Local elections 2025: Biggest wins and closest calls as special votes loom
Adams, who is now heading into his third term leading the Hauraki District, received 4694 votes, while second-placed…
PPTA confirms nationwide teacher strikes as pay dispute escalates
The union’s national executive met last night to consider results from the vote, but 10 minutes before the…
Error leads to $7000 painted mayoral portrait of Tory Whanau, rather than photo
In 2023, the Wellington City Council executive leadership team recommended photography should be used as the standard approach…
Nicola Willis hails progress on fiscal discipline as key Government financial indicators better than forecast
Expenses were recorded at $183.5b, which is up from $180b in the previous period. But when put as…
Promoters of cancelled Juicy Festival and Timeless Summer Tour owe creditors more than $14 million
The liquidators’ recently released six-monthly reports into the two companies show Juicy New Zealand owes more than $8.8m…
Hundreds ordered to resit driving tests after Auckland VTNZ officers allegedly took money to pass applicants
There are now concerns that some drivers given pass marks may not have met the required threshold during…
Yvette McCausland-Durie returns as interim Silver Ferns coach for Cup tour
The next day, the former title-winning Pulse coach started a four-day training camp with the Silver Ferns. McCausland-Durie…
Macron under pressure as French PM resigns after less than month
With the uncertainty in France causing tremors across Europe, a German Government spokesman said a “stable France” was…
Wellington trial: Teacher accused of sexually violating boy half her age
Sometimes at weekends, he said he’d stay overnight and she’d move the children into the spare bedroom. The…
Police get ‘positive information’ on man found dead in Christchurch’s Heathcote Valley
Police staff search Duncan Park in Heathcote Valley on September 22. It said the investigation had been examining…
Meghan Markle returns to Europe for Paris Fashion Week appearance
“Over the years, the Duchess has worn a number of designs by Pierpaolo. They have worked closely together,…
Music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to over four years in prison
Combs was acquitted by a jury in July of the most serious charges against him – sex trafficking…