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Ken Laban: Former cop, rugby commentator on his tilt for the Lower Hutt mayoralty
Well-known Wellington personality Ken Laban has thrown his hat in the ring to be Lower Hutt's next mayor.  The 68-year-old ...
"Mitigate it": How do we deal with the slash problem?
After 2023’s Cyclone Gabrielle, the Government revised slash management rules, ruling that forestry owners will have to ...
Chris Hipkins: Labour leader on the economy and whether the Interislander should be privatised
Labour leader and Remutaka MP Chris Hipkins says he is sceptical of the idea the Interislander could be privatised.  It comes after a cabinet paper ob ...
A look at the Term 3 school lunches with 73% positive feedback
Children under the Government’s cut-price healthy school lunches programme are set to get some new meals, when Term 3 of school kicks off.
North Island detectives appointed to take fresh look at Lachie Jones' death
The new investigation will be led by Detective Inspector Darrell Harpur from Waikato District, acting as the Senior Investigating Officer. Detective Superintendent Ross McKay, a territorial Det/Supt ...