Ombudsman complaint filed over felling order for Tauranga protected tree
Avenues resident and Tauranga City Council urban design panel member Phil Green has challenged the tree’s removal and…
NZ Super Fund may have helped Australia drop retrospective capital gains tax proposal
The NZ Super Fund teamed up with its Canadian counterpart, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, to raise…
Greens on course to pick up first Māori electorate – poll
Undecided voters made up 22%. Labour was ahead in the party vote on 32%, followed by the Greens…
NZ-India free trade agreement officially begins
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Dialysis patient faced huge water bill, council finally backs down
A council has finally backed down after a woman with kidney failure was hit with a large water…
New Zealand goalkeeper Jamie Searle makes another English club switch
New Zealand international goalkeeper Jamie Searle has joined his second English National League club in a month, signing…
New Plymouth house fire: Wedding rings found in wreckage after home razed
The neighbours called Journee, who rang Cameron at work. “[It is] pretty unbelievable. “[I] thought it was a…
Trade Me decision to ban raw pounamu ‘a major breakthrough’, Ngāi Tahu says
From Tuesday, all current listings of the raw greenstone have been cancelled and restrictions are in place to…
Waitaki council claims third-party property sites 3000% more expensive
A warning about third-party property data websites has been issued after some were described as charging “eyewatering” amounts…
Colossal to Repatriate Rare Moa Egg to Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Colossal secured one of the world’s few surviving moa eggs and will entrust it to New Zealand-based moa…
Mt Dixon avalanche: Experienced mountaineer dies after being buried in snow
He confirmed the man was skiing on Mt Dixon, one of the country’s highest peaks. “He wasn’t working,…
Golden kiwifruit: China’s wild fruit became a New Zealand export
The price tag draws my eye. My mind starts converting currencies on its own. Thirty-six yuan for 550…