6+ hour, 43+ min ago   (864+ words) Wellington City Council has apologised for spending over $600,000 on a website to draw visitors to the newly reopened City Library. An independent review found shortcomings in the oversight, procurement process and the value for money offered by the site. Chief…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (203+ words) There's been great anticipation in Auckland with the long-awaited City Rail Link opening to the public on Sunday Morning. The CRL, which took over a decade to complete and faced massive cost blowouts, is New Zealand’s biggest infrastructure project and…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (259+ words) Wellington City Council has cut 47 staff roles in a drive to save over $4 million. Acting chief executive Anna Calver confirmed today that 141 roles will be disestablished - of which 41 were already vacant, and 94 created. The cuts are coming from the Creative…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (587+ words) Auckland Council faces an $18 million budget blowout for its expected fuel costs, putting pressure on its aim to hit savings targets and rein in rate rises. Chief executive Phil Wilson and group chief financial officer Ross Tucker discussed the ballooning…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (194+ words) Travel across the Auckland Harbour Bridge might be disrupted on Friday, transport officials have warned. Gusts of up to 80km/h have been forecast between midday and 4pm. "Motorists are advised to drive to the conditions and pay attention to electronic message…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (512+ words) Auckland Museum hopes to be free of asbestos by the middle of next year, but the still-closed Māori and Pacific galleries won't reopen until the end of 2029 - four years after the toxic dust was found. Asbestos was discovered in the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (298+ words) Demand for proteins is helping milk prices hold steady. The average price rose almost 0.1 percent at the Global Dairy Trade auction overnight to US$3910 (NZ$6639). It followed a 2.3 percent rise at the previous auction two weeks ago. In a note,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1074+ words) The developer behind a controversial Otago housing project near Arrowtown is putting new financial incentives on the table in a revised Fast-track application. Ridgeburn Ltd is offering interest-free deposit loans for first-home buyers and an extra $27 million for road upgrades…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (852+ words) When it comes to your KiwiSaver fund, do you get what you pay for? That is a question Simplicity chief economist Shamubeel Eaqub has set out to answer with new research. Eaqub said that after looking at the past 10 years,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (359+ words) Several roads are closed in Whangārei after heavy rain caused flooding. However, the region is in for a reprieve on Sunday. MetService meterologist Braydon White says it's lifted its rain warning for the region and that yesterday's heavy downpours have…...