Zizi Sparks

Bay of Plenty

News Director at Rotorua Daily Post

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Zizi Sparks: Teachers’ strike sends message to put teachers first so they can put kids first

Mar 13, 2023 | nzherald.co.nz | Zizi Sparks

Rotorua teachers striking in 2020. Photo / Ben FraserOPINION:On Thursday morning, 50,000 teachers, principals and other education union members around the country will walk off the job. Parents and caregivers will be left to find ways to balance childcare and work. Some will struggle, and the effects will be widespread. But the gravity of the situation warrants the reaction.
Zizi Sparks: Teachers’ strike sends message to put teachers first so they can put kids first

Mar 13, 2023 | nzherald.co.nz | Zizi Sparks
'Blessed': Rotorua's Tania Tapsell to be first known NZ mayor to give birth while holding office

Mar 10, 2023 | teaomaori.news | Zizi Sparks |Will Trafford
'I’ve been blessed': Rotorua mayor's big announcement

Mar 9, 2023 | nzherald.co.nz | Zizi Sparks

Tania Tapsell and Kanin Clancy pictured in 2020 when announcing their engagement. Photo / SuppliedTrail-blazing Rotorua mayor Tania Tapsell is set to make history again - this time by being the first mayor to give birth while holding office. Tapsell last year became the first Māori woman elected to the role. She made history nine years earlier when she was first elected to the council in 2013 at age 21. At that time, she was the youngest elected councillor in New Zealand.
'I’ve been blessed': Rotorua mayor's big announcement

Mar 9, 2023 | newstalkzb.co.nz | Zizi Sparks
'I’ve been blessed': Rotorua mayor's big announcement

Mar 9, 2023 | nzherald.co.nz | Zizi Sparks
Appeal of double homicide with 'high level of brutality and callousness' dismissed

Feb 22, 2023 | nzherald.co.nz | Zizi Sparks

Sarah Tarei and Samuel Fane appearing in the High Court in 2021. Photo / NZMEA double murderer who played a key part in a five-day, four-death saga has had the appeal against his 17-year minimum sentence and conviction dismissed. In July 2021, Samuel Deane Fane was sentenced to life imprisonment with a 17-year minimum non-parole period for the murders of Paul Lasslett, 43, and Nicholas Littlewood, 32. A jury had earlier found him guilty of both charges.
Appeal of double homicide with 'high level of brutality and callousness' dismissed

Feb 22, 2023 | nzherald.co.nz | Zizi Sparks
Withdraw or pursue? Fate of Māori wards bill on council table - $146k spent so far

Feb 20, 2023 | nzherald.co.nz | Zizi Sparks

Protesters march against the Rotorua Lakes Council's proposed representation model in March. Photo / Andrew WarnerRotorua’s council has spent more than $146,000 pursuing a local bill to increase the representation of Māori on the council. Now, that bill is on the chopping block. The mayor wants to scrap it, but a local MP believes the council is “playing Rubik’s Cube” with its democratic structure.
Withdraw or pursue? Fate of Māori wards bill on council table - $146k spent so far

Feb 20, 2023 | nzherald.co.nz | Zizi Sparks

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