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Wellington.Scoop A statement yesterday from Corrections was unbelievable. It said “prisoners don’t have access to the internet or social media in prison.” This was demonstrably not true. After the statement was published, anyone could see that that an inmate at Rimutaka Prison had been posting messages and photos on his Facebook account. Radio NZ reported […]

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Dec. 30 (BusinessDesk) - Equities, oil and the US dollar weakened as investors took some profits in year-end trading.

Spiked writes: It is a testament to their cushioned, detached lives that so many in the political and media classes have described 2016 as the worst year ever. They’ve moaned about 2016. Memed about it. Written books about it. ‘Dark Age’, ‘populism’, ‘fascism’, ‘END TIMES’ – the keywords of the 2016 haters. I guess none […]

Press Release – Trade Me Limited Millions of items were sold on Trade Me during 2016. Our number 1 spot this year goes to a the tattoo canvas that went around the world, when Wellington woman Bailey put up a cheeky auction for a 9x9cm tattoo on her backside. Her bum auction went global with […]

Press Release – Wellington Free Ambulance In the countdown to 2017, Wellington Free Ambulance paramedics and 111 communication centre staff are gearing up for the big night. “New Year’s Eve is generally like an extra busy Saturday night,” says Wellington Free Ambulance head of field operations Geoff Procter. “Lots of people leave Wellington for the […]

Press Release – Pasifika Futures Limited Pasifika Futures Whnau Ora was part of a support network on the ground immediately to offer comfort and support to families of victims of the Gisborne bus crash on Christmas Eve.MEDIA RELEASE 30 December 2016 Whānau Ora assist Tongan victims of Gisborne bus crash Pasifika Futures Whānau Ora was […]

Waitemata Police are seeking information to help locate Matthew James Vernall and have a warrant for his arrest.

Lucas Sven Halgren, known as Sven has been missing since December 27th. Sven is a 24-year-old man who was last seen on his motorbike, a blue Suzuki 650 road bike, licence plate unknown. Sven is currently living and working at Aoraki Mt Cook.

(MELBOURNE) OceanaGold Corporation (TSX/ASX/NZX: OGC) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce the commencement of milling at the Haile Gold Mine.

Dec. 29 (BusinessDesk) - Wellington's Habitual Fix on Featherston Street has been placed into liquidation after seeing a significant drop in turnover following November's earthquakes, with the government's business support package not applicable as it's ...

St John has had no calls to its clinical control centre in Christchurch following the 5.5 earthquake at 3.30pm (east of Seddon).

IAG and Countdown have collaborated to donate around $400,000 worth of food and grocery products to the Kaikoura District Council.

Jenesa Jeram blogs: So with the spirit of Nigella in mind, I want you to consider an important question: does New Zealand need a sugar tax to protect us from Christmas excesses? Sugar taxes have, after all, been the flavour of the year it seems. The UK’s decision to get on board the bandwagon gave […]

Wellington.Scoop A 5.5 earthquake near Seddon was felt throughout Wellington at 3.34pm this afternoon. GeoNet reported that the quake, at a depth of 17km, was 35km east of Seddon. It classified the intensity as “severe.” Tourists visiting Te Papa were unnerved by the quake, and some of them left the building immediately afterwards. In the […]

Dec. 29 (BusinessDesk) - Parliament's commerce select committee was split on a bill which seeks to introduce an additional test before anti-dumping penalties can be imposed, with opposition MPs opposed, in the run-up to a formal investigation into ...

The NZ Transport Agency reopened State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura this afternoon at 3 pm. The highway was closed before 8 am after 15 to 20 mm of rain fell over a short period with minor rockfalls triggered by the rain.

Smiles beamed from the faces of the owners and staff at the Paringa Salmon Farm café recently when two loads of replacement fish were delivered by Fish & Game staff.

Police are responding to a crash on Te Paki Stream Road, which is one of the main access roads to Ninety Mile Beach.

Police can now name the person who died in a crash near Ashhurst on Sunday 26 December.

BusinessDesk report by Sophie Boot Wellington’s Habitual Fix on Featherston Street has been placed into liquidation after seeing a significant drop in turnover following November’s earthquake, with the government’s business support package not applicable as it’s not within cordoned-off areas of the capital city. Sizzlepop Limited operated as Habitual Fix in the CBD, selling salads, […]

The next couple of nights are going to be chilly for this time of year, with most of the country falling below 10C tonight and some spots seeing temperatures as low as 5C. Fortunately temperatures return to normal for New Year’s Eve.

It was text book stuff again from Hart, as he ticked off a third consecutive trophy win in one of the biggest super motard events on the Kiwi calendar, the annual three-round Suzuki Series, which wrapped up on the famous Cemetery Circuit at Whanganui on Boxing ...

The Herald reports: Many politicians struggle to find enough time to spend with their other halves – but David Bennett has taken long-distance love to the extreme, dating an Australian senator. In a boost for transtasman relations, romance between the fourth-term Hamilton East MP and The Nationals Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie, blossomed after the […]

Canada's Curtis Stone, aka " The Urban Farmer ", will arrive in NZ in February to present a four day masterclass at Roebuck Farm in Taranaki.