nzherald.co.nz —  52+ min ago

...I feel for Christopher Luxon, I really do.... ...Not because, as the whispers have it, he's fighting for his survival as leader of the National Party.... ...the Birkenhead Bowling Club.... ...This one is being fought for the hearts and minds of voters who swung to National under John Key and then swung to Labour under Jacinda Ardern in...

nzherald.co.nz —  52+ min ago

...He references steam power, e.g. as used at the Huntly Power Station.... ...Roger Russell (NZ Herald, May 26) seems unable to see the irony contained within his own argument in favour of nuclear-powered energy generation.... ...Jill Davies, Te Awamutu. Can we generate enough power for our future needs?... ...Well said, Roger Russell (NZH, May 26)....

nzherald.co.nz —  50+ min ago

...Whānau spokeswoman Sandra Heihei said the family wanted to thank police, the Mangonui Volunteer Fire Brigade, Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa, and the wider... ...The Kamo Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to Liquorland Kamo on Kamo Rd at around 7.30pm on Sunday after a fog cannon was activated in the store... ...Tago Hemopo, 34, and 50-year-old Kelly Anne-Burns are both considered dangerous and should not be approached.... ...Anne-Burns has friends across Northland, Auckland and Waikato....

nzherald.co.nz —  52+ min ago

...Nepalese Bipul Pokharel says he thought his prayers for a better future had been answered when he was offered an opportunity to work in New Zealand... ...It would cost him $30,000, which he had to pay an agent in Nepal to secure a work visa and the job that would potentially pay $100,000 a year and... ...INZ general manager Richard Owen confirmed there was an active investigation into the claims.... ...Nepalese Honorary Consul to New Zealand Dinesh Khadka says Pokharel is one of hundreds of Nepalese nationals who have fallen for “lies and scams”...

nzherald.co.nz —  50+ min ago

...Independence - the day Samoa became free from New Zealand-administered United Nations trusteeship - officially happened in the month of January in... ...Air New Zealand says overall, capacity on its Auckland to Apia flights in May stood at 151 per cent of pre-Covid levels.... ...The airline's head of Pacific Islands, Brent Roxburgh, said they operated daily flights to Samoa and had seen a big jump in bookings this year.... ...One of the big highlights is the Motherland Samoa 685 To The World concert at Apia Park this weekend....

nzherald.co.nz —  52+ min ago

...Speaking on The Front Page podcast, NZ Herald political editor Claire Trevett said despite concern from some experts on the growing expense of our... ...The Labour Party used its annual congress to draw a line in the sand on superannuation.... ...The challenge for National is that in criticising Labour"s commitment to maintaining the status quo, the party will inadvertently draw attention... ...“This wasn't a shock,” says Trevett. “It was done as an attempt to spoil whatever Labour was going to say on Sunday.”...

nzherald.co.nz —  52+ min ago

...So much so, in fact, we have an annual toast - of the liquid variety - to the inventor of the elastic waistband. I'm sure you get my drift....

nzherald.co.nz —  52+ min ago

...Managers increasingly recognised the value of keeping work and leisure time separate, advocate and employment mediator Danny Gelb said.... ...And a survey of worker attitudes found nearly half of Kiwi employees were feeling too stressed to do their jobs properly.... ...Jarrod Haar, Professor of Management and Māori Business at Massey University, said it was great for companies to pay more attention to work-life... ...Gelb told the Herald he knew of a case where an employee was “highly upset” about being restricted from access to work systems when on leave....

nzherald.co.nz —  52+ min ago

...by Kāinga Ora (formerly Housing NZ).... ...The plans sparked what is thought to be the biggest public meeting in Kerikeri history, with just under 800 people crowding into the Turner Centre... ...Dickey said the group had also met Kāinga Ora regional director Jeff Murray and Justine Smith of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.... ...Annika Dickey, chairwoman of Our Kerikeri, said the Far North District Council told the group the consent process for 3-5 Clark Rd had been put on...

nzherald.co.nz —  52+ min ago

...These are teens facing charges of murder, rape, aggravated robbery and some with gang connections.... ...When he started, John and his colleagues worked only with younger teenagers - 16 and below.... ...John said staff had complained to Oranga Tamariki, which runs the centres, pleading for help.... ...But the union has said Oranga Tamariki"s response was often to review the incident using CCTV footage and stand down staff for poor conduct if there...