Four new gardens in 2013 Powerco Taranaki Garden Spectacular
A large country garden, an inner city haven, and two old gardens being brought back to their former glory are the four new gardens in this year's Powerco Taranaki Garden Spectacular running from...
View ArticleCommerce Commission and Air New Zealand on air cargo case
5 June 2013"Air New Zealand has withdrawn its proceeding challenging the Settlement Agreement in the Air Cargo proceeding and will pay costs to the Commission in relation to the settlement of this...
View ArticlePM Must Investigate Admitted Security Leak
Rt Hon Winston Peters has called on the Prime Minister to take leaks from Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee seriously before New Zealand's allies refuse to deal with us on sensitive...
View ArticleNew Zealand online space Show me the money
The digitisation of New Zealand's entertainment and media businesses is paying off with online advertising revenues showing double-digit year-on-year growth. According to PwC's 2013 Global...
View ArticleMaori seats are a cornerstone of Maori representation
Maori seats are a cornerstone of Maori representation The Maori Party is concerned by the low numbers of Maori taking up the opportunity to switch from the General roll to the Maori roll, and are...
View ArticleHealth Minister is wrong – school nurses are needed
The Health Minister is wrong to say that every low decile primary and intermediate school has their own dedicated school nurse, which is why principals, teachers and nurses say they are desperately...
View ArticleHubbard crash trial adjourned
The trial of a man over the death of Timaru businessman Allan Hubbard in a car crash has been adjourned until July 19. Andy Earl, 42, of Mosgiel has denied one charge of careless driving causing death...
View ArticleCaretakers home burns down
Don Speak could only watch as his home burned. Photo / Peter De Graaf Pensioner Don Speak could only watch helplessly from the hall where he had been playing bowls as his house burned down just across...
View ArticleEstate agent fined for ramping up value of own home
File photo / NZ Herald A real estate agent has been fined $1000 for 'ramping' up the value of his own home to allow a purchaser to get a loan without a deposit. The deal involved overstating the sale...
View ArticleFamily friends supporting dragged mum
Ana Eriepa faces a long recovery. Photo / Supplied The family of a woman badly hurt after being kidnapped and dragged for 2km behind her car say she has a long road to recovery. Ana Eriepa received...
View Article62-year-old woman knocked unconscious
The 62-year-old woman was walking through Rotorua's Fenton Park when she was attacked from behind. File photo / NZ Herald A Rotorua woman is recovering from a head injury after she was knocked...
View ArticleHamilton jogger attacked from behind
File photo / NZ Herald A jogger was struck from behind and indecently assaulted in Hamilton on Monday night. Police said the 26-year-old woman was jogging along Lake Domain Drive, between the hockey...
View ArticleArrest warrant follows psychotic episode
File photo / NZ Herald The French national who damaged Karamea Area School in a "psychotic episode" in March has left the country before she could be sentenced for the offences. Laura Camiade, 22,...
View ArticleTeens appeal to murder conviction reserved by court
William Lewis was killed in a street fight in 2010. File photo / NZ Herald The decision on an appeal by an Oamaru teenager, convicted of murdering another youth in the town in 2010, has been reserved...
View ArticleFather who tried to rent son to paedophile jailed
Paedophile, Aaron John Ellmers. Photo / Supplied An Oamaru father who attempted to rent his baby son to a paedophile has been sentenced to nearly nine years imprisonment on a raft of charges. The...
View ArticleHubbards car drifted before crash - witness
The scene of the crash which killed Alan Hubbard in 2011. Photo/ Dan Tasker A truck driver who was travelling immediately behind a car driven by Jean Hubbard saw the little white car drift across the...
View ArticleAir NZ backs down on cargo suit challenge
Air New Zealand, the only one of 11 airlines not to settle an anti-trust suit over cargo with the Commerce Commission, has withdrawn a court challenge to the settlement deal. The airline has agreed to...
View ArticleComment On Mangere Budgeting Services Job Losses
"Just weeks after Paula Bennett claimed that Budget Advice services were winners from her Government's budget, one of the busiest, Mangere Budgeting Services, is to losing 5 of its 8 staff at the end...
View ArticleApplications Close 1 July For Rural Women Scholarship
Health professionals with an interest in the rural sector have just three weeks to apply for this year's Rural Women NZ & Access Homehealth scholarship, with a closing date of 1 July."This $3000...
View ArticleQuestions and Answers - June 5
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