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Ryan Bridge: Don't look at the sun (but do look at these pictures)
10+ hour, 7+ min ago (756+ words) NZ Herald property editor Anne Gibsons talks about what the opening of the City Rail Link means for the future of Auckland on The Front Page. He made the comments on Newstalk ZB on Thursday. Video / Mark Mitchell Speaking on…...
How a losing party can decide the election
7+ hour, 56+ min ago (774+ words) 'Fearful': Former Hamilton Zoo worker awarded $18k over boss' conduct A small party can decide an election without winning a single seat. I know because it happened to me. In the 1975 Muldoon landslide I was Labour’s candidate in Auckland Central, one…...
Attorney-General Bishop warns courts not to relitigate Parliament's choices
52+ min ago (850+ words) Attorney-General Chris Bishop reasserted Parliament’s role as the supreme law-making body in New Zealand in his most important speech since being made Attorney-General in April. And he said the judiciary had to avoid attempts to use the courts to relitigate…...
Inland Revenue calls out horticultural tax dodgers
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (371+ words) Inland Revenue is warning it’s cracking down on dodgy practices in the horticultural sector. The department said it had identified several prevalent practices in horticulture that threatened the integrity of the tax system, including staff being paid cash or complex…...
Two charged with drugs, weapon offences after armed police operation
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (166+ words) Two people have been arrested in Whanganui and charged with several serious offences after police executed a planned search warrant on Wednesday. Armed police remain at the Whanganui River Rd property as a “precaution” while the search is completed. A…...
Labour wants scrap Investment Boost under new plan for small businesses
3+ hour, 9+ min ago (371+ words) Labour will scrap National’s Investment Boost if elected – under a new plan focused on small businesses. Investment Boost was the centrepiece of Budget 2025 and was widely promoted by the Government as an important means of attracting new investment to New…...
Can we beat Guy Montgomery at his own game?
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (727+ words) Defendant absent from court after violent, pantless Epsom rampage Spelling Bee host Guy Montgomery takes on the Great New Zealand Herald Spelling Bee. The newly-rebuilt centre of Christchurch is made up of rank upon rank of apartments. But where are…...
Kea Aerospace launches new facility and mission control
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (709+ words) The newly-rebuilt centre of Christchurch is made up of rank upon rank of apartments. But where are all the people? Video / Frank Film Founder and CEO Market Rocket talks about the company's latest venture. Eight Football Ferns are part of…...
Dargaville town hall demolition moves closer as consents are approved
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (549+ words) Plans for a new town hall in Dargaville are progressing, with resource and building consents now approved and the search for a contractor underway. Kaipara District Council decided in December to demolish the 1950s town hall, known as the Northern Wairoa…...
PM Christopher Luxon says he???d hold referendum on MMP if re-elected
5+ hour, 45+ min ago (864+ words) Christopher Luxon says he supports having another referendum on the MMP voting system if he’s re-elected as he encourages greater support for National so the party can avoid working with “some yahoo and numpty” in Cabinet. Act leader David Seymour…...