Six60 and Synthony will headline the first concert at Christchurch’s One New Zealand Stadium next year.They will lead the ‘Once In A Lifetime’ show on May 16 in what organisers say will be a landmark moment for New Zealand’s live music scene.Fans could expect a full Six60 set featuring new…

Linkin Park will be returning to New Zealand for the first time in over a decade, announcing a one-off show in Auckland for next year. The nu-metal outfit will play at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Wednesday, March 18. It will be the first time the band has played in New…

By Susan Edmunds of RNZ Only two sectors have not experienced a reduction in their wages in real terms over the past year, data shows. While inflation was running at a 3 percent annual rate in the year to September, wage inflation increased at a rate of 2.1 percent -…

Two employees of failed wine venture Winely say the firm was more about ideas than the reality of running a business and there was management talk of making staff members millionaires and becoming bigger than Google. Winely, a Dunedin-founded wine fermentation tracking company, was put into liquidation last month with…

Auckland’s mayor has hit out at the government’s rates cap, saying the strategy “won’t work” .The government is setting a target range of 2% to 4% increases – with councils having to appeal to a regulator if they want to go higher.The cap would take effect from January 1 2027.Auckland…

Single women are turning to reverse mortgages as a way to get more cash flow in retirement – and some commentators say it may sometimes be because the adjustment to a “single” pension rate is too tough.Professor Graham Squires from Lincoln University has conducted research on reverse mortgages in New…

The recent Supreme Court decision regarding Uber drivers is not surprising when all the facts are considered. However, how the scheme actually operates will surprise many. The decision is likely to have significant ramifications. The Parliament Education and Workforce Select Committee is considering the Employment Relations Amendment Bill, which includes…

Heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds are expected for much of the North Island tomorrow and Thursday, with several warnings issued for multiple regions. According to MetService, an active low-pressure system was expected to move onto central and northern New Zealand tomorrow before moving east on Thursday. “The system is…

The nation’s largest pig farm is being sold after being developed into a major North Canterbury employer and business by a family over 25-plus years. Close to 100,000 pigs are raised each year at Patoa Farms, a nearly 900-hectare operation near Hawarden. The business owned by the Sterne family is…

Wellington City Council is installing motion-activated cameras after a spate of vandalism which appeared to target mountain bikers on Matairangi Mt Victoria.The council said over the last few days, logs, stumps and other obstacles had been placed on several mountain bike priority trails in locations where they could cause serious…