[ad_1] A community housing provider who housed a vulnerable whānau in a moldy house with rotting walls, floors and windowsills was ordered to pay more than $ 2,000 in damages. In a case that the Leasing Court says undermined public confidence in the social housing sector, the adjudicator found that …
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[ad_1] Finding the remains of any of the 29 men killed in the Pike River mine disaster is possible, but not likely, according to the head of the recovery operation. The Pike River Recovery Agency is now 1,950 feet from the West Coast coal mine, which it first entered last …
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[ad_1] The principal of a South Auckland school has given up his office and the school’s staff lounge for teaching spaces due to delays in the construction of new classrooms. Heath McNeil of Ormiston Elementary School is now working in the school’s reception area and has converted part of the …
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[ad_1] The Labor Inspectorate will not take action against the Gloriavale Christian Community. Inspection and WorkSafe visited the isolated community on the west coast of the South Island this week over reports that some members had been forced to work more than 20 hours a day. The inspection’s national manager, …
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[ad_1] He was a teppanyaki chef with decades of experience working in the best hotels and he couldn’t believe it when he was told that his career was going to be put on hold. Martin Lowe, former head chef of Kabuki at Stamford Plaza and later Katsura at the Grand …
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[ad_1] Union leader Jacinda Ardern says food prices are believed to be too high, but stopped short of saying that New Zealanders are being “scammed” at the supermarket. That was the language he had used in 2018 about gas prices – “consumers are being scammed” – when he was talking …
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[ad_1] A panel of experts is debating tonight whether New Zealanders should be able to ask for help to end their lives. Presented by Heather du Plessis-Allan of Newstalk ZB, the panel features: • Wellington GP Dr Mary English • Professor Rod MacLeod of Hospice NZ • Stuart Armstrong, a …
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[ad_1] The Canterbury District Board of Health will receive $ 180 million from the Government to help pay its bills and staff. Health Minister Chris Hipkins made the revelation during a visit to Christchurch on Thursday, in which he met with clinical leaders, the CDHB board of directors, and representatives …
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[ad_1] KiwiSaver members paid $ 538.9 million to managers who managed their money for the year through March, but they lost a total of $ 820.9 million, and there is concern that some of them may have been caught up in those losses. . The Financial Markets Authority has released …
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[ad_1] The Greens say the three Cs are most important to small businesses in the next 100 days: collaboration, communication and creativity, while Act only cares about “the big C”: certainty. New Zealand First says Bill Clinton was right in 1992 when he said “it’s the economy, stupid.” National wants …
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