[ad_1] Things John Liong Kiat Wong has been fined more than $ 80,000 by a judge at the Auckland District Court. (File photo) A developer who illegally built unsafe apartments in Auckland was fined $ 80,750. John Liong Kiat Wong illegally converted a warehouse in Mt Eden into a building …
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[ad_1] Oranga’s minister in charge Tamariki Kelvin Davis has declined to say he has confidence in the executive director of the child welfare agency. When asked directly if Grainne Moss had his confidence, Davis said that “he is currently establishing a working relationship with the Oranga Tamariki leadership” and that …
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[ad_1] Supplied Nevaeh Ager was killed by her father, Aaron Izett, in Little Waihi in 2019. Police believe they may have had an opportunity to intervene prior to the murder of a two-year-old if a 111 call had been properly recorded and shared. The Independent Authority for Police Conduct released …
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[ad_1] DAVID BLANCO / THINGS Comanchero’s Clerk Jarome Fonua was sentenced Tuesday in Auckland High Court. The secretary of the Comanchero motorcycle gang has been jailed for his involvement in a large-scale drug and money laundering operation. Jarome Raymond Fonua previously admitted to participating in a criminal group organized for …
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[ad_1] Tires can finally hit the tarmac on Christchurch’s long-awaited $ 290 million Northern Corridor Highway. The New Zealand Transportation Agency (NZTA) will partially open the 10-kilometer-long highway on Monday to help settle the chip seal surface before all four lanes open in mid-December. One lane of traffic in each …
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[ad_1] An old classroom awaiting remodel next to Terry Grooby’s 50-year-old Motueka home is casting a shadow over its final months. Grooby, 84, diagnosed with cancer and expected to have less than two years to live, wants to enjoy that limited time at his home on Courtney St, but says …
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[ad_1] Construction of Wellington’s troubled Transmission Gully is now more than 85% complete and NZTA is confident it will open next September. The 27 km road has suffered delays, lost costs and is now undergoing a government-ordered overhaul. It was meant to be open in April 2020, then delayed before …
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[ad_1] All Whites star Chris Wood has broken his and Burnley’s goal drought. Wood had not scored in eight games for his English Premier League side, which has been the lowest scorer in English football this season, before Tuesday morning’s home game (New Zealand time) against Crystal Palace. But the …
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[ad_1] The National Party has published the terms of reference for the review of its drastic electoral defeat. The review will examine various aspects of the loss, including the entire three-year period preceding it, the performance of the caucus, and the selection of party candidates. The “strategy, narrative and execution” …
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[ad_1] The Commissioner for Children does not want any more urgent elevations of tamariki and pēpi Māori from hospitals, but has fallen short of recommending an end to all elevations where the whānau is not notified first. It is one of the recommendations of the recently published second part of …
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