[ad_1] The New Zealand Transport Agency is confident that travelers in and out of the capital are now less than a year away from traveling on the Transmission Gully Highway, after several deadlines. Your playlist will load after this ad. Decades in planning and hardest hit by an earthquake, Covid …
Read More »Defiant Shadbolt in the wake of the report
[ad_1] Invercargill Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt has rejected the main tenets of an independent report that says he is struggling to carry out important aspects of his role. The report highlighted a leadership vacuum, but Sir Tim said he would not resign. The governance review was conducted by Richard Thomson …
Read More »New Images: Behind the Scenes at Transmission Gully
[ad_1] Construction of Wellington’s troubled Transmission Gully highway is now more than 85 percent 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 …
Read More »New Zealand’s Largest Intellectual Disability Service Provider Charged After Vulnerable Woman Drowned In Bathroom While In His Care
[ad_1] THINGS / Things Idea Services, the services arm of IHC New Zealand, has been on trial after a vulnerable woman in need of 24-hour care, one-on-one, drowned in a bathroom in 2016 while under its supervision. A vulnerable woman in the care of New Zealand’s largest service provider for …
Read More »The government accelerates the consent of 160 houses and a factory
[ad_1] The Government is accelerating the consent of 160 homes and a foam factory. Environment Minister David Parker said the government will put three more projects through the fast-track consent process, using a law passed last term. The fast track allows the government to dramatically reduce the time required to …
Read More »Black Caps: Tim Seifert’s four months with idol Brendon McCullum and an intermediate proposal
[ad_1] Tim Seifert was living the cricket dream, in the middle of a four-month Covid bubble in three countries, being coached by his idol, Brendon McCullum. But when a New Zealand freedom day came around in late September, there was an important task for the Black Caps Twenty20 ranger to …
Read More »All Blacks vs Argentina: Sam Whitelock challenges his teammates to ‘take the pressure’
[ad_1] Last Test Syndrome can often be a very real problem for the All Blacks as minds inevitably turn to the impending summer vacation, the beach, the Barbie, and the chance to kick back and bounce back from the excruciating year of rugby. . But this week, another factor looms …
Read More »Lake Ōhau fire insurance payments reach $ 34.8 million
[ad_1] The forest fire that destroyed 48 properties in the village of Lake aldeahau in October is one of the costliest insurance claims in recent history. Figures released by the Insurance Council of New Zealand (ICNZ) on Sunday make the $ 34.8 million Ōhau fire more expensive than the 2017 …
Read More »Woman Partially Paralyzed After Surgeon Placed Screws In The Wrong Place In Her Spine | 1 NEWS
[ad_1] A woman was left partially paralyzed and in pain after a surgeon placed screws in her spine in the wrong place. Stock image of a group of surgeons working with a patient in a hospital. Source: Pexels A report from the Deputy Commissioner for Health and Disability states that …
Read More »Law Society Considers Investigating ‘Illegal’ Deal With Former Pike River Coal Mine Chief Peter Whittall
[ad_1] New Zealand|Crime November 23, 2020 03:25 am4 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern joins the families of the Pike River victims in a minute of silence to commemorate 10 years since the tragedy that killed …
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