Mount Maunganui Greazy Dogs gang members fined for illegal Facebook raffle

Other cash prizes advertised included four of $1000, five of $500, 10 of $250 and five of $200. In an affidavit, Walker told a Tauranga District Court judge the purpose of the... Read more »

Climate reporting rules for large businesses to be eased

Consumer Affairs Minister Scott Simpson. Photo: VNP / Phil Smith Climate reporting rules to be eased, fewer to be required to report Threshold for reporting raised to companies worth $1b from current... Read more »

NZTA’s $1.4b contactless ticketing rollout faces value drop amid major delays

It will allow them to use a single digital account, and directly scan smart devices such as phones and watches, or credit and debit cards instead. It was originally estimated to have... Read more »

Bumper year for toroa albatross chicks taking off

This year’s ‘Royal Cam’ toroa family at the colony at Otago’s Pukekura/Taiaroa Head. Photo: Supplied/ Department of Conservation The breeding season for toroa – the northern royal albatross – has been the... Read more »

Duncan Garner: I’ve bought a house – and moved in with an older woman (and my son)

Duncan Garner: “I like change. I like challenge. This is just another one on the roller coaster of life.” Well, I’ve finally done it. After years out of the market — years... Read more »

Icon wins $201m Precinct Properties’ contract for NZ’s tallest new student accommodation tower

“Together, these projects bring our committed student accommodation pipeline to 1602 beds – a significant step toward meeting the growing demand for high-quality student housing in Tāmaki Makaurau.” Plans for New Zealand’s... Read more »

A bubble which is about to burst

“The thing that comforts me,” said Jeff Boudier at Hugging Face, the leading open platform for AI builders, “is that the internet was built on the ashes of the over-investment into the... Read more »

Farmers welcome government’s drop in methane targets

Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford said the new targets were backed by science and had landed in a “solid” place. Photo: AgResearch Farmers have welcomed the government’s new “science-based” biogenic methane targets... Read more »

Qantas leak could cost airline billions

A data breach that has already cost the boss of Qantas more than most people make in a year could hit the airline for billions of dollars as its customers brace for... Read more »

Auckland court jails romance‑scam victim caught smuggling meth at airport

But it seems to be part of a disturbing upward trend, in which defendants are found to be reckless as to the presence of illegal drugs even if they didn’t fully realise... Read more »