Council hikes fares on Wellington’s troubled bus network
Passengers will pay more to catch the bus as widespread cancellations continue.
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Who’s in charge? The battle for control of the Auckland port
When Mayor Wayne Brown told the Auckland port company what to do, the company said no.
Aucklanders to receive relief payments from $1.3m fund from Tuesday
Funding is available to those experiencing hardship from flooding or land slips.
AUT drops redundancy plan, staff to keep jobs for at least six months
Lengthy union negotiations have resulted in AUT backing out of staff dismissals.
Why don't we fix roads before we lower speed limits? The experts reply
"Improving road quality is happening, but is necessarily relatively slow.”
Calls to wipe beneficiary dental debt as loans top $30m a year
The Govt recently increased the grant cap, but hasn't committed to wiping existing debt.
Editorial: Is the drive to reduce speed limits the key to lowering road toll?
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Summer questions: See opportunities in challenges
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Govt didn't really need to underwrite business loans in 2020/21
Treasury-commissioned report card of Business Finance Guarantee Scheme published.
RMA overhaul to narrow anti-social housing objections
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‘We need to act now’: Dairy owners to get police alert watches
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Fears after cracks in Mercury Theatre: CRL, Link Alliance 'engaging' with owner
Building owners asked for engineering report to substantiate concerns.
After the Gib crisis: Govt unveils new building materials taskforce
'We know we are facing a period of global turmoil,' says Woods.
Tunnel vision: Is this the solution for $15b second Waitematā harbour crossing?
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Four hospital upgrade projects in South Island in limbo
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Big shakeup in state housing agency's debt source
All debt will be from the Crown, not private sources in future.
‘Outrageous’: Taxpayers foot $2.1m bill for controversial Three Waters Auckland HQ
The lease is for 3100sq m at a cost of about $2.1m a year, says a market source.
'There's just no extra money': Parents grapple with rising prices as cost-of-living crisis bites
'It's really hard just trying to put food on the table at the moment.'
'Gravy train': Govt defends $16m for light rail consultants
New Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is also opposed to light rail.
'Surveillance for hire': Govt enlists ex-Israeli spies to covertly collect data online
Meta has accused Cobwebs of setting up fake accounts to spy on almost 50,000 people.
First units up in $61m community housing-ACC joint venture
Twelve one-bedroom and three two-bedroom apartments will be rented to state tenants.
Impossible to measure impact of nurses' refusal to work extra shifts - union
Nurses are protesting over the end of the winter Covid-19 bonus.
'Deeply disappointed': Labour's broken cancer promise costing lives, critics say
National has announced it would extend the screening age if party is in government.
Auckland's big fix: Mayor and deputy on the evolving Super City
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Bay of Plenty iwi to vote on $100m Crown settlement
An initial settlement offer of $40 million was rejected 26 years ago.
Thomas Coughlan: National saves itself from British Budget blowback, but questions over cuts remain
National mounts urgent clean-up job as UK PM's tax plans backfire on New Zealand.
Papers show scramble to fix cost of living payment
Officials scrambled to find a way to stop the payment going to overseas people.
Govt announces $44m to increase teacher numbers, support students affected by Covid
Government expects 1000 new teachers to enter workforce.
Te wiki o te reo Māori: What businesses are doing
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AUT: Staff and students in limbo as job cuts loom
A senior lecturer says AUT's treatment of its academic staff is 'appalling'.
Roof going on new $300m+ North Shore Hospital block
New block rising at the near-capacity hospital with big staffing pressures
Revealed: Three true causes of our 20-year housing boom
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