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Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival announces new programme
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (412+ words) Opinion: Labour is hugging National on policy. It's a smart, ruthlessly centrist strategy Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival organisers say it is moving beyond a festival-only experience to a broader programme of events. The festival will take place from October 3-11. The…...
87-year-old Hokitika woman dies after being struck by car
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (85+ words) An 87-year-old woman has been named as the person who died after being struck by a car on the West Coast last month. Mary Schimanski, of Hokitika, died after the crash on the corner of Fitzherbert St and Park St…...
The new shape of your next smartphone
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (290+ words) This content was prepared by Samsung and is being published by The New Zealand Herald as Advertorial. We’ve changed how we use our phones. So why haven’t our phones changed shape? Research found 85% of Europeans have started a task on…...
Letters: Business borrowing is up but is it really a sign of confidence?
10+ hour, 40+ min ago (735+ words) Opinion: Labour is hugging National on policy. It's a smart, ruthlessly centrist strategy Is borrowing really a sign of business confidence? Once again we see the result of another of numerous, virtually daily, business surveys (Sept 1), this time telling us…...
'Beware the wounded beast': What South African pundits are tipping
52+ min ago (741+ words) Here’s a sample of what South Africa’s rugby media have had to say about this weekend’s third test in the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series. Michael Sherman, The Star “Beware the wounded beast. That adage holds true in nature, but it…...
Why rockfall was largely left out of new Mount Maunganui slip risk study
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (948+ words) Councillors have received a new assessment of landslide risks on Mauao, but no decisions have been made about the future of council facilities at its base. In a Wednesday meeting, Tauranga City councillors heard more information was needed about rockfall…...
'Increasingly aligned with its values': Bachelorette star running for NZ First
7+ hour, 21+ min ago (1725+ words) Man about town Ricardo Simich brings you Society Insider. This week, a former Bachelorette NZ star is moving into politics, and the granddaughter of a Kiwi business dynasty has her sights set on chart success. With 65 days until the New…...
'It belongs here': The $9m event transforming Tauranga each spring
10+ hour, 35+ min ago (957+ words) It’s bigger than the Olympics and worth millions to the Bay of Plenty economy. As nearly 30,000 people converge on Tauranga for the Zespri Aims Games at the end of this week, organisers say the event has grown into more than…...
Body found in Rotorua believed linked to homicide inquiry
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (238+ words) A body has been recovered at Lake Rotokākahi on Thursday morning by police carrying out inquiries into a homicide in Pahīatua in October 2025. A body believed to be connected to a homicide investigation has been recovered from a Rotorua lake....
Seymour's school attendance strategy is working, but it does not go far enough
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (794+ words) Last week, I read David Seymour’s March 2024 Cabinet paper, Approach To Improving Attendance In Schools. You can see Seymour’s hand in it. It says the previous Labour Government “tried to hide the statistics”. No civil servant would write that. I…...