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Napier Port on the up as NZ sharemarket rises - Market close
The New Zealand sharemarket was up today, with shares in Napier Port Holdings rising steadily after reports of a positive outlook for the business. The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed up 0.47% or 58.87 points ...
‘Lil Gay Out:’ Hobsonville Point Secondary School cancels LGBTQ+ event after protest threats
Students at an Auckland high school have been left devastated after an LGBTQ+ event was cancelled after protest threats. Lil ...
Smith & Caughey’s to close: The rise and fall of the ‘Grande Dame’ of Queen St – why Auckland’s famous department store is in its final days
Auckland’s landmark department store Smith & Caughey’s will close after 145 years, despite a rescue attempt. This is an ...
Smith & Caughey’s closing for good - almost 100 staff lose jobs as rescue bid fails
After 145 years - including the past four months operating as a smaller-scale retailer - Auckland’s famous department store ...
Hyde London City: Why you should stay at this heritage hotel near St Paul’s Cathedral
Location: In central London, opposite the Old Bailey, five minutes’ walk to St Paul’s Cathedral, and located on the doorstep ...
Rural road safety: Family’s plea after traumatic horse accident on East Coast
The whānau of an East Coast man who suffered serious head and brain injuries when his horse was spooked by a passing truck ...
Opinion: Can Auckland restaurants ever satisfy the food snobs?
How restaurants are feeding a city's obsession with eating the next big thing.
Hunt for new Oranga Tamariki CEO yet to start seven weeks after resignation
The search for the next chief executive of Oranga Tamariki is yet to begin, despite the agency’s former boss resigning about ...
Napier City Council restructure: Staff bristle at potential loss of more than 100 jobs: ‘No longer feels like the organisation I loved’
A Napier City Council staff member not caught up in a planned restructure of more than 100 jobs says staff morale is now so ...