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Public sector job cuts hitting workers beyond Wellington
24 Apr 2024Jobs from Whangārei to Invercargill are being caught up in cost-cutting
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MSD accepts 200 voluntary redundancies
23 Apr 2024The Public Service Association says further job cuts are likely.
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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
23 Apr 2024Farming, mining and other industrial regulations are being scrapped and altered in a reformed RMA.
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Could an indoor stadium replace Wellington's Reading Cinema?
24 Apr 2024The site of the shuttered cinema complex could be "perfect", a business owner says after a potential deal with the council fell through.
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Building begins on NZ's largest solar farm in Canterbury
23 Apr 2024Construction has begun on a $104 million solar farm on the Canterbury Plains, with power set to start flowing by the end of this year.
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Reading Cinema: Council ends negotiation on deal to reopen complex
23 Apr 2024Senior council staff have not been able to reach "the best possible outcomes for Wellingtonians" in negotiations with the company.
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Competition getting tougher in job market
23 Apr 2024Employment 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
23 Apr 2024Shelly 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
23 Apr 2024A 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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Mice cause chaos on ship carrying 1.2 million trays of Zespri kiwifruit
The company is working out how much of the $25m 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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'Too many dead ducks': Residents demand action over smelly lake
24 Apr 2024Dead birds and fish, and "out of control" lillies are pushing residents along a lake in Whakatāne over the edge.
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Deputy mayor almost steps aside over misunderstanding
23 Apr 2024The incident involved an email referring to an investigation into a combined Three Waters entity for Otago and Southland.
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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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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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Does 'Fast Track Bill' breach trade deals?
Key clauses in FTA deals are breached by the government's infrastructure bill, environmentalists say. A trade expert says they're wrong, but official advice remains secret.
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'They saw me as a cheat and a liar' - rowing coach
19 Mar 2024A leaked letter reveals the dramatic tension over a high school rowing rules dispute.
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Youth armed with knife among arrests after teens attacked on bus
23 Apr 2024One of the girls allegedly attacked by a group of six was left with a broken nose and the other was bruised.
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Family of teen killed in crash express forgiveness for killer
23 Apr 2024Adam Rapson's driving resulted in Zara Mitchell's death. One of her sisters says instead of resenting him, she's grown to respect and forgive him.
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Woman found dead in Wellington harbour formally identified
23 Apr 2024The woman found dead in in the water off Māhina Bay was a 60-year-old Hutt Valley woman who had recently been living in Levin.
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