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Auckland gets 12-month housing density reprieve
WEBApr 13, 2023 — Auckland wins 12-month housing density reprieve. Auckland’s extreme summer of weather has pushed out the plan to allow multi-storey housing metro-wide, and could inspire new approaches to handling stormwater. by Tim Murphy 13/04/202317/11/2023. Auckland has a year to investigate natural hazards and flooding after the extreme storms of early 2023.
Road user charges loom for hybrid and EV owners
WEBAug 1, 2023 — Road user charges loom for hybrid and EV owners. The new transport minister has received recommendations for how to charge hybrid and electric vehicle owners for road usage, but whoever is in government after October 14 will likely decide. by Jo Moir 01/08/202317/11/2023. Business news in association with. More than $600 million of revenue has ...
Co-governance explained and defined – by politicians
WEBOct 6, 2023 — It’s the best way forward. Co-governance is about a common ground and common way of achieving something that is desired by both, and again, I don’t know of a co-governance model that doesn’t have cooperation of both. It’s a common way, goal, common partners – and it’s the best of these two partners – and it will work when both ...
NZ's richest man backing NZ First again - Newsroom
WEBSep 18, 2023 — Packaging billionaire Graeme Hart is backing Winston Peters and New Zealand First again – with a $100,000 donation declared this month despite his family name being aired in a court prosecution over donations to that party’s foundation in 2019. All up, Hart has been putting in $700,000 across centre right parties over the past reporting years.
TV3 goes for yet another makeover - Newsroom
WEBNov 10, 2021 — Media. TV3 goes for yet another makeover. Discovery, the owner of TV3, has unveiled its programme line-up for 2022 and, as Mark Jennings writes, a show about sustainable farming and changes to the AM show seem to be the highlights. by Mark Jennings 10/11/202129/01/2024. Nadia Lim will appear on her own farming show on …
Recession to end but Govt surplus delayed a year - Newsroom
WEBSep 12, 2023 — New Zealand’s economy will keep growing after our very brief technical recession, the latest Treasury figures suggest. For the year to June 2023, GDP is expected to have increased 3.1 percent, despite a 0.7 percent contraction in the December 2022 quarter followed by a 0.1 percent decline in March which prompted recession fears.
Tech giant Amazon’s $7.5b NZ data centre plan quietly put on hold
WEBMar 1, 2024 — Business news in association with. Two-and-a-half years ago, Newsroom revealed Amazon was bailing on its plan to shoot its $1.5 billion Lord of the Rings TV series in NZ. Now, we can report that its even bigger plans to spend $7.5b building data centres around Auckland have been quietly put on hold – though the company isn’t admitting it.
'Ultra-convenient' groceries come at a cost
WEBJul 25, 2023 — A basic grocery order (with personal preferred brands) of two litres of milk, a bag of coffee, a loaf of bread, 12 eggs and a block of butter on the platform comes out at $44.90, compared with $36.20 in store. This is a 24 percent increase in price even before delivery fees. The first couple of deliveries, aimed to arrive within the hour are ...
Forced reshuffle gives Labour a chance for much-needed refresh
WEBFeb 21, 2024 — Robertson is the latest (Hipkins says last) in a stream of senior Labour MPs to depart after the party’s 2023 election defeat. He follows hot on the heels of Andrew Little, Kelvin Davis and Rino Tirikatene. Before that, the party bled a notable collection of high-ranking members with ministerial experience, including Nanaia Mahuta, Michael ...