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Gore council the latest to consider huge rates hike
5:43 am todayGore District Council is proposing a rates rise of 21.4 percent despite attempts to whittle down costs.
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Recycling textiles for a living: 'The fabric tells me what it wants to be'
7:55 am todayGayle Heath recycles discarded fabric in a studio at her Rotorua home and says her hands are always busy: "I can't just sit and do nothing." Audio
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Port of Auckland crane safety rule, guidance substandard - expert witness
22 Apr 2024The claims have come at a trial where the port's former boss Tony Gibson is facing charges related to the death of a worker.
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Roadworks, construction have Tauranga businesses fighting for survival
22 Apr 2024The city centre is undergoing a major transformation and while businesses can see the good in it, they are battling to stay in the game in the meantime. Audio
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Mother 'totally shattered' after son beaten to death by Mob associates
22 Apr 2024Darcy Strickland's mother gave a victim impact statement to the High Court at Napier on Monday as the two men who killed her son were sent to prison.
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Existing roads could be tolled, officials tell Transport Minister
Simeon Brown is being encouraged to look at charging for existing roads to relieve pressure on transport funding.
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First changes to Resource Management Act revealed
2:01 pm todayFarming, mining and other industrial regulations are being scrapped and altered in a reformed RMA.
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Fast Track Approval Bill: Watchdogs seek substantial curbs on ministers' powers
22 Apr 2024The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says the role of ministers as decision-makers should be scrapped.
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Peters puts off recognition of Palestine despite Labour request
22 Apr 2024The foreign minister says diplomatic recognition of Palestine is a matter of "when not if", but doing so now could impede progress towards a two-state solution.
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Labour questions National donors on fast-track list
22 Apr 2024At least two businesses invited to apply for the new consents process have donated to National. Audio
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Competition getting tougher in job market
5:58 am todayEmployment website Seek's latest report shows a 4 percent fall in adverts for the three months ended March, driven by public service job losses.
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Scammer convicted over pyramid scheme Lion's Share
1:53 pm todayShelly Cullen promoted the global cryptocurrency-based scheme to Māori and Pasifika communities in 2020 and 2021.
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'Our industry has to change': Homes get top climate rating
7:00 am todayA three bedroom, two bathroom home in South Auckland has achieved the highest possible climate-friendly rating, one of the first family-sized homes to achieve that level of sustainability.
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Call for Commerce Commission probe of New Zealand air fares
The airline sector is ripe for the kind of investigation that has been carried out in the grocery and banking sectors, Consumer NZ believes. Audio
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Woolworths rolls out body cameras in all stores
22 Apr 2024The chain has seen a 75 percent increase in physical assaults in three years. Audio
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Mice cause chaos on ship carrying 1.2 million trays of Zespri kiwifruit
The company is working out how much of the $12m shipment - its first to Europe this season - has to be dumped.
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New import rules to avoid repeat of hepatitis A outbreak
Frozen berries coming into New Zealand will have to meet new import rules, in a bid to improve food safety.
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One of the world's most invasive weeds discovered on Waikato farms
18 Apr 2024Velvetleaf can grow up to 2.5 metres tall, it has large, heart-shaped leaves with pointy tips and velvety hairs, and small, buttery yellow flowers.
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New Zealand A&P show cancelled for the year
Organisers of the show in Christchurch say it's not financially viable.
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Are rugby stadiums really worth it?
19 Apr 2024Opinion - Large stadiums are sold as an economic boon, but the reality is they tend to require significant investment, Robert Hamlin writes.
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Truancy: By-the-numbers solutions aren't enough
18 Apr 2024Analysis - School truancy has been a concern across the political spectrum for years, but proposed solutions have largely failed.
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Mediawatch: Is it the end of the news as we know it?
14 Apr 2024This week our two biggest TV broadcasters confirmed plans to cut news programmes by midyear - and the jobs of a significant proportion of this country's journalists. So what's next?
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How the coalition plans to replace the Māori Health Authority
The coalition government got rid of the Māori Health Authority in a hurry. What is it doing now instead?
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'Very significant' rise in home insurance premiums revealed
Where premiums are up the most, where it's hardest to get quotes, and why it might be a sign of worse to come.
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