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Brat has been named as the Collins Dictionary word of the year.The term is defined as someone with a “confident, independent and hedonistic attitude” and has been inspired by Charli XCX’s album of the same name that was released in June.The ‘brat summer’ became a cultural movement and the word…

Modern-day living is out of control. That is the belief of Lee Tan, the woman behind Well+Being, a wellbeing business in Dunedin which recently bagged a handful of awards at the Spa & Wellness Awards (Asia Pacific) in Australia. Well+Being was named best urban wellness centre and runner-up in the…

Members from two Timaru families have worked more than 300 years combined at the Smithfield plant, they’re now among hundreds of people trying to figure what to do next after losing their jobs.The Alliance processing plant axed 600 jobs last month, closing its doors on 139 years of operation. Many…

Otago-Southland’s coffers were boosted by $156million from cruise tourism last financial year — the second-highest figure of the 21 ports and destinations visited in New Zealand. Two industry bodies — Cruise Lines International Association and the New Zealand Cruise Association — commissioned the economic impact assessment to provide the first…

The process to remove fuel from the HMNZS Manawanui after it sank in Samoa is expected to begin this month, the New Zealand Defence Force says.However, an academic has expressed concern with the pace of the operation and monitoring around the wreck.The NZ Navy vessel sank on a coral reef…

Two people have been injured, one critically, after an assault in Auckland’s Papatoetoe this afternoon.Police said they were called to a commercial address on East Tamaki Rd at around 1.19pm.”Two people had been reportedly injured with a weapon (not a firearm),” a spokesperson said in a statement.Hato Hone St John…

Shane Jones wants international coral limits reviewed to avoid bans on fishing when bottom trawlers haul up more than the rules allow.The comments from the Oceans and Fisheries Minister come in the wake of a New Zealand vessel catching more than double the legal amount of 15kg of coral.It triggered…

A controversial housing development north of Wellington has been granted resource consent.The Plimmerton Farm project in Porirua seeks to build 2400 new homes in addition to a commercial area, retirement village, and school.It has been widely criticised by environmental groups amid concerns about runoff into the wetland, known as Taupō…

The majority of submissions made about a McDonald’s restaurant opening in Wānaka are not lovin’ it.Consent is being sought to open a 455 square-metre restaurant at the Wānaka-Luggate Highway, with a drive-thru operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Of the 366 submissions made to the Queenstown Lakes District…

Massey University will stop funding its Students’ Association from next year — a move that the student body says will set an alarming precedent for the future of independent student unionism in New Zealand.It said it meant they would be silenced from speaking out against Massey University.Te Tira Ahu Pae…

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