Police warning after tourist convicted of painting scam
Photo: 123RF Police are warning of scams from overseas visitors after a tourist from the UK swindled tens…
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Teacher Kahukura Bentson avoids deregistration after convictions, including for the assault of a woman
First published on Boxer-turned-teacher Kahukura Bentson has avoided deregistration over a number of criminal convictions. Photo: APN /…
Move-on orders bill passes first reading following heated debate
Census data between 2018 and 2023 period showed a 37 percent increase of people living without shelter in…
Contactless credit and debit payments on Metlink services go down
Metlink is asking Wellington bus passengers to pay with cash or Snapper cards. Photo: SUPPLIED / GWRC Metlink…
Too many barriers to hiring overseas teachers, secondary school principal says
Photo: Unsplash/ Taylor Flowe The principal of a West Coast secondary school says there are too many barriers…
Minor parties steal spotlight from Nicola Willis’ Budget
New Zealand First’s Winston Peters and ACT’s David Seymour. Photo: RNZ Analysis – Much like every other political…
Labour and Greens say social housing shake-up will see public housing tenants evicted
Finance Minister Nicola Willis. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi The finance minister Nicola Willis says she regrets saying…
‘We are not Coastlands’: Why this name cuts deep for tangata whenua
A sign on a Piripai property expresses the feeling of some local residents about the name of Coastlands…
Ruling backs Viv Beck in Heart of the City stoush
Heart of the City chief executive Viv Beck Photo: Supplied/ Heart of the City Auckland’s Heart of the…
Health professionals, border officials on alert for diphtheria amid outbreak in Australia
The best protection against the infection is immunisation (file image). Photo: MARIJAN MURAT / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP…
Whānau grieve mother and daughter who died in Christchurch house fire
Rose-Maree, 23, and Sapphire-Hope, 3, died after a fire tore through their home. Photo: Supplied A heartbroken Christchurch…