Most councils should have critical water treatment barriers installed by the end of the year, according to an update from the country’s water authority.But far from all, according to information obtained by 1News.The Water Services Authority — Taumata Arowai has been monitoring progress on councils drinking water supplies since the…

IT workers – threatened with large-scale job cuts at Health NZ – are hoping for a reprieve, after the health minister revealed he has asked officials to think again.The agency had proposed to axe almost half its more than 2000 digital and data roles, and scrap or defer 136 IT…

New Zealand’s housing market might have turned a corner, but it is still a tough time to be a seller.While activity and prices are picking up, there is large amount of stock on the market, and it is keeping a lid on prices.In January, the Real Estate Institute reported a…

A company involved in supplying school lunches has gone into liquidation.Deloitte New Zealand, who has been appointed liquidator, said Libelle Group was contracted by Compass Group to deliver approximately 125,000 meals daily as part of the Government’s Ka Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunches programme.”The Liquidators are undertaking a full…

Disgraced Kiwi businessman Ron Brierley has today been arrested and charged with fresh offences of possessing child abuse material.Brierley, now 87, was arrested by New South Wales Police in Sydney on Tuesday and charged with three counts of possessing child abuse material.Police confirmed the arrest of an 87-year-old man at…

The controversial closure of Mount Maunganui’s Links Ave will remain, but its closure times will be reduced.At a city delivery committee meeting on Monday, Tauranga city councillors voted to reduce the times people can be penalised for using the street incorrectly.Councillors discussed at length what the best hours would be…

Police have announced they are treating the death of a man in Auckland’s Pukekohe at the end of last year as a homicide. Donnie Houben, 48, was found dead at a gang-associated property on Times Pl on December 30.Detective Inspector Karen Bright said police had been treating the death as…

The Whangārei District Council has put off any likely decision about whether to change tack on its fluoridation refusal after the mayor failed in his bid to take the debate behind closed doors.In another twist in the council’s ongoing fluoridation refusal, the council today decided in a narrow 7 to…

It might be a “holy grail” for retailers, but there’s a warning that shopping on subscription can be fraught with problems for consumers.One of the world’s best known subscription retail brands, HelloFresh, has had criminal charges filed against it by the Commerce Commission, which alleges it misled customers it was…

By Eloise Gibson and Kate Newton of RNZ As insurers move towards individual risk ratings for properties, industry leaders have warned that a growing number of homes could be left without insurance. If a growing number of homes became difficult or impossible to insure, that could cause their value to…