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Making 100 tala stretch in Samoa
12+ hour, 54+ min ago (363+ words) For many families in Samoa, 100 tala may sound like enough to cover a few household needs, but the money can disappear quickly after buying everyday food. Lina Tupu of Faleasiu, 100 tala means planning carefully before heading to the shops. “I…...
Hampshire transport campaigner calls for prime minister to visit
7+ hour, 39+ min ago (541+ words) Transport campaigners in the South are urging the prime minister to visit the region to see for himself how rural areas are struggling with limited bus services. Susan Dorsett is leader of Hampshire-based group the Knightwood Valley Park Campaigners, and…...
'We Have Suffered So Much': Family Demands Answers After Psychiatric Patient Murder
12+ hour, 34+ min ago (1308+ words) Tim Brown South Island Correspondent The family of a Christchurch woman who was murdered by a patient who absconded from a psychiatric hospital has asked why it took their mother's death for changes to be made at Hillmorton. Laisa Waka…...
Twist in violent death of Aussie businessman in Fiji
12+ hour, 11+ min ago (500+ words) By MAISY RAE - NEWS REPORTER The mystery behind the violent death of a Gold Coast businessman inside a luxury Fiji resort has taken a turn with police declaring the man's girlfriend a suspect. Assistant hotel manager Jason Rigby, 40, died inside…...
Greens Promise $200m Into Te Reo Māori Initiatives
12+ hour, 59+ min ago (418+ words) The Green Party will put an extra $200 million into te reo Māori initiatives, if elected. The party announced its policy on the first day of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. It would spend an extra $30 million each year on…...
‘It isn’t where I’d be spending money’: Wayne Brown reacts to National’s police on public transport
12+ hour, 42+ min ago (17+ words) Stuff...
From wax to web: How decades of tech evolution transformed production at the St. Albert Gazette
17+ hour, 28+ min ago (640+ words) For Sandy Jamison, who spent decades as a production manager at the Gazette, producing a newspaper was once a hands-on process that could take hours, and sometimes much longer. “You used to stand at a slanted table with galleys, so…...
Rabobank sees milk price recovering towards $10/kgMS
17+ hour, 40+ min ago (159+ words) Rabobank says New Zealand’s farmgate milk price could finish the 2026/27 season closer to $10 per kilogram of milk solids, as slowing global supply growth and resilient Asian demand support dairy commodity prices.Fonterra lowered its opening forecast from $9.75/kgMS to $9.25/kgMS…...
Government minister's LGR briefing was 'complete cock-up', says council chief
12+ hour, 58+ min ago (459+ words) A MINISTER'S briefing to council chiefs has been described as a “complete cock-up”. Local government minister Jim McMahon spoke to leaders and chief executives over a video call the day after plans for council reorganisation were paused by the government....
Wellington City Council apologises for library website overspend
13+ hour, 21+ min ago (864+ words) Wellington City Council has apologised for spending over $600,000 on a website to draw visitors to the newly reopened City Library. An independent review found shortcomings in the oversight, procurement process and the value for money offered by the site. Chief…...