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Making Asia easy: Sailing from Taipei to Singapore with Norwegian Cruise Line

An adventure on the high seas via the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam.

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Where are the most affordable islands to live in luxury?

ELE group collapse: Receivers’ report puts claims at $12.3m - who's owed money?

Buildhub, another labour hire business, had 60-70 staff. They were all sacked on Friday.

NZ added the population of Taranaki in 2023 - what does that mean for interest rates?

New Stats NZ data shows unprecedented levels of migration continue in both directions.

'Happened so fast': 54 confirmed dead after landslide in Philippines gold-mining village

More than 1100 families have been moved to evacuation centres.

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'Final pay, don't delay!' Sacked ELE workers to Deloitte receivers in Queen St protest

Receivers 'well aware many ex-ELE workers experiencing financial and mental hardship'.

Migration record as nearly 250,000 arrive in a year - but departures up too

More talented, not 'desperate and dateless', NZ citizens than ever before may have left.

ELE Group collapse: Massive foodbank drive for hundreds of laid-off workers

"My phone is blowing up right now," organiser says as hundreds face a perilous Christmas.

ELE Group collapse: Pay cut, redundancy threat came before receivership

Collapsed company ELE was a 'good employer in a tough industry' - but now wages are gone.

ELE collapse: 750 Filipinos fired from sites

'Workers’ ability to stay here is now under threat, many will find it hard': Mikee Santos.

New Zealand’s first rabies death reveals horror of disease

Filipino man died from rabies in New Zealand in March.

16 dead after bus falls off downhill curve in Philippines

The driver, who was among those killed, lost control.

Suspected bomb kills at least four worshippers at church in Philippines

A powerful explosion bomb ripped through a Catholic Mass.

Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Philippines, tsunami warning issued

A powerful earthquake struck Mindanao early this morning.

This is who I am: Shorty’s Marianne Infante on finally being seen

How the soap taught her to be Kiwi, and how she’s bringing Filipino culture to Kiwis.