Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka says it is a “privilege” to live in taxpayer funded social housing (file photo). Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka has lauded a government directive to crack down on abusive Kāinga Ora tenants as a success, citing improved tenant behaviour. Potaka said in a release that … Read more
Photo: 123RF A man was killed and another thrown from a car after it flipped onto its roof in a late-night crash on Auckland’s SH16 leaving four others injured. Police became aware of a car on its roof in the citybound lanes of Point Chevalier shortly after 11.05pm on Saturday. One person had been thrown … Read more
Southland power supplier, PowerNet say nearly 400 homes in the region are still without power. Photo: Supplied / PowerNet Southland power supplier, PowerNet says nearly 400 homes in the region are still without power. The electricity network company on Saturday said three of its networks had been badly disrupted by stormy weather overnight, and warned … Read more
TVNZ’s Miriama Kamo, Newsroom’s Marc Daalder and RNZ’s Eloise Gibson at the AUT’s climate change journalism event ‘Framing the Emergency.’ Photo: Hayden Donnell In 2021 climate change minister James Shaw talked up the government’s commitment to the Paris Agreement on Facebook. “We need to cut global emissions by 45 percent, below 2010 levels, by 2030,” … Read more
Veteran musician Don McGlashan says he gave government minister Chris Bishop a dressing down for what he called a rant by Bishop, during singer Stan Walker’s performance (shown), at the Aotearoa Music Awards on Thursday. Photo: Emma Cooper The producers of the Aotearoa Music Awards have condemned Cabinet Minister Chris Bishop’s comments during Stan Walker’s … Read more
Police executed a search warrant and arrested a man on Saturday. Photo: 123RF A 19-year-old man has been arrested, after he allegedly indecently exposed himself to a woman near Green Bay High School in West Auckland. Police said the incident occurred on the afternoon of 27 May on Stottholm Road and the man was arrested … Read more
There are those who talk about getting things done, and there are just those who do it. The Anderson family, of Luggate, would be in the latter category, with three generations and four family members involved with the volunteer fire brigade. Rod Anderson, 79, has been in the brigade for 54 years and is still … Read more
Events a year ago this weekend turned violent, with confrontations between a large crowd and police in Levin. Photo: NZ Police / Supplied Levin residents say police and hoons are already out in force on the anniversary of earlier conflict. Last year, a gathering of more than 200 people and cars in Levin turned violent … Read more
Blue Pools Track has been closed since May 2023. Photo: Unsplash / Michael Amadeus The Department of Conservation is re-opening the popular Blue Pools Track north of Wānaka this weekend, after two years of repair work. Walkers can expect to see an upgraded Blue Pools bridge, a completely new Makarora swing bridge and a new, … Read more
