After weeks of uncertainty for Marybank residents about a speed limit increase through their suburb, the New Zealand Transport Agency has confirmed that the community will be consulted.A 1.8km section of State Highway 6/Queen Elizabeth II Drive that encompasses the suburb of Marybank was mandated by the Government to rise…

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has named Chris Seed as New Zealand’s Acting High Commissioner to London, in the wake of Phil Goff’s removal after remarks he made about Donald Trump.Seed, who previously served as the New Zealand High Commissioner to Canberra and Port Moresby, will travel to London next week.…

Police say a large blaze at a Hamilton mechanic’s workshop which prompted the callout of dozens of firefighters yesterday is being treated as an arson.Emergency services were called to the building on Ellis St, Frankton at around 11.30am yesterday.Crews from as far as Te Awamutu responded to the fire, Fire…

A homicide investigation has been launched and a person is in custody after a man found with critical injuries after an assault died in Palmerston North this morning. Police were called to Te Awe Awe Street in Hokowhitu just after 8am, where a man was found “critically injured following an…

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…