Caroline Williams

3 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Caroline Williams

The Taupō District Council has been ordered to pay its tenant $4100, after it allowed her to live in “freezing” cold and damp conditions for almost two years. The woman moved into the council-managed Housing for the Elderly complex on Rifle Range Rd in October 2021. People are only eligible for the units if they are aged 65 or above, have less than $15,000 in assets as a singleton or $20,000 for a couple and receive a benefit.

4 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Caroline Williams

A former funeral director charged regarding a police investigation into mishandled burials has been dealt a new charge. The man, who cannot be named, was charged in March as part of Operation Lola, an ongoing police investigation into complaints about burials at Auckland’s Waikumete Cemetery. The alleged offending was discovered when bodies were exhumed due to damage caused by flooding in 2023. He faced charges of obtaining $18,000 by offering services as a funeral director in 2015 and 2022.

4 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Caroline Williams

The campus of the defunct Auckland International College has sold, desks and all, to Al-Madinah School in Māngere.Bayleys Realty Group / SuppliedA growing Islamic school has snapped up a defunct Auckland college campus - but needs to raise $14 million to seal the deal. Auckland International College closed its doors in 2023, having failed to recover student numbers lost during the Covid-19 border closures.

5 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Caroline Williams

In April 2024, New Zealand Food Safety urged anyone who bought juice from Our Fruit Box to throw it away, as it could make them unwell.Our Fruit Box / SuppliedA woman who allegedly continued to sell unsafe fruit juice despite an MPI food recall has been charged. Our Fruit Box director, 44-year-old Riiria Jade Tatana, is facing four charges for alleged breaches of the Food Act between April 2023 and February 2025.

5 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Caroline Williams