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NZ gas shortage: LNG imports feasible but could cost up to $1b as reserves dwindle, report reveals
Importing liquefied natural gas to offset New Zealand’s dwindling gas reserves is feasible but challenging, potentially ...
On The Up: Mātai researchers developing new MRI method with better multiple sclerosis detection
Researchers from Mātai Medical Research Institute in Gisborne are helping develop a new MRI scan method, which they say can ...
Ngāti Tukorehe to fly more flags after ‘racist attack’ on its whenua
The Horowhenua-based iwi was angered when multiple tino rangatiratanga, He Whakaputanga and Toitū Te Tiriti flags were torn ...
Smith & Caughey’s auctions fittings: Santa sleigh among decor, surplus inventory for sale
Auckland’s shuttered flagship department store Smith & Caughey’s is selling its shop fittings and surplus inventory at ...
Northland schools receive $1.5m for vandalism costs over 5 years
More than $1.5 million has been provided to Northland schools by the Ministry of Education over the past five years to cover ...
‘Great guns’: Dairy livestock market heats up as calf demand rises
South Island, came in from the cold for a yarn about the market today. Cuttance, who is based in Gore, told the Country’s ...
Why prostate cancer treatment LDR brachytherapy is ‘disappearing’ from New Zealand
A highly effective and “minimally invasive” prostate cancer treatment is “disappearing” from private hospitals in New Zealand ...
Dargaville residents question value of 8.3% rates hike amid infrastructure woes
With rates set to rise again, Dargaville locals are questioning whether the extra cost will finally deliver long-overdue improvements to the town’s ailing infrastructure. The Kaipara District Council ...
NZ shearers Toa Henderson and Jack Fagan dominate England in test victory
Photo / SSNZ New Zealand shearers Toa Henderson and Jack Fagan have continued a Downunder dominance of England at the Great Yorkshire Show by winning the second test of their 2025 Wools of New Zealand ...