Alliance Group has posted a full-year after-tax loss of $95.8million but is forecasting a return to profitability in the current financial year. Announcing its result for the year ending September 30, the company said the figure included one-off costs of $48.2m including those associated with the closure of its Smithfield…

Tens of thousands of people have marched through Wellington as Hīkoi mō te Tiriti packed out Parliament’s grounds today. Police estimated about 42,000 people were participating in the march, organised by Toitū te Tiriti, many of who oppose the Government’s Treaty Principles Bill, which passed its first reading last week…

Rural supplies co-operative Farmlands has announced a $14.3million full-year net loss on the back of a $68.2m drop in revenue for the year ended June 30. The company said the result was exacerbated by a one-off accounting adjustment to previously recognised tax losses of $12.3m. The result compared to a…

A man has been charged after allegedly aiming a high-powered laser at the Otago Rescue Helicopter last night.Police said they were alerted to a laser being pointed at the aircraft for four minutes in north Oamaru around 10pm.Following the laser strike, the helicopter flew to a house and followed a…

An ill-prepared solo tramper has been rescued after a night in the bush on the Kapiti Coast – 12 hours after calling for help.Police said they received a distress call from a man around 11.30pm on Monday after became lost on a track near Waikanae.The tramper – who had not…

The cost of shutting its Timaru meatworks is costing troubled red meat co-operative Alliance Group more than $50 million.The farmer-owned co-op reported a loss of $95.8m after tax for the year ended September in its 2024 annual report released on Tuesday.This year’s loss included the one-off charge of $51.3m to…

A light plane pilot has been rescued after ditching their aircraft into water off the Tasman coast this evening.The pilot was the only person on-board when the plane crashed in Tasman Bay, 42km north of Nelson, around 7.30pm, Maritime NZ’s Rescue Coordination Centre told 1News in a statement.They were “safely…

Olivia Podmore’s former coach refused to wheel the young cyclist to the startline before her races at the Rio Olympic Games as he told her, “You do not deserve to be here”, an inquest into her death heard.Warning: This story discusses mental health and suicide. A list of helplines is…

As a crowd estimated by police to be more than 42,000 people descended on New Zealand’s Parliament today — eyes from afar were watching.Today’s proceedings marked the end of Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, a nine day peaceful protest which had made its way through Aotearoa in opposition to the Treaty…

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