Sam Judd Send bad wrappers packing
After canvassing the fallacies of recycling as a be-all-and-end all effort to reduce our shocking waste statistics last week, perhaps it is time to look at some more solutions. On average we throw out...
View ArticleBrown Give us the convention centre we want
Mayor Len Brown has called for public input into the new SkyCity convention centre, saying the "aspirations" of the community should be reflected in the final building. The deadline for signing the...
View ArticleCharity to plug health gaps
The KidsCan charity plans to use money from the child poverty plan announced this week to plug holes in health services, which have become virtually nonexistent for at least one South Auckland school....
View ArticleBig mailout on volcano view plans
More than 78,500 property owners and occupiers have been sent letters outlining proposed rules to protect views of Auckland's volcanic cones. But Auckland Council says any person can make a submission...
View ArticleA proud little town of quitters
Twenty people from the small rural settlement of Frasertown near Wairoa have joined a quit-smoking competition. That's nearly 7 per cent of the people in the locality, originally known as Te Kapu,...
View ArticleSky-high living for $10m
Multimillionaire Charles Shrimpton has all but signed the paperwork for the sale of the last of three penthouse suites in Auckland's tallest apartment building - in deals worth nearly $10 million. The...
View ArticlePrison break ends for most wanted
After six weeks on the run following a dramatic prison break, France's most wanted man has been captured by police in a hotel room outside Paris. Redoine Faid, a famed 41-year-old career gangster, was...
View ArticleNational the political extremists say Greens
Green Party co-leader Russel Norman will attack undemocratic lawmaking in his speech to the party's annual conference this weekend and turn the tables on the National-led Government by describing it as...
View ArticleWe like it the way it is locals
Claude Galpin is shocked that Auckland Council planners have earmarked her Balmoral neighbourhood of old family homes as sites for future terrace houses and apartment buildings. "Our family doesn't...
View ArticleWe like it the way it is locals
Claude Galpin is shocked that Auckland Council planners have earmarked her Balmoral neighbourhood of old family homes as sites for future terrace houses and apartment buildings. "Our family doesn't...
View ArticleWe like it the way it is locals
Claude Galpin is shocked that Auckland Council planners have earmarked her Balmoral neighbourhood of old family homes as sites for future terrace houses and apartment buildings. "Our family doesn't...
View ArticleMarae fundraiser catalyst for quitting
Beeby Harding and her whanau are trying to raise $5000 for their marae by quitting smoking. Fifteen teams of 10 are competing for the regional prizemoney put up by the Northland District Health Board...
View ArticleAaradhna wakes up with five awards
Kiwi singer Aaradhna Patel has set a record at this year's Pacific Music Awards; winning every category she was nominated in - all five of them. The 29-year-old was the clear winner last night, picking...
View ArticleWorst holiday black spots revealed
The parts of the country - and times of day - which become more dangerous to travel through during Queen's Birthday weekend have been revealed in a police bid to cut the holiday road toll. Some regions...
View ArticleRegular price rises doing trick but teamwork stubs habit
Special Report: World Smokefree DayForcing up tobacco taxes every year is having an effect. It's hitting the price point for many smokers, galvanising their resolve to quit. But public health experts...
View ArticleConvicted knight may give up honour before PM acts
Prime Minister John Key will wait to see whether Sir Douglas Graham takes a further appeal against his conviction before he considers whether to strip Sir Douglas of his knighthood, and there is...
View ArticleShock as top duo quit Glenn panel
The two top managers of Sir Owen Glenn's inquiry into child abuse and domestic violence have resigned after a "breakdown in the relationship" with Sir Owen. Executive director Ruth Herbert and...
View ArticleReserve Bank looks to cool kiwi
Graeme Wheeler hopes to diminish investor perceptions that the New Zealand dollar is a one-way bet. Photo / APN The Reserve Bank's intervention in the foreign exchange market last month amounted to...
View ArticlePeters calls for leak inquiry to vet Dunnes phone data
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said phone records of Revenue Minister Peter Dunne should be examined by David Henry, who is conducting an inquiry into the leak of a report by Rebecca...
View ArticleWe like it the way it is locals
"We all like it the way it is." Mr Flexman said residents' research found original houses in Tenterden Ave were built in the 1930s by the same architect and builder, George Hatcher, who named it after...
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