for the job. That’s enough to clean up Waikanae Beach between Grey Street and Beacon Street Reserve by Christmas. Contractors will start tomorrow ...

While the just released Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry Australia and New Zealand (PCOR-ANZ) Annual Report confirms that early accurate diagnosis saves lives and improves quality of care, it also confirms that men diagnosed with prostate cancer in Aotearoa ...

The whānau of 24 Māori Battalion soldiers who fought in World War II have received their medals at a ceremony conducted at Whirinaki Whare Taonga in Upper Hutt. The whānau of 24 Māori Battalion soldiers who fought in World War II have received ...

Attributed to Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Va'aelua. A Police investigation is underway following a shooting outside a church on Puhinui Road, Manukau. At 10am Police received a report that a person had been shot. The first officers on the scene ...

“If Labour needed any proof their approach to crime has failed, the unspeakable machete attack in Hamilton today is it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This is a Government whose leadership put criminals at the centre of the justice system, ...

The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) has acknowledged the Member of Parliament for West Kwaio Constituency (WKC) for highlighting in Parliament challenges faced by the ministry in the implementation of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) ...

18 December 2022 The Labour Party has selected Barbara Edmonds as its candidate for the Mana electorate for the 2023 General Election. Barbara Edmonds has been the MP for Mana since the 2020 General Election and serves as Labour’s Junior Whip ...

The Green Party is welcoming today’s news that the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) have voted to ratify the agreement reached with Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ). “Firefighters put their health at risk to protect us, so it ...