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[ad_1] SUPPLIED Vocus NZ is best known to most Kiwis as the owner of the broadband brands Slingshot and Orcon. The country’s fourth-largest telecom company, Slingshot and Orcon owner Vocus New Zealand, may emerge on the NZX by the end of next year. Australian owner Vocus said he planned to …

[ad_1] Kiwis are cautioned not to click on text message links after an increase in fraudulent messages about unpaid “customs charges” for package delivery. The scams involve people being texted, claiming that a courier company has attempted to deliver a package, but due to unpaid “customs charges”, the package could …

[ad_1] With Donald Trump’s post-election legal challenges in disarray, yesterday the president’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, took matters into his own hands. Giuliani made a last-minute request to appear on behalf of the Trump campaign in a landmark lawsuit in Pennsylvania. Simply put, the case concerns vote-by-mail ballots and how …

[ad_1] The first morning of mandatory masks on public transport in Auckland goes well, and Auckland Transport says more than 90 percent of commuters are complying. Anyone caught violating the government order, which was issued Monday and went into effect Thursday morning, faces a maximum fine of $ 4,000 or …

[ad_1] With a television production team in his home and 30 games arriving, the reality of the NBA Draft has dawned for RJ Hampton. The 19-year-old American participated in the New Zealand Breakers last season as part of the Australian NBL’s Next Stars program, bypassing the traditional US college path. …

[ad_1] In the most selfless act, an influencer from Christchurch helped a Wellington couple become parents again, two years after they were told they couldn’t have any more children. Influencer and mother of two Rebecca Keil became a surrogate for Tess Dunford and her partner Dan Stemp after seeing their …

[ad_1] Auckland’s giant Santa Claus is retiring to a new grotto at the National Museum of Transport and Toy in Wanaka. Museum owner Jason Rhodes confirmed today that the great man and his reindeer friends will join the famous collection of more than 600 vehicles and 60,000 toys. Rhodes said …

[ad_1] Fortune seekers once came from all over the world to search for gold in Otago. Now steel and concrete are the card of attraction, but there is a worker shortage in the region’s decade-long construction boom. A new study commissioned by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD), Dunedin City …

[ad_1] Two wealthy Australia-based listers are selling their rural Queenstown lakefront station, which could fetch more than $ 50 million. Halfway Bay Station, owned by New Zealand-born mining magnate Chris Ellison and Australian billionaire Tim Roberts, is an 18,000 hectare alpine station on the shores of Lake Wakatipu that has …

[ad_1] New Zealand’s pilot training industry has stalled and will not recover without international students willing to pay more than $ 100,000 to train, says industry group Aviation NZ. The Hamilton-based L3 Airline Academy aviation industry training school is expected to close early next year with the loss of some …