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People should delay their journeys and avoid these areas and check the NZTA Journey Planner for details or additional closures overnight and tomorrow morning after 8.30 am.

News from Porirua City Council Work to improve electricity network resilience and increase drinking water services is to be carried out for Porirua’s fast-growing eastern suburbs. Porirua City Council, Wellington Electricity, Wellington Water and Kāinga Ora are teaming up to carry out critical infrastructure service upgrades along link roads, at the same time. These upgrades […]

The 43-year-old man has been held in custody and is due to appear in Palmerston North District Court today on several charges, including unlawfully possessing a prohibited firearm, unlawfully possessing a prohibited magazine, and charges relating to the ...

The 4,500 square metre expansion, designed in collaboration with Vital Healthcare Property Trust was officially opened this afternoon by Prime Minister and local MP, RT Hon. Christopher Luxon.

The road is closed while staff work at the scene. Please avoid the area, or expect delays.

Up to $50,000 in additional Government support is being provided for farmers and growers across Southland and parts of Otago as challenging weather conditions have been classified a medium-scale adverse event.

The Serious Crash Unit has been examining the scene this afternoon, with an investigation to commence into the crash.

An additional bridge repair project on SH73, closer to Arthur’s Pass, which has caused delays overnight in the past week still has a few things to be completed.

Since June, the Group has worked through the core components of the regulations, consulted with their European customers, and advanced the necessary documents to meet the regulations as they currently read.

Dingle’s upcoming book, The Promise on One Tree Hill, tells the extraordinary story of a promise made by Dingle and his wife, Jo-anne Wilkinson, Lady Dingle, to create a future where every young New Zealander is given the chance to thrive.

Report from RNZ by Nick James Staff have told the Wellington City Council that it may have to triple its debt ceiling and cut hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of capital projects if it does not go ahead with selling its airport shares. As part of the long-term plan, the council agreed to sell […]

The Hard Quartet starts touring in October and will play in Australia, USA, Europe and everywhere else possible through 2025 and beyond. It’s a full-on rocking band.

Westpac NZ Managing Director of Consumer Banking and Wealth, Helen Ryder, says the bank is on standby to provide emergency financial support, but its top priority is the safety of customers and staff.

Launched just 19 months ago, Pearl Diver is one of the key drivers of these results. The industry-leading prospect identification platform is used by companies to create a new flow of prospects from businesses’ websites.

People in our community are worried about their property and possessions as the water rises, and for this we raise the alarm. This is what climate change looks like - more frequent and severe weather, storms, and flooding,” said spokesperson Annabel ...

Robb was one of the stars of the 2023-2024 Toyota 86 Championship, winning the Rookie title in a hugely competitive season and being in the fight for the overall honours until the final day of racing.

If you felt life got worse in the last five years, you were not alone. The 2023 General Social Survey data lets us see the changes since 2018, and 2021. Changes are: So after Labour’s wellbeing budget, fewer people had enough income to live on, more people had to cut back on fruit and vegetables, […]

Researchers from Harvard Medical School found that mpox antibodies waned six to 12 months after immunisation, but that more research is needed to confirm this.

The report states that $2bn of ‘savings’ are now targeted in health, just in this fiscal year (p.57). That’s a huge potential cut and is clearly not possible from just efficiencies.

The 29-year-old Havelock North man has been charged with being a party to arson.

There are currently two welfare centres in operation at Forsyth Barr Stadium and East Otago Events Centre for Waikouaiti residents. Catering at the centres is being provided.

The medium-scale adverse event classification covers the entire Southland region and the Clutha District in Otago, but conditions in other areas continue to be monitored closely.

Property functions must have a clear and close connection and integration with other planning and resourcing decisions affecting schools.

If Google make good on their threat, New Zealand audiences and media companies will be worse off. Smaller media outlets in particular would suffer as they would be denied the opportunity to connect with new audiences via search results.

Labour upgraded 98 percent of schools and delivered more than 2200 new classrooms. Cutting these projects makes no sense and will take educational outcomes backwards,” Labour’s education spokesperson Jan Tinetti said.