The Desert Road between Tūrangi and Waiouru will close for maintenance for two months from Monday.Waka Kotahi NZTA said the work involved reconstructing 16 kilometres of road, improving drainage, clearing 15 kilometres of road shoulder and replacing the deck of the Mangatoetoenui Bridge.New bridge deck will add 50 years to…

Uncertainty and ongoing market volatility continue to cast a shadow over 2025’s business outlook.Datacom’s latest Business Outlook Survey said economic uncertainty was the primary business concern for more than three quarters (77%) of a survey of more than 200 business leaders heading into the new year, compared with 13% a…

Multiple crews and helicopters continued to battle a vegetation fire on the Coromandel Peninsula this morning after it was brought under control yesterday.Firefighters were called to the scene on Black Jack Rd in Kūaotunu shortly before 4pm Saturday.Yesterday, Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) said the blaze had been brought…

There’s concern among Chinese Americans about being “singled out” by the US government’s TikTok ban, which at this stage will begin in just over a week.It comes a day after the US Supreme Court heard arguments for and against the ban, which congress passed in a law late year to…

A growing demand for crate beers in recent years appears to defy the trend of declining alcohol consumption rates in Aotearoa.The Swappa Crate has been around in New Zealand for more than 100 years, and is commonly found in student flats, sports clubs, and farm sheds.The wooden box, holding 12…

If you’ve heard the bagpipes ringing out across Wellington recently, you’re not mistaken.The capital has just hosted the biggest piping and drumming summer school in the Southern Hemisphere.About 130 pipers and drummers from around the country as well as Australia and Canada have been in Wellington for an intense week…

One person has died following a serious crash near Palmerston North this afternoon.Emergency services were alerted to the two-vehicle crash on Colyton Rd, Bunnythorpe at around 2.55pm.St John said it responded with one ambulance and one rapid response unit.”Our crews assessed and treated two patients in a moderate condition who…

Fire and Emergency New Zealand says a vegetation fire which broke out in Kūaotunu on the Coromandel Peninsula yesterday afternoon is now under control, but not yet contained. Firefighters were called to the scene on Black Jack Rd shortly before 4pm Saturday. Earlier, FENZ Incident Controller Shane Bromley said three…

Police have confirmed that young people were involved in a fatal fall at a cliff on the Coromandel Peninsula last night where one person died and a second was rescued.Emergency services responded to the incident, which occurred at what 1News understands to be the northwest end of Hahei Beach, at…

Concert-goers have seen a spate of concerts and festivals being cancelled or changed around the country in the last few months.Late last year it was confirmed Bay Dreams, once the country’s biggest music festival, will not go ahead in 2025.Last year summer music festival Nest Fest was also cancelled after…