Tongan Queen calls on New Zealand artists to help revive and take its tapa tradition to the world
One hundred Tongan women from 20 villages participated in the ngatu workshop in Tongatapu. Photo / Supplied Gillies…
Remuera and Mt Eden top the demand for upmarket apartments
It reveals that from 2001 to 2023, there was a 367% increase in apartments in the city. There…
Mt Albert tenant awarded $6600 after living in damp, leaky social housing property
According to the tribunal’s decision, Valerie Walters moved into the Mt Albert house in November 2022. Walters rented…
Retirement commissioner warns superannuation under pressure amid rising costs
Wrightson said the statistics were a wake-up call for people who were young and middle-aged. “NZ super is…
Napier pigeon house leaves neighbours at ‘wits’ end’, council says there’s nothing it can do
The council says it cannot take action “as the birds are nesting of their own volition” and “there…
Lotto First Division win for three, Powerball jackpot hits $10m
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Kiwis moving to Australia: Incomes, house prices and interest rates compared
It means houses in major Aussie cities cost about 6.5 times the typical salary compared with eight times…
Simplicity Living announces $500m 600-unit Queenstown build-to-rent scheme
Chantecler, a 19ha property in Queenstown, sold for $45.5m in an off-market deal nearly two years ago, that…
Melbourne father dies suddenly, leaves family devastated
“We just thought, maybe he’d overdone it, it wasn’t something that made us go, ‘oh, this is bad,’”…
Trailblazing shearer Margaret Gould died from burns, Coroner warns of risks to elderly living alone
He said her death in the early hours of the following day, on December 11 last year, was…
Teen boy housed in Tauranga motel by Oranga Tamariki for more than a year
During that year, Oranga Tamariki sent *Cody on a state-funded trip to a Pacific Island, with his now-estranged…
Simon Bridges on post-politics life and 20 years of marriage with Natalie
Case in point: two of Natalie’s paintings are framed on the wall above them. They’re inspired by the…