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  • StarJam mulls scaling back in regions

    News
    New Zealand disability
    23 Oct 2024
    Two StarJam attendees.

    An emergency appeal earlier this year raised $165,000, but that was not enough to prevent cuts to the disability charity's services, its chief executive says.

    StarJam proposes to scale back workshops for children with disabilities
  • New Zealand universities ramp up scholarships to attract Indian students

    News
    IndoNZ IndoNZ Featured Stories
    23 Oct 2024
    Education New Zealand’s Learn New Every Day campaign provides a first-hand perspective of the experiences international students may encounter in a single day when pursuing their studies in New Zealand.

    More than half of New Zealand universities are offering dedicated packages targeting Indian applicants, including scholarships and fee discounts.

    New Zealand universities ramp up scholarships to attract Indian students
  • KiwiRail voluntary redundancy offer for all staff 'a bit arse about face' - union

    News
    New Zealand transport
    17 Oct 2024
    A KiwiRail shunt pulls away from the Westland Milk Products Hokitika site on Gibson Quay. The planned flood protection bank will be to the right of the picture.

    In a memo to all staff, the transport operator said the move was part of an attempt to reshape its business.

    KiwiRail offers voluntary redundancy to all staff
  • 'It's perfectly walkable' - Aucklanders ignoring warning to stay off damaged tracks

    News
    New Zealand Auckland Region
    16 Oct 2024
    Parnell resident Bethny Uptegrove

    Locals are ignoring warnings, shoving aside barriers to keep them out at Auckland Domain. Audio

    Auckland Domain: Locals ignoring warning to stay off damaged tracks
  • One NZ bans customer for life after attack on staff

    News
    New Zealand Business
    14 Oct 2024
    One NZ

    "It's not a decision that we take lightly," chief executive Jason Paris says. Audio

    One NZ customer banned for life after attack on two Christchurch shop workers
  • BBM foodbank closure will put pressure on other foodbanks - provider

    Audio
    politics
    11 Oct 2024

    A provider for a popular South Auckland foodbank said its closure will put even more pressure on other struggling food banks - and he doesn't know where the people it serves will now go. Dave Letele… Audio

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  • Dave Letele to close down Auckland foodbank

    News
    New Zealand
    10 Oct 2024
    Dave Letele, owner of Buttabean Motivation Foodbank in Wiri

    The community leader says funding hasn't been able to match increased demand. Audio

    Dave Letele to close down Auckland foodbank
  • Auckland GP practise forced to deter tax payments

    Audio 10 Oct 2024

    A West Auckland GP practice has been forced to defer tax payments and ask for a rent holiday because of a growing number of patients unable to pay.  Earlier this week we brought you the story of… Audio

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  • Pacific news in brief for 10 October

    News
    Pacific
    10 Oct 2024
    A cargo ship sails through the Panama Canal, in Panama City, Thursday, June 13, 2024.

    A round-up ofnews in brief from around the region, including Pacific island nations continuing to call for a mandatory universal levy on carbon emissions from shipping.

    Pacific news in brief for 10 October
  • Fallen tree blocks major road in Auckland

    News
    New Zealand transport
    7 Oct 2024
    A tree closed Auckland's Manukau Road after falling across several lanes.

    Police responded on Monday to reports of the tree blocking Manukau Road, between the intersections of Symonds Street and Lombardy Green.

    Fallen tree blocks Manukau Road in Auckland, wind close lands on Harbour Bridge
  • Buyout blueprint on the way - Mitchell

    News
    New Zealand weather
    7 Oct 2024
    RNZ/Reece Baker

    It will allow homeowners hit by extreme weather know where they stand, emergency management minister says. Audio

    Buyout blueprint on the way - Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell
  • Parts of South Island could see up to two months' worth of rain

    News
    New Zealand weather
    2 Oct 2024
    Heavy rainfall expected for South Island.

    Rain up to 40mm an hour and severe thunderstorms are threatening large swathes of the country, with forecasters issuing a glut of warnings and watches. Audio

    Intense downpours forecast for much of the North and South Islands
  • Are small businesses doing it tougher than in the GFC?

    News
    Business Comment & Analysis
    2 Oct 2024
    Boarded-up stores in central Gisborne.

    Opinion - Small businesses are being squeezed from every side, and doing it tougher in some ways even than during the GFC, Antje Fiedler and Benjamin Fath write.

    Tougher than the GFC: Why NZ’s small businesses may be in worse shape than in 2008
  • NZ woman speaks out about life in fundamentalist Christian group

    News
    New Zealand
    2 Oct 2024
    An image of a young Rachel Lees standing beside Bill Gothard in front of a staircase.

    A woman is speaking out about her time in a fundamentalist Christian group, which teaches that women must obey their husband's every wish.

    NZ woman speaks out about life in fundamentalist Christian group
  • Forestry not to blame for Smithfield meatworks closure, industry says

    News
    Business Country
    1 Oct 2024
    There is a proposal to close the Alliance Group's Smithfields meat processing plant in Timaru with the potential for more than 600 staff to be affected.

    Federated Farmers earlier said land use change was to blame, with farms being converted into carbon forests at alarming rates.

    Forestry not to blame for Smithfield meatworks closure, industry says
  • Muchirahondo rape trial: Guilty verdicts for 17 counts of rape and sexual assault

    News
    New Zealand crime
    30 Sep 2024
    John Hope Muchirahondo

    John Hope Muchirahondo was found not guilty on eight charges of sexual offending and the jury could not reach a verdict on five others.

    Muchirahondo rape trial: Guilty verdicts for 17 counts of rape and sexual assault
  • Northland railway line reopens after 20 month closure for rebuild

    News
    New Zealand transport
    26 Sep 2024
    Northland railway line when 88km of the track had been rebuilt.

    Trains are returning to the Northland railway line after it was closed for 20 months to rebuild from Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary Floods.

    Northland railway line reopens after 20 month closure for rebuild
  • Regulatory headwinds buffet South Asian liquor businesses

    News
    IndoNZ IndoNZ Featured Stories
    26 Sep 2024
    Himanshu Parmar, ACT Party candidate for Hamilton East, standing outside his liquor store.

    Owners outside Auckland's CBD largely back new local restrictions on selling alcohol after 9pm but want scope of objections to licence renewals to be tightened after a 2023 amendment opened the door…

    Regulatory headwinds buffet South Asian liquor businesses
  • Northern Express adds dining experience: 'Come and explore Ruapehu with us'

    News
    Business tourism
    25 Sep 2024
    The Northern Explorer

    Ruapehu officials are hoping it will help boost tourism in the region.

    Northern Express adds dining experience: 'Come and explore Ruapehu with us'
  • 100,000 homes could be covered in ash in next eruption

    News
    New Zealand natural disasters
    23 Sep 2024
    Mt Ruapehu erupts in 1995.

    Ruapehu will blow again in the next 50 years - and what that'll look like is "really uncertain".

    Hundreds of thousands of North Island homes could be covered in ash in next volcanic eruption
  • Auckland's Wynyard Quarter bridge set to reopen in December

    News
    Business infrastructure
    20 Sep 2024
    A pedestrian bridge that links Auckland's Viaduct to a strip of waterfront restaurants is broken and stuck in the up position.

    The Wynyard Crossing bridge, linking the city centre to businesses in the Quarter, has been stuck upright since March.

    Wynyard Quarter pedestrian bridge set to reopen in December
  • Malaysian environmentalist - Stop sending us your rubbish, NZ

    News
    New Zealand environment
    19 Sep 2024
    A Malaysian youth swims in a river due to the hot weather in Hulu Langat, outside Kuala Lumpur on March 2, 2015. AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP)

    The closure of Oji's Penrose paper mill means Aotearoa will be sending another hundred thousand tonnes a year of cleaned waste paper to Malaysia for recycle. Audio

    Malaysian environmentalist fears closure of Auckland recycling mill will lead to pollution
  • Oji Fibre solutions paper mill closes, 72 jobs lost

    Audio
    employment Auckland Region
    18 Sep 2024

    Soaring power prices and rising labour costs have combined to force the closure of a third mill, taking 72 people's jobs with it. The Japanese owned Oji Fibre Solutions said it had no other option but… Audio

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  • 'I'm a little shocked': 75 jobs face axe as pulp and paper mill closes

    News
    New Zealand Business
    18 Sep 2024
    Workers heading into a meeting to learn the fate of Oji's Penrose mill.

    Oji Fibre Solutions Penrose mill is permanently closing, the E tū union says. Audio

    Auckland pulp and paper mill closing permanently, union says
  • Power outages across Auckland, residents urged to charge devices

    News
    New Zealand weather
    17 Sep 2024
    Weather-related power outages in Auckland on 17 September 2024.

    Auckland's power company is suggesting people charge their devices as weather-related outages affect north and western parts of the city.

    Weather updates: Road closures as snow and wintry blast hit South Island
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