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4 days ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Glenn McConnell |Annemarie Quill |Olivia Ireland |Karanama Ruru
Invercargill City Council has voted against cutting ties with companies that operate in illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. On Tuesday afternoon, councillors debated whether to change to the council's procurement policy, following a proposal brought by local residents and members of Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa.
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1 week ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Michael Daly |Annemarie Quill |Robert van Royen
When Gwen, a 35-year-old lawyer from London, first met her fiancé, there was one notable difference in their upbringings. Not politics, class or any of the other typical dividing lines, but an everyday issue which cleaves people into opposing camps. “He grew up in a shoes-off house, whereas in mine we always kept them on,” says Gwen. “But I loved him so, eventually, I got into the habit of taking my shoes off when I came in from work.”Still, old habits die hard, Gwen adds.
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1 week ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Hamish McNeilly |Annemarie Quill |Marty Sharpe |Caroline Williams
Joe Schmidt's swipe at Lions' 'southern-hemisphere centre partnership'Joe Schmidt, the Australia head coach, has fired a dig at the overseas-born players in the British and Irish Lions squad by referring to the midfield pairing of Bundee Aki and Sione Tuipulotu as a “southern-hemisphere centre partnership”.
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1 week ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Marty Sharpe |Annemarie Quill |Carly Gooch
RNZ: What happened to Mikey? Mystery surrounds his final momentsRumours and speculation have been swirling throughout a small lower North Island town after 34-year-old Michael Tamatea was found dead four months ago. His whānau told Lauren Crimp they believe people know more than they are letting on about the lead up to his death at Hokio Beach near Levin, and they are determined to get to the bottom of it.
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1 week ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Annemarie Quill |Marty Sharpe |Matthew Hansen
China’s “breakneck” embrace of electric vehicles will see the country start weaning itself off oil before the end of this decade, the International Energy Agency has forecast. Chinese motorists bought two in every three electric vehicles (EV) sold worldwide last year, propelling 40% sales growth in China while the European market stalled and American demand slowed.
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1 week ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Annemarie Quill
Mt Maunganui waterfront sectionA beachfront section on Mt Maunganui’s ‘millionaire mile’ is luring interest from local and international buyers. A railway worker from Te Kuiti bought it as a one bed bach in the 60s for just NZ4000 pounds. Since then the coastal strip has become one of Aotearoa’s most desirable, with few empty waterfront sections left. Residential land on one of New Zealand’s best beaches is likely to sell for many millions more than the owner paid in the 1960s.
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1 week ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Annemarie Quill
Throw of the property dice pays off for savvy Wellington coupleWellington homes are in a downward spiral, worth 25.4% less than a 2021 peak. While falling interest rates are slightly slowing the decline in the rest of the country, the capital remains in a downturn. Despite apparent bargains, investors are not swooping in droves, but first time buyers could grab a steal in two hot suburbs. Just released data shows the capital's housing market remains in a slump - down 25.4% since 2021.
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2 weeks ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Mark Vancleave |Steve Karnowski |Edward Gay |Annemarie Quill
The medieval heart of this 955-year-old city is home to one of the most high-tech waste management systems in the world. Beneath the cobblestones lies a network of tubes that sucks trash out of the city with the force of half a million household vacuum cleaners. Residents access the tubes by way of receptacles designated for garbage and recycling, each programmed to automatically release their contents when full.
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2 weeks ago | 
thepost.co.nz | Annemarie Quill
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2 weeks ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Annemarie Quill
20-month-old Lorenzo Miranda died on November 9, 2017, hours after being picked up from a daycare. Seven years later, a Coroner’s report requested by Stuff, concludes Lorenzo died from a traumatic head injury following a fall. The boy “would have survived”, say doctors, if treated after the accident, but no one saw it happen, and the centre did not tell parents.
