https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 Photo: RNZ Renters in two major cities may be paying less than they were a year ago, according to new data. Figures released by property website realestate.co.nz showed which of our three most populated regions – Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch – had the cheapest rent in February. Average rents in Wellington were down eight … Read more
https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 University of Waikato pharmacy students Rhea Roy, Teres Siby and Gabby Allerby. Photo: Supplied A new two-year pharmacy degree is offering a fast-track into a profession in dire need of more staff. Waikato University says its Master of Pharmacy Practice provides a quicker pathway for registering overseas trained pharmacists, and a new way into … Read more
https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 Sir Robert Gillies was the last surviving member of the Māori Battalion, when he died last November. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Broadcaster Peata Melbourne is among this year’s recipients of the Ngarimu VC and 28th (Māori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship. The awards ceremony at Parliament on Thursday included a special tribute to the late … Read more
https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 Local councils carry out water quality testing, at rivers and lakes. Photo: Supplied/ Environment Canterbury A trio of academics are calling on the Canterbury Regional Council (CRC) to take urgent action on what they deem a water pollution crisis. They want the council to commission an independent analysis of how the nitrate levels in … Read more
https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 The haul was discovered during a search for a stolen motorbike. Photo: NZ Police Auckland police have uncovered a cache of firearms and ammunition, while investigating a stolen motorbike. The Waitematā Gang Disruption Unit searched a Glendene property on Wednesday, and found three pistols, three rifles, a modified firearm and parts, and dozens of … Read more
https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 Photo: Dmitry Volochek / 123rf Experts are urging people to get their drugs checked after four people were hospitalised in Wairarapa after consuming unknown substances. On Saturday three people were hospitalised after taking an unknown white powder they believed was cocaine, and on Wednesday night, police were called to a Masterton home where a … Read more
https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 Photo: LDR / Supplied Wellingtonians are being warned of a scam email coming from the Wellington Cable Car after its website domain was hacked. The email pretends to be from NZ Transport Agency / Waka Kotahi (NZTA), telling people who receive the email their vehicle registration is due, and links to a fake website … Read more
https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf The agenda for next week’s fluoride-themed Whangārei District Council meeting reveals councillors will be asked to revoke an earlier decision not to fluoridate the city’s water supply. The advice says they should be ready to fluoridate by the end of the month, but also to be on standby … Read more
https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 Chafic Georges was sentenced at the Manukau District Court. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A former tax agent has been sentenced to the maximum length of home detention for sustained tax fraud. Chafic Georges was been sentenced to 12 months’ home detention, after appearing in the Manukau District Court on 19 tax fraud charges. … Read more
An autobiographical theatre show tells Jodee Mundy’s experience being a CODA – a child of deaf adults – and reveals many shortcomings of a world designed for the hearing. When Jodee Mundy was five, she got so caught up staring at a Barbie in its box with a tennis racquet and a little ball, that … Read more