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Council calls for people to dob in the dumpers

Dealing with fly tippers and people who don't clean up their dog's poop is a filthy and frustrating problem, says Whakatāne District Council regulatory staff... Read More

More than $200,000 raised for SLNZ

A total of $231,219 has been raised for Surf Life Saving New Zealand, thanks to the support of thousands of New Zealanders. In an announcement today, BP... Read More

Post to and from China halted

New Zealand Post has temporarily suspended all mail to and from China due to the coronavirus outbreak. The delay is due to NZ Post's airline partners suspending... Read More

Tropical Cyclone struggles to form

A cyclone that was forecast to develop between Samoa and the Cook Islands earlier this week, is struggling to organise itself as another tropical low forms nearby. It's... Read More

Stats NZ: Rents are up and mortgages are down

New Zealand households, on average, paid no more for housing costs in 2019 than they did in 2018, Stats NZ says. "While rents increased, and mortgage interest... Read More

Seventeen jobs cut at Waihī mine

Waihī's largest employer OceanaGold believe they will be able to "come back even stronger" following a production gap that has cost 17 staff their jobs. OceanaGold... Read More

Students take on Auckland’s top academic school

ACG Tauranga are thrilled with their Cambridge International results after students received a perfect pass rate in their inaugural A Level exams. Tauranga's... Read More

Sir John Key to host exclusive dinner in Tauranga

Former Prime Minister and current ANZ Chair, Rt Hon Sir John Key, is to attend an exclusive dinner event in Tauranga next month. Sir John will be interviewed... Read More

Kiwis better off under Coalition Govt - Labour

New Zealanders are increasingly better off under this government as wages rise and families have more disposable income, Finance Minister Grant Robertson says. Statistics... Read More

NZers on Diamond Princess may pose risk to others

New Zealanders who try to return home independently from the Diamond Princess could be prevented by the government from boarding commercial flights. Eleven New... Read More

Air NZ diverts in-flight waste

Air New Zealand has diverted more than 890 tonnes of in-flight waste from landfill two years on from the launch of Project Green. The initiative, which started... Read More

Tauranga tournament aims higher after nomination

It's already one of the Bay of Plenty's biggest events - now organisers of the Anchor AIMS Games have plans to make it the best in New Zealand as well. Registrations... Read More