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[ad_1] Michael Bradley Emergency services were called to the fire at the Verkerks factory on Vagues Rd in Papanui around 12:27 am Tuesday. (File photo). Fire crews were kept busy fighting a large fire, which broke out at a Christchurch factory overnight. Emergency services were called to the fire at …

[ad_1] Wellington taxpayers have spent $ 92,000 to make their council a member of a libertarian think tank that has argued against everything from child-centered learning to raising the minimum wage. It was most recently in the news that its editor-in-chief, who has since left, was revealed to be running …

[ad_1] Abigail Dougherty / Stuff About 25 workers from Toll’s third-party logistics arm plan to leave work at 10 a.m. Workers at Toll Logistics plan to leave work Tuesday morning after labor negotiations stalled. First Union, on behalf of the workers, said the company was offering non-union workers more severance …

[ad_1] A man who lost $ 30,000 from his bank account after someone saw him enter his PIN number at a bar is being used as an example of the need to be careful with cards this summer. Banking Ombudsman Nicola Sladden said it was important for people to be …

[ad_1] Mill Road, looking towards Pukekohe. Photo / Greg Bowker A group of Drury residents say they are frustrated by the lack of feedback they have received from the Waka Kotahi NZ Transportation Agency about the $ 1.35 billion Mill Rd project and the impact it could have on their …

[ad_1] JARRED WILLIAMSON / Things The Waka Kotahi NZ Transportation Agency says it is still carrying out surveying work for the southern section of the $ 1.35 billion Mill Rd project and cannot at this stage reveal details of the final route through Takanini, Papakura and Drury. . A group …

[ad_1] World Dec 21, 2020 07:37 AM5 minutes to read Several experts warned that NYE could spell disaster for Sydney. Photo / Getty Images As Sydney scrambles to contain an outbreak that could cause Christmas, now just days away, to be canceled, leading epidemiologists have warned that it’s time to …

[ad_1] Warehouse Group will reimburse his $ 68 million wage subsidy. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon The group, which includes retailers The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Noel Leeming and Torpedo 7, got the money back in April when the lockdown cut profits. However, the group was criticized by unions, commentators and …

[ad_1] Deal Dec 21, 2020 04:50 AM2 minutes to read In early March, before New Zealand felt full control of Covid-19, Finance Minister Grant Roberson unveiled the wage subsidy scheme as an economic response to the virus. Video / Mark Mitchell By RNZ Warehouse Group will reimburse his $ 68 …

[ad_1] Warehouse Group says it will repay the nearly $ 70 million it received from the government wage subsidy earlier this year. Sales in the first quarter of the new financial year for the group increased 6.3 percent and are now up 6.6 percent year-to-date compared to the same period …