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Lower Hutt residents will soon be asked for their views and any supporting evidence on the public places that should be designated permanent alcohol free zones, and if some or all public places should be alcohol free from 9pm to 5am.

Tēnā koutou – our next Te Rito Rodney network seminar is on Wednesday 31st August in Orewa.

New Zealand First says shareholders in Silver Fern Farms (SFF) should be demanding resignations over the shameful way their co-op is being sold out from underneath them for a paltry $57 million.

Invercargill Police have arrested two men in relation to an incident in Nichol Street on Monday 1 August.

Auckland is under construction. Urgently requiring more housing and infrastructure to carry a bourgeoning population, it now relies heavily on related businesses to fuel its momentum. The lucrative housing market is not the only way to profit from ...

Kiwi entrepreneur Torben Landl is a man who loves start-ups! Together with kiwi business partner Matt Taggart, they have spent 18 months designing a fully functioning cricket bat that also doubles as drinking device. This uniquely Kiwi product also features ...

NZ's much-loved 'Sons of roots, rock, reggae' welcome Laughton Kora's new band onboard for six shows

Wellington-based artist Sonya Lacey’s multi-faceted practice is focused on film and video installations, sculpture and printed matter. To contextualise her filmic work, Newspaper for Vignelli (2010), currently on show at the Adam Art Gallery, Lacey ...

The Joy Agency has launched a give a little campaign to raise funds towards donating its’ book Chemo and Back Again to as many chemo recipients who need it as possible.

Provisional data from Harcourts, New Zealand’s largest real estate group, shows the average sale price rose by 10% compared to July 2015, and increased by more than 5% compared to June 2016.

The New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations congratulates the hard work of Max Lin in the completion of his report ‘Laybying our Future’ in conjunction with the Child Poverty Action Group. NZUSA is pleased to hear of other groups focussing ...

Provisional data from Harcourts, New Zealand’s largest real estate group, shows the average sale price in the region is up 15% from July 2016, and up 14.5% compared to June 2016.

Dr James Russell writes: New Zealand is the world leader in killing invasive predators. We’re so good at it, other countries around the world seek our help and advice for their own eradication projects. Yay, we’re the best pest killers around ???? The Government has said no, but by any standard scaling up our efforts […]

More than 150 historic oil portraits of Māori and Pākehā will be shown at Auckland Art Gallery in the largest ever exhibition of work by artist Gottfried Lindauer.

NIWA scientists and field teams will be heading outdoors for the first snow mobilisation of winter later this week to make the most of what is expected to be the largest and longest wintry blast of the year. A snow mobilisation is initiated by NIWA hydrologist ...

In the eight years since National took office, Auckland house prices have risen more than four times faster than wages which new figures show continue to stagnate, Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little says.

Figures released today by Statistics New Zealand show the number of filled jobs has grown strongly.

The University of Canterbury is using modern 3D-printing technology to preserve and study rare classical antiquities, many dating back more than three millennia.

Aug. 3 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand commodity prices rose for a third straight month in July, led by dairy products, aluminium and meat, although the strong kiwi dollar limited the benefits for local producers.

A former child soldier and refugee who is now an internationally renowned human rights lawyer will headline this year’s 12th Diversity Forum hosted by the Human Rights Commission at Te Papa Tongarewa.

The Herald reports: This is Gwenda Christine Bush, one of New Zealand’s most prolific fraudsters. During the past 40 years she has amassed more than 600 dishonesty convictions, filling 57 pages of a court file, for using fabricated sob stories to rip off charities. Yesterday, she was sentenced to 12 months’ home detention for her […]

It’s that time of year again, when a nationwide search begins for individuals and organisations that have made a significant contribution to outdoor access in New Zealand. Top achievers will be recognised with a Walking Access Champion Award.

A new high-impact fashion trend will take Wellington by storm this month. Top entries from New Zealand’s first reflective fashion design competition - Project Glow Wear will be on show alongside collections from international companies that specialise ...

Around 100 of New Zealand’s leading surgeons and health professionals will converge on Queenstown this week to attend the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting.

NZ's Largest Litter Clean up is Set to Take Place From september 12-18th.