[ad_1] Stuff The Three Waters reform is little understood but widely unpopular. Lance Girling-Butcher is the chair of the New Plymouth Positive Ageing Trust OPINION: A time bomb started ticking when New Plymouth’s first European settlers struggled, almost 200 years ago, to set up home in the region. That time bomb is about to explode. Read more…
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Person involved in crash on Timaru-Temuka Highway in stable condition
[ad_1] A person involved in a two-vehicle crash on the Timaru-Temuka Highway has been transferred to Christchurch Hospital in a stable condition. On Monday evening, emergency services were called to the crash at 5.40pm with reports of a person trapped. A patient was transported to Timaru Hospital following the crash and by Tuesday they had Read more…
Watermelon salad | Stuff.co.nz
[ad_1] SUPPLIED Feta is an excellent source of calcium, which is essential in the production of strong bones and healthy teeth. This article first appeared in The House of Wellness magazine. This salad is so fresh, so easy and so full of flavour it’s hard to not pull it out for any and all gatherings. If watermelon Read more…
Tui stone sculpture sells for $83,000, smashing previous record at Taranaki auction
[ad_1] VANESSA LAURIE/Stuff Tui on the Kowhai, created by artist Bill Devoy, sold for $83,000. A “stunning” sculpture crafted on the foreshore of New Plymouth has more than trebled the previous record price for work created at the biennial Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Symposium. Tui on the Kowhai, a piece by Pirongia artis Bill Devoy, Read more…
Live: Downpours hit Far North, thunderstorms move toward Auckland
[ad_1] Kerikeri and Kaitaia getting drenched, with thunderstorms moving toward Northland and Auckland later this afternoon, MetService says. [ad_2]
Otago cave man, Little John, pleads guilty to shed arson
[ad_1] Hamish McNeilly/Stuff The man known as ‘Little John’ who lives in a cave near Outram, has plead guilty to arson, after setting fire to a shed which housed his possessions. A man known for living in a cave in rural Dunedin has pleaded guilty to the arson of a shed. John Russell Black, who Read more…
Man in ‘toxic relationship’ guilty of inciting suicide attempt
[ad_1] Benn Bathgate/Stuff Brendan Hawkins has been found guilty of inciting his former partner’s attempted suicide. Brendan Hawkins has been found guilty of inciting the suicide attempt of his former partner. The charge has a maximum penalty of 14 years’ imprisonment. The seven women and five men of the jury reached their verdict after a Read more…
Cancellations and delays continue at Wellington Airport as fog lingers
[ad_1] Monique Ford/Stuff Passengers are stuck due to fog at Wellington Airport. Passengers are stranded at Wellington Airport as dense fog has cancelled the majority of flights in and out of the city as a long weekend approaches and the school holidays end. Wellington Airport spokesperson Phil Rennie said shortly after 12pm that while it Read more…
Jake Paul is a decent boxer, admits Tyson Fury
[ad_1] James Chance/Getty Images Jake Paul, left, faces off with Tommy Fury, right, head of their February 27 fight in Saudi Arabia. Tyson Fury has labelled Jake Paul “a decent boxer” as the controversial YouTube star gets set to fight his younger brother Tommy Fury next month. The long-awaited fight is scheduled for Riyadh in Read more…
Top-two NBL finish now on cards for ‘ominous’ NZ Breakers after Cairns defeat
[ad_1] A gilt-edged National Basketball League playoff pathway is now within the grasp of the New Zealand Breakers, and a former coach who won four championships with the Kiwi club believes that makes them a dangerous prospect indeed. The Breakers’ chances of finishing second overall, and earning a direct route to a best-of-three semifinal series Read more…