The top five challenges for new Spark boss Jolie Hodson
Comment: Jolie Hodson will have to jump into several major initiatives.
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
Latest fromNZ Herald Focus
Auckland Airport's $5b spend to change the way we travel
The company is building for passenger numbers forecast to double in the next 20 years.
Spark boss Moutter resigned, replaced in same evening
Board decided no external search was required in rapid-fire process.
Moutter exit prompts 'sell' recommendation
Spark shares have fallen 3.4 per cent from yesterday's closing price.
Local Focus: Fire and family at Havelock North
Havelock North Fire Brigade is giving thanks. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Focus: Spark's Jolie Hodson on replacing Simon Moutter
Spark's Jolie Hodson on replacing Simon Moutter.
Shane Jones wades in against NZTA over legal case against Northland trucker
Jones says he's concerned about 'economic impacts' of trucking company prosecution.
Brexit becomes battle over rejected options
Theresa May calls meeting ahead of another round of voting.
Revealed: $790m mega-mall to be king of urban jungle
NZ's biggest new shopping centre opens later this year.
Focus: Car crash in Kāpiti after police pursuit
A BMW car has been badly damaged after a police pursuit at Kāpiti, north of Wellington. / Video by Mark Mitchell
Focus: Rotorua farm worker jailed for life for brutally stabbing ex-wife
Rotorua farm worker Ephraim Joseph Beazley, 33, last month admitted to murdering his ex-wife Xi Wang at her Flat Bush home. He has been sentenced to a minimum term of 17 years before he is eligible for parole. / Video by Michael Craig
Auckland woman meets 'guardian angel' who saved her life
Gail Ellison meets Paul Donovan, the man who saved her life when he found her unconscious in her car on a Blockhouse Bay street. / Video by Doug Sherring
David Seymour misses chance to force Govt to use urgency for gun law's first reading
Act leader David Seymour was so busy objecting to media about the speed of the Government's gun law reform that he missed being in the House to vote down the expedited process. / Video by Jason Walls
Focus Live: Helicopter testing at boatshed leaves Herne Bay residents worried
Herne Bay residents fear for beachgoers, particularly small children, after today's helicopter test above Briscoes Major shareholder Rod Duke's new home. Video / NZ Herald
Focus: Simon Bridges on MSSR weapons
National leader Simon Bridges saying he will support the Government's legislation on MSSRs and is asked about getting weapons back-off the gangs.
Focus: Police Minister Stuart Nash on MSSR weapons
Police Minister Stuart Nash on the possible cost blow-out of buying back MSSR weapons, saying they have no idea how many there are in the country.
Local Focus: New look council flats unveiled
Palmerston North City's first social housing development in 30 years. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Editorial: Revitalised city heart should be worth wait
EDITORIAL: Auckland's big building projects will be worth the wait.
Focus: Greg Miles on Westfield Newmarket
Greg Miles, Scentre Group's chief operating officer on Westfield Newmarket. / Jason Oxenham
Focus: Call for guidelines on children's screen use
Kids on screens: How much is too much? / Doug Sherring
Kids on screens: Parents' group calls for guidelines
A parents' group wants guidelines to stop kids spending too much time on screens.
Focus Live: Tax change - Are kiwi businesses ready for payday filing?
From today, all employers will have to file pay details to the IRD within two days of a person being paid - a shift from the current monthly employer schedule which typically sees them file the information on the 20th of the month after payment.
University of Otago students get Muslim chaplains
A long-planned Muslim chaplaincy service for University of Otago will be launched today.
Going underground: Auckland's new transport system
The City Rail Link will carry up to 54,000 passengers an hour around Auckland.
Focus: The progress of the City Rail Link tunnel construction
City Rail Link construction manager Scott Elwarth and City Rail Link chief executive Dr Sean Sweeney on the progress of the City Rail Link tunnel construction.
Tunnel vision: Peek inside $3.4b City Rail Link project
The City Rail Link runs the risk of following delays with London's Crossrail project.
Martyrdom and delayed burial: Victim Support responds
Victim Support workers have received ongoing tutorials in Islamic culture, to aid victims.
Accused Christchurch gunman says he's being treated unfairly
Christchurch terror-accused makes complaint from prison about lack of entitlements.
Local Focus: Meet the Catfish Killers
Locals pitch in to rid Rotorua of catfish. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
After three heart surgeries brave toddler eyes career in medicine
A toddler who has defied the odds now wants to become a doctor or nurse.
Focus: Young girl with heart defect wants to be a doctor
Luna used to be frightened of doctors and nurses - now the toddler who has survived three open heart surgeries wants to grow up and wear a stethoscope of her own. / Video by Doug Sherring
Focus: Shane Martin on being deported from Australia
Shane Martin on being deported from Australia.
AFL star's exiled Kiwi dad: 'Why I joined notorious gang'
Shane Martin was a top-ranking official in Australia's Rebels motorcycle gang
'Proof will be in the pudding': PM's response to Facebook clampdown
Facebook's plan to combat hate welcomed but much more needs to be done