Councils are set to get an annual report card and Ashburton’s Mayor Neil Brown believes his council would get a good grade this year. “I think we would get an A grade,” he said.

Invercargill’s Christmas street lights will glimmer for the final time this year as the council looks to cut costs. Invercargill City Council group manager of infrastructure Erin Moogan said the ...

A street in Tauranga’s CBD returning to two-way traffic will be “good for business,” a cafe owner says. In March, the lower end of Harington St became one-way because of nearby construction and, the ...

Despite being initially rejected for a central Government subsidy for a $1 million drainage project in flood hit Hardie Avenue, Kawerau District Council has managed to negotiate with the New Zealand ...

For Anne, the psychological blow of having been caught up in an investment scam is proving harder to deal with than the at least-$80,000 she has lost. “I feel so stupid,” she says. The 67-year-old, ...

Meat exporters says 2024 has been a tough year for the industry – but positive signs are emerging. A joint report from Beef & ...

This year, Christmas Eve (24 December 2024) has taken out the title of ‘Busiest Shopping Day of the Year’, with the peak hour for transactions (607,299) recorded between 12.00 – 1.00pm today. The peak ...

Fluid aggregation is involved in many processes: In the atmosphere, water droplets agglomerate into rain, and ice ...

Farms linked to Mainland Poultry’s Hillgrove site, which tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H7N6) on December 1, have been confirmed as free of the virus after testing on ...

“Although it’s very pleasing that road fatalities are down on last year, there is still plenty of scope for improvement. It’s essential that all road users are driving sober and rested, buckling up, ...

Genome analysis of New Zealands forest parrot kk has so far found no genetic differences between its two subspecies. This ...

Laid-off public servants have been slogging it out on a months-long job hunt, and for some that will continue into 2025. Out-of-work public servants have been slogging it out on a months-long job hunt ...