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Lawyer Reflects On Mainzeal’s Demise

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 20:57:02 +1300 | Property and Build

Construction litigator Janine Stewart, who took on Mainzeal Property and Construction Limited prior to its liquidation, has an important message for the industry’s leaders to avoid meeting the same fate.More >>

Update: Arrest In Homicide Investigation, Christchurch

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:01:35 +1300 | New Zealand Police

At around 2pm today, Police - including Armed Offenders Squad - arrested the 29-year-old man at a Christchurch address. He is due to appear in Christchurch District Court on Saturday 29 March, charged with murder.More >>

Auckland Man Who Illegally Killed And Sold Pigs Fined $8,000

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:55:25 +1300 | NZ Food Safety

Peni Naivaluvou (64) was sentenced in the Papakura District Court today (28/3/25) on three charges under the Animal Products Act, following a successful prosecution by New Zealand Food Safety investigators.More >>

Auckland Council Under Spotlight After Fa’anānā Efeso Collins’ Death

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:45:33 +1300 | Mary Afemata - Local Democracy Reporter

Vasa Fia Collins is urging a full inquest into the February 2024 death of her husband, Fa’anānā Efeso Collins, after he collapsed at a charity event in Auckland. More >>

Widow Of Fa'anānā Efeso Collins Seeks Inquiry Into His Death: 'Unanswered Questions'

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 18:51:46 +1300 | RNZ

The widow of late Green Party MP Fa'anānā Efeso Collins is calling for an inquest into his death, accusing the organisers of the charity event he was attending at the time of failing him.More >>

NZ rugby drops INEOS branding from uniforms

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 18:15:22 +1300 | RNZ

New Zealand Rugby is finally getting rid of the INEOS branding from its team uniforms more than a month after suing the company. More >>

Latest Privacy Breach At Health NZ Should Be A Wake-up Call To Reverse IT Cuts

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 12:48:51 +1300 | PSA

Health NZ today confirmed an IT security incident in October 2024 that resulted in unauthorised access to some staff information from 2020 to 2024 at Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley, and Wairarapa districts.More >>

What To Do Legally If You Sustained A Brain Injury

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:20:15 +1300 | Hugh Grant

Insurance companies make an effort to settle traumatic brain injury claims as quickly as possible. You may receive an offer for a settlement very early on in the process, but this offer is not likely to be anywhere close to the amount of money that you ...More >>

SPCA Prosecutes Man For Brutal Treatment Of Dog

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:06:19 +1300 | SPCA

The offender was charged with ill-treatment of an animal under the Animal Welfare Act 1999. The charge was for multiple instances of physical abuse towards his black crossbreed dog, Bubby, during the incident.More >>

Charges Laid Following Hunting Incident, Whakatane

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:10:24 +1300 | New Zealand Police

A 46-year-old man is due to appear in the Rotorua District Court today, charged with manslaughter, unlawful hunting and unlawful possession of a firearm. More >>

NZ Authors Books Scraped In LibGEN Dataset By Meta - NZSA Condemns Authors Intellectual Property Theft

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:48:57 +1300 | New Zealand Society of Authors

NZSA is collating a list of all NZ books from NZSA members and other writers affected by this latest instance of mass piracy. For the creative industries of Aotearoa to thrive we need robust copyright law, protections and enforcement mechanisms, and ...More >>

Bangladeshi Couple Found Guilty Immigration And Identity Fraud Spanning 20 Years

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:18:29 +1300 | RNZ

A Bangladeshi couple have been found guilty of 40 charges of immigration and identity fraud spanning two decades. More >>

Ngāti Hāua Deed Of Settlement To Be Signed In Taumarunui On Saturday 29 March 2025

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:10:18 +1300 | Ngati Haua

“Finally our story can be heard, and the Crown now acknowledges the injustices that were inflicted on Ngāti Hāua,” says Chair of Ngāti Hāua Iwi Trust, Graham ‘Tinker’ Bell. “Those injustices include being pushed out of Heretaunga (Hutt ...More >>

Fraudulent Asbestos Removals Catch Up With Industry Veteran

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:18:46 +1300 | WorkSafe NZ

Barrie John Crockett was in a project management role at Demasol Limited. Between December 2021 and June 2022, Mr Crockett used Demasol’s name and letterhead to invoice three customers who paid into his personal bank account for work totallingMore >>

Under-Reporting Of Green Mussel Spat Costs Commercial Fisher More Than $104,000

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:08:18 +1300 | Fisheries New Zealand

Commercial fishers and Licenced Fish Receivers can only land what their quota rights or annual catch entitlement (ACE) entitles them to. Without quota rights or ACE, anything landed above their entitlement means a penalty, called deemed value, must ...More >>

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