Up to 950 new houses will be built on a 50-hectare block of land in Waipukurau, Hawke’s Bay. Development of the site, which has been occupied by a disused hospital for over two decades, has been made possible by a grant of $10.9 million from central government. Central Hawke’s Bay Mayor Alex Walker said the […]

Sixteen New Zealand bars and restaurants have been featured in the 50 Best Discovery list, an extension of the prestigious worldwide 50 Best Restaurants list. The Kiwi entries include Amisfield in Central Otago, which also won Cuisine Good Food Awards 2022 Restaurant of the Year, Auckland fine-dining restaurant Pasture and multi-award-winning Wellington restaurant Hiakai. Several […]

A recruitment campaign is trying to encourage healthcare workers to move to the West Coast. The campaign, launched by Development West Coast, aims to lure people away from big cities with the promise of a slower pace of life and proximity to the natural environment. Development West Coast chief executive Heath Milne said they wanted […]

The pace of construction of new houses now exceeds the rate of population growth, a recently published report says. Interest.co.nz estimates that New Zealand’s population increase of 12,700 in the last 12 months would have created demand for an additional 4885 new homes. However, it is likely that around 37,000 new homes were completed during […]

The Labour party and leader Jacinda Ardern have seen a sharp drop in support in the latest political poll. In the Newshub Reid Research poll, support for Labour dropped to just over 32 percent, down nearly six points since April. It is the lowest result since Ardern took over as leader in 2017. The National […]

Air New Zealand has announced a plan to move to zero-emissions aircraft. The airline aims to launch a zero-emissions commercial demonstration flight by 2026. Its Bombardier Q300 turboprop fleet will also be replaced with more sustainable aircraft, such as hydrogen or battery-hybrid, from 2030, the company said. The airline put out a call to aviation […]

A four-day work week trial run by Unilever over the past 18 months has been highly successful and will be expanded to Australia, the company says. The company’s New Zealand employers were allowed to spend 20 percent less time at work while continuing on full wages. The company says that it saw a growth in […]

A remote-working trend appears to be behind Taranaki’s rising housing prices. In contrast to most of the country, where house prices are dropping, figures released by CoreLogic this week show that Taranaki’s prices are up more than 10 percent. A real estate agent with Harcourts, Mike Powell, told RNZ News that he noticed the region […]

Napier will begin a trial of e-scooters, joining the list of cities using the new transport method. A two-year trial of Beam scooters is planned to start later this month, with up to 200 e-scooters to be available in mid-summer. The company will work with the city council to trial a small number of e-scooters, […]

Businesses in Hamilton are to send organic waste to a Taupō-based worm farm in a move that will save tonnes of waste from entering landfill. The organic waste management programme is launching in the city next week using MyNoke’s earthworms – the world’s largest worm farming operation – to create natural fertiliser. Hospitality businesses, accommodation […]