Affordable homes on the way for Bay
Tauranga community housing trust chairwoman Chris Johnstone talks about the budget announcement that state homes may be able to be run by private providers. Photo / APN A $1.7 million Government grant...
View ArticleFarmy Army leader honoured for quake aid
Prime Minister John Key helps out the Farmy Army volunteers, at Linwood College, following the 6.3 magnitude earthquake in March 2011. Photo / File The driving force behind Christchurch's 'Farmy Army'...
View ArticleVan crashes through roof in Christchurch
Residents of a house in Lyttelton in Christchurch had a lucky escape this afternoon when a contractor's van crashed through their roof. The van started rolling backwards down Ticehurst Terrace and was...
View ArticleTradeMe learns lessons from bogus bidding case
TradeMe says it has learnt a lot about bogus bidding after the conviction of a car dealer who was manipulating auctions on an "industrial scale". Auckland car dealer The Auto Co (Millennium) Ltd has...
View ArticleRestoration group questions ChristChurch Cathedral vote numbers
video A month-long submission process by the Anglican Church shows the majority of survey respondents want a new, contemporary ChristChurch Cathedral to replace the quake-damaged one - but not everyone...
View ArticleNew Zealands meat export to China to be resumed after document failure
New Zealand meat exports that have been held up on Chinese wharves because of a name change on the export documents will be allowed to enter the Chinese market from next week, the New Zealand...
View ArticleMarket close shares fall as US China in focus - GPG WBC NZOG drop
New Zealand shares fell as the prospect of a winding down of US stimulus and weak Chinese manufacturing weighed on equity markets across Asia. Guinness Peat Group dropped after signalling a delay in...
View ArticleKiwirail workers drug tested after close call
KiwiRail has started random drug and alcohol testing for employees after a worker who failed to check his co-workers were off the track before a passenger train passed by and nearly hit them was found...
View ArticleStrip club wins Topless Tce charity auction
Photo / TradeMe The new home of a boob on a Wellington street sign is no stranger to boobs of a different sort. Strip club Calendar Girls today won a charity auction for the misspelled 'Topless Tce'...
View ArticleOne-punch killer loses sentence appeal
Billy Dawson died after being punched near Spy Bar in Auckland. Photo / Supplied A man who killed a Sky TV video editor with a single punch outside an Auckland bar has lost his bid for a lighter...
View ArticleConservationists lament Denniston mining decision
As the mining community celebrates, conservationists are fuming over the Government's decision to give the go ahead to an open cast mine on the West Coast. Conservation Minister Nick Smith confirmed...
View ArticleFarmers relieved as Chinese meat embargo ends
Officials scramble to lift block on NZ meat in China Federated Farmers says it is hugely relieved meat exports will be allowed back into China after an administrative error led to shipments being left...
View ArticleEncouraging trend in ITM Cup
Player payments as calculated under the salary cap across the 14 ITM Cup Provincial Unions fell NZ$1.1 million in 2012, New Zealand Rugby has stated. Salary cap payments totalled $12.8 million; $3.5...
View ArticleHenry to face misconduct hearing
SANZAR has brought a misconduct complaint against Blues assistant coach Sir Graham Henry for comments made against match officials after his side's recent loss to the Crusaders. Henry criticised the...
View ArticleNZ running low on chickenpox vaccines
File photo / Natalie Slade New Zealand is running low on chickenpox vaccines as more parents seek to have their children immunised and as winter approaches. Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)...
View ArticleMaori ABs going to North America
The Maori All Blacks will play against Canada and the United States in a two-match North American tour this November, it was announced on Thursday. The team takes on Canada in Toronto on 3 November and...
View ArticleHutt Valley Police cordon off Wainuiomata address
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 9:11 pm Press Release: New Zealand Police Hutt Valley Police cordon off Wainuiomata addressAt around 3.30pm today Police were informed that a 16-year-old male was planning to...
View ArticleVote for runway resource consent positive news
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 9:13 pm Press Release: Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce Media Release23 May 2013Vote for runway resource consent positive newsThe news that Wellington City Council is to...
View ArticleInnovations Centre brings to life Kiwi can-do attitude
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 9:19 pm Press Release: National Fieldays DATE - 23 May 2013 Fieldays Innovations Centre brings to life Kiwi can-do attitude. The Fieldays Innovation Centre Competition is the...
View ArticleSir Don McKinnon wins World Class New Zealand Award
Source: ONE News New Zealand's longest serving Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister has won the supreme award at the Kea World Class New Zealand Awards. Sir Don McKinnon, who has also been the...
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