South Westland Highway, SH6, Remaining Closed
SH6 Epitaph Slip/Knights Point: Closure from Moeraki/Knights Point to Ship Creek/Haast – likely reopening to single lane, ...
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Most Offenders Serve Their Sentence In The Community. But What Does Community Work Involve?
In September, after a trial that captivated the country, retired eye surgeon Philip Polkinghorne was found not guilty of ...
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Effective Google Ads Management Key To Driving Business Growth
As businesses increasingly rely on digital marketing to reach their target audiences, the demand for expert Google Ads management continues to grow. Effective Google Ads campaigns can significantly ...
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New Report Warns Of Insurance Crisis Due To Climate Change; Urges Immediate Action
Joint release: The Helen Clark Foundation and WSP in New Zealand A new report by the Helen Clark Foundation and engineering consultants WSP highlights a looming crisis for residential insurance in ...
Hīkoi – Police Establish Major Operations Centre
Police have today established a Major Operations Centre (MOC) to provide oversight of the Police response to the upcoming hīkoi from Northland to Wellington. The MOC, based at Police National ...
Unlocking ‘Lazy’ Capital To Build New Infrastructure For Our Future
Aotearoa New Zealand needs new infrastructure to improve public services and stimulate economic growth, and one solution lies in unlocking the ‘lazy’ capital tied up in existing public assets, ...
Nationally Significant Sites To Be Upgraded
“This funding through the Regional Infrastructure Fund (RIF) will be used to make structural upgrades at Rātana Pā near Whanganui and the Waitangi Treaty Grounds in Northland. These are both ...
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Spark looks to bigger phone bundles for ARPU refresh
Spark has announced new mobile plans which have the potential to improve its average revenue per user (ARPU). When the company reduced its guidance for the 2025 financial year last month, it told the ...
Termination Of Southern Ward, Westland Declaration Of State Of Emergency
At 11:23 am this morning Mayor Helen Lash terminated the Declaration of Emergency for Southern Ward, Westland. The Westland District Council Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has been stood down at 11 ...
Concern Over Unemployment Rate For Pasifika In Aotearoa
Just over 60 percent of Pacific people in Aotearoa New Zealand are employed, new figures show. The latest Stats NZ data, released this week, said the Pacific employment rate for the September 2024 ...
AI Expert Concerned 'No Māori With Moko' Used In DIA Facial Recognition Test Cleared Of Racial Bias
Of those tested, 61 percent were of European or Asian ethnicity, and 39 percent were Māori or Pasifika. The system has to be able to catch impostors trying to use it for false verifications. Tests of ...
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Two Powerball Players Win $5.25 Million
Two lucky Powerball players from Pōkeno and Tauranga will be toasting a special win after each winning $5.25 million with Powerball First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets ...