South Island house prices lifting faster: QV
The national housing market is still slipping, but most South Island centres are now edging ahead while the North Island weakens.
More than 400 parking fine complaints to Commerce Commission this year
Drivers are increasingly disputing private and council parking penalties, with complaints to the Commerce Commission up from 151 in 2022 to more than 400 this year.
Rotorua primary school ransacked by group of teenagers
Classes at Western Heights Primary have been disrupted while police investigate a burglary that left the Rotorua school with up to $120,000 in damage.
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Three dead as car crashes through Auckland Burgerfuel restaurant while people inside
Palmerston North narrowly keeps social housing rent cap
Pool fence receives council approval, then fails three years later
Wairere Falls track reopens, repairs hit $420k as MP questions delay
Dangerous wiring sparks need for upgrade of New Zealand's oldest union church
Livingstone names Ash Burkhart as Chief Executive Officer
The internal promotion keeps the family-owned builder on track as it nears eight decades in business and expands across the North Island.
Watson named first head of New Zealand firearms regulator
Licenced firearms owners will deal with a regulator independent of police and ministers when the new agency opens in 2026.
Queenstown cable car appoints local GM for project
The scheme could ease daily gridlock in Queenstown as the project enters detailed design and consenting ahead of a planned 2029/30 opening.
Mark Abbot appointed New Zealand architects Chief Executive
A permanent leader has been confirmed after 14 months in the interim role, bringing stability to the architects' institute and its members.
WorkSafe gets its third CEO in a year
The regulator’s leadership churn eases after Sharon Thompson, bringing FMA and Inland Revenue experience, is named Chief Executive.