Review of ACC’s $50b investment fund commissioned as Minister Andrew Bayly eyes performance boost
The Government is running the ruler over the way the Accident Compensation Corporation manages its $50 billion investment portfolio. The newly appointed minister responsible for the state injury ...
Far North hapū Ngāti Rēhia to get historic pā site back
Ngāti Rēhia chairman Kipa Munro has welcomed the move, saying the pā site has significance to the whole of Ngāpuhi, and particularly Ngāti Rēhia, and the hapū was looking forward to getting the site ...
Wānaka McDonald’s has consent application declined
A petition against the opening of a McDonald’s in Wānaka also attracted more than 6000 signatures, almost a year after it was launched. It claimed that the international food g ...
Listen to The Country online with Jamie Mackay: Shane Jones on fisheries reform
Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Minister for Oceans and Fisheries Shane Jones, to learn more about “the most significant reforms” of New Zealand’s fisheries for ...
Celebrated Split Enz painting used as album cover for sale after 45 years
The Raewyn Turner painting commissioned by Split Enz for the cover of their 1979 album Frenzy. The painting commissioned as a wraparound cover of the legendary Kiwi band Split Enz’s 1979 album Frenzy ...
Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris ‘deliberately misled’ House, required to apologise - committee
The Privileges Committee has found Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris deliberately misled the House and asked him to apologise for denying he had called other Members of Parliament “liars”. A report just ...