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The Commerce Commission has filed criminal charges against meal delivery company HelloFresh New Zealand for alleged misleading behaviour. The regulator claims the company misled customers in cold calls trying to get discontinued subscribers to sign up again. But in a statement, HelloFresh says it had co-operated with the Commission’s investigation…
A clinical trial in Singapore represents a final lifeline for a Christchurch policewoman in her fight against a rare and aggressive cancer.Detective Constable Sophie Moore, 29, and her fiancée Koryn Arthur, also a police officer, have just returned from her first round of groundbreaking CAR-T treatment. The course has a…
It begins with some extra cash to buy clothes and pay phone bills. Then it’s spotting university courses and books. But at what age should the growing children start chipping in? Do things change when they get a job?More adult children than ever are living with their parents in New…
More than 300 people have signed up so far to participate in Whanganui city’s first citizens’ assembly.Whanganui District Council is expecting more registrations over the next week before the cutoff at midnight on Sunday, March 16.Council promos were urging residents: ‘Get paid to join our citizens’ assembly!’“A group of local…
Some patients and advocacy groups see Pharmac as “slow to respond”, “highly defensive” and “lacking respect” for them, according to an independent report released by the drug-funding agency today.The report – commissioned by Pharmac’s board and based on workshops held late last year – found there was “a credibility and…
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will meet with Narendra Modi when he visits India next week.Luxon will be accompanied by “one of the largest delegations a New Zealand Prime Minister has ever travelled with” when he heads to India on March 15.The delegation will be made up of New Zealand business leaders;…
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon today said he was “relaxed” about National MP Andrew Bayly, who recently resigned from his ministerial portfolios, taking two weeks’ leave from Parliament to trek to Mount Everest base camp in Nepal.Bayly stood down from his portfolios last month after admitting he grabbed the arm of…
Transport Minister Chris Bishop has announced registrations of interest for the first stage of the Northland Expressway project will open later this week at the NZ Infrastructure Investment Summit.This week’s Infrastructure Investment Summit has been arranged by the Government to showcase its infrastructure pipeline and “exciting growth sectors to companies…
While street crime across the country continues to plague city centres and businesses, one centre has been bucking the trend.Every day, Gisborne Police can be seen out on the streets, carrying out patrols and checking in on local businesses.Tairāwhiti area commander Danny Kirk said his team refocused their priorities midway…
A Department of Conservation (DOC) permit issued to NZTA Waka Kotahi allowing it to kill protected species – including kiwi and long-tailed bats – at the Mt Messenger bypass site in Taranaki has been ruled unlawful.The High Court found the permission granted under Section 53 of the Wildlife Act was…