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News from NZ Police Two Featherston men will appear in Masterton District Court on Thursday charged with a range of drug and firearms offences following the execution of two search warrants in Featherston last week. Wairarapa Police, with support from Wellington District staff and the armed offenders squad, executed search warrants on Thursday at two […]

Collaboration on infrastructure, tourism, health technologies and innovation, along with addressing non tariff barriers for agri-business in third markets will be among the key drivers of the CER vision in coming years, say business leaders from Australia ...

New Zealand’s oldest ice cream maker and a Hawke’s Bay icon is celebrating 90 years in business.

Christchurch’s local fibre company, Enable, has made fibre broadband available throughout South City; making it the first fully fibre enabled shopping centre in Christchurch.

News from NZ Labour Party Virginia Andersen has been selected as the Hutt South Labour Party candidate in the 2017 General Election. “I am proud to be Labour’s Hutt South candidate for the 2017 election and I look forward to carrying on the good work of Trevor Mallard in the electorate,” said Virginia Andersen. “Hutt […]

State Housing Minister Bill English must step in to bring Housing New Zealand under control after the revelation that 122 state house tenants have been evicted based on trace amounts of meth amphetamine found in state houses.

The Kōkako has been crowned New Zealand's Bird of the Year after two weeks of close competition and heated campaigning.

Police are currently attending an incident at Porritt Place in Napier where a man has been found dead at a residential address after shots were heard around 5.55am this morning.

The Taxpayers’ Union is relaunching its election Bribe-O-Meter to keep track of politicians’ pork-barrel promises in the lead up to the Mt Roskill by-election. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says:

Twenty Canterbury hospitality venues will be making their outdoor spaces smokefree tomorrow (1 November) as part of a pioneering pilot.

Invercargill shearer Nathan Stratford was back on the road again to record a notable first at the Ashburton A and P Show on Saturday.

The Commerce Commission today released its draft decision about how much 15 telecommunications providers will pay towards the $50 million Telecommunications Development Levy (TDL) for 2015/16.

Patient Safety Week starts today and coincides with the release of a new report showing patient harm reduction and cost savings have been achieved through improved health services.

Kiwi sailing legend Sir Russell Coutts will hold a coaching clinic for junior sailors on Lake Wanaka this weekend.

The Commerce Commission has today sent a Letter of Unresolved Issues to Vodafone and Sky television in relation to their proposed merger.

The NZDUSD opens at 0.7151 (mid-rate) this morning. The NZD continued to trade tight ranges against all its rivals on Friday with investors looking to the US GDP and sentiment reports for direction.

Virginia Andersen has been selected as the Hutt South Labour Party candidate in the 2017 General Election.

A man has died following a crash involving a tractor on a rural Road in Huntly, Waikato overnight.

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This is an addition to an ongoing series of posts on the politics and economics of urban planning reform. In an earlier post, I took a look at the costs, benefits, and distributional impacts of urban development. Basically, enabling more flexible / responsive urban growth is a good idea for society – but many of [...]

Local Wainuiomata boy Campbell Barry got beaten for Labour’s Hutt South nomination by Virginia Andersen yesterday. Reliable sources tell me that Barry massively won the floor vote by around 70%. He also picked up the support of the delegate elected from the floor and one of the two LEC delegates. But Andersen had the unanimous support of […]

Article – Liana Pantaleo Prime Minister John Key began todays press conference by discussing his recent trip to India, mentioning the importance of a free-trade relationship. Mr. Key mentioned the 14% increase in new housing consents, and looking forward, cited Nick Smiths … Prime Minister John Key began today’s press conference by discussing his recent […]

Press Release – New Zealand Defence Force The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has again decided to hold its major military exercise in the West Coast, Tasman and Marlborough regions in late 2017.31 October 2016 NZDF To Hold Major Exercise in South Island The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has again decided to hold its […]

Press Release – myvalocity New figures released by myvalocity for September show the number of new residential mortgage registrations has declined nationally by 21% on the same time last year – reinforcing the view the market is beginning to soften. However Wellington and the South Island metro centers buck the downward trend with growth in […]

Press Release – United Nations GENEVA (31 October 2016) The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Franois Crpeau, will visit Australia from 1 to 18 November 2016 to assess the migration programmes, policies and laws developed by the Australian …UN rights expert to assess situation of migrants in Australia and off-shore […]