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Evening ReportSource: Radio New Zealand Auckland courier driverTuipulotu Vi was shot and killed in 2024. Supplied / Facebook An Auckland courier driver was allegedly murdered by a US-based hitman after Customs intercepted 18kg of cocaine and firearms police believe were linked to an international organised crime syndicate. The killing followed a series of shootings across South…
Source: Radio New Zealand Cate Le Bon (born Cate Timothy) grew up in the Welsh countryside with a goat she used to walk on the weekends. After years in the Californian desert town of Joshua Tree with former partner and collaborator Tim Presley, she’s now living back in Cardiff. Although Le Bon didn’t want to…
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland FC defeated South Island United to secure a spot in the OFC Pro League final against Australia’s South Melbourne FC. 20 May 2025 OFC Media via Phototek Auckland FC has defeated South Island United to secure a spot in the OFC Pro League final against Australia’s South Melbourne FC. The…
Source: Radio New Zealand The case involves cracks in the walls of the former Fitzroy Hotel at 75-77 Wakefield Street. RNZ / Marika Khabazi Cracks appeared in a heritage building – formerly Fitzroy Hotel – 17 years ago, and there is evidence there had not been any maintenance of the cracks since then, a structural…
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ New Zealand’s biggest bank says it’s unlikely that New Zealand will experience the same increases in house prices over the next 30 years, as it did over the last three decades. ANZ’s economists have looked at what house prices might do into the longer-term future in their most recent property…
Source: Radio New Zealand Chief executive of the New Zealand-owned recruitment agency Tribe, Bruce Pilbrow, says those whose jobs are affected might have to consider other industries. Supplied/AFP With almost 9000 public service jobs set to go, a recruitment expert says some workers will be forced into a career change. The government announced on Tuesday…
Source: Radio New Zealand The operating environment for tourism continues to shift, says Tourism Industry Aotearoa. 123rf The tourism industry will refresh its future strategy – released in 2023 – in response to the latest global tourism changes. Tourism 2050 serves as a vision statement for the industry. Tourism Industry Aotearoa chief executive Rebecca Ingram…
Source: Radio New Zealand Christchurch buses carried 120,000 more passengers in April, compared to the year before. Supplied / Environment Canterbury Canterbury is asking the government for $5 million to improve public transport. Metro Christchurch saw a 10 percent increase in people using public transport in April, compared to the same month last year, with…
Source: Radio New Zealand Japanese-owned Juken NZ has put its two Kaitāia mills – the Triboard Mill and the Northland Mill (pictured) – up for sale. Peter de Graaf Hundreds of people are expected at a public meeting in Kaitāia this weekend to discuss the future of the town’s timber mills. Earlier this year, Japanese-owned…
Source: Radio New Zealand The Department of Internal Affairs’ (DIA) lawyer Joseph Xulue says Hai Tu Jayson Fang last port of entry was Tokyo, in Japan. Unsplash A man facing a raft of charges over illegal poker venues in the Auckland city centre has fled the country. Hai Tu Jason Fang, 26, is the sole…
Source: Radio New Zealand Gordon Herbert will coach the NZ Breakers on a two-year deal. CYRIL LESTAGE The New Zealand Breakers’ search for a new head coach has landed the NBL club a Basketball World Cup winner in Gordon Herbert. Herbert has signed a two-year deal with the Auckland club in what is considered to…
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF A massive, co-ordinated effort to help more people into electric vehicles could reshape the country’s entire energy system, a new report says. EV advocacy group Drive Electric launched its ‘State of the Nation’ report at Parliament today, calling for consistent, cross-party policies to get more battery EVs and charging infrastructure…