7+ hour, 55+ min ago   (225+ words) The Government has announced $350,000 funding through the Youth Development Partnership and Innovation Fund to support The Polyfest Trust to deliver its three-month programme to more than 350 Auckland young people aged 12 to 24. That investment is being doubled to $700,000, through co-funding from…...

8+ hour, 21+ min ago   (326+ words) A major public roading and three waters infrastructure programme supporting future housing growth in Havelock North has been completed, bringing the multi-year, four-stage programme of works to a close. Started in June 2024, the project has extended Hastings District Council’s drinking…...

8+ hour, 8+ min ago   (302+ words) Tourism and Hospitality Minister, Louise Upston, has welcomed the latest visitor figures, which show international tourist arrivals for June reached 95% of 2019 levels for the same period. The Statistics New Zealand data showed 201,900 international visitors arrived in New Zealand in June…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (177+ words) A proposed solar farm near Foxton has become the 32nd project and eighth renewable energy project to be granted Fast-track approval by the Government. Genesis Energy lodged its application in February, with approval taking around three and a half months since…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (333+ words) The Social Services and Community Select Committee’s report back on the Disability Support Services Bill includes a number of amendments which respond to feedback from the disability community. Disability Issues Minister, Louise Upston said it was important the Bill went…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (281+ words) The reestablishment of specialist traumatic brain injury rehabilitation services for Canterbury and West Coast communities is progressing as planned, ACC has reported. ACC awarded the contract to Hauora Ability Services to deliver Traumatic Brain Injury Residential Rehabilitation services at The…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (407+ words) The latest quarterly update from the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission shows the value of projects in the National Infrastructure Pipeline has increased by $15 billion, totalling $290 billion across all initiatives. Infrastructure Minister, Chris Bishop said the snapshot shows that the total…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (513+ words) Auckland Council has secured legal protection for 700 more hectares of regional parkland in Tāmaki Makaurau. Featuring a range of important natural, cultural and recreational values, the land now protected by an Order in Council includes a significant botanical property gifted…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (449+ words) Resources Minister, Shane Jones says a new petroleum mining permit will bring additional natural gas to the domestic market over the next decade and generate valuable export earnings from new oil production. Regulator New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals (NZP&M) has…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (282+ words) More than 240 young people in the Dunedin, Clutha, and Waitaki Districts are set to take part in a new 10-week Enterprise Accelerator programme, designed to support youth into enterprise or employment pathways. The young people, aged 15 to 24 years, will turn…...