The head of the Telecommunications Forum wants the government to look at prioritising upgrades to the 111 emergency ...

There is no night shelter in Auckland and social services report emergency housing is hard to get. Last year, the Ministry of ...

The road was closed while the Serious Crash Unit conducted a scene examination. One person has died following a serious two-vehicle crash near Motutere last night. Police were called to State Highway ...

A section of State Highway 8 in Central Otago has reopened after a fatal crash this morning. The highway was closed between Roxburgh and Millers Flat after the two-vehicle crash at 11.15am. Police ...

A software glitch at Central Hawke’s Bay District council sent one person’s rates bill to up to 1000 ratepayers. The council’s Chief Executive, Doug Tate, said they were made aware of an issue with ...

Due to a falling rock this afternoon, State Highway 7 between Hanmer Springs and Springs Junction will be closed overnight. The rockfall happened at the slip site referred to below near Lewis Pass, ...

The hotel on the Crown Range Road between Wānaka and Queenstown included a restaurant, year-round beer garden, and 17 ensuite hotel rooms sleeping up to 44 guests. Its facade dated back to a ...

More information on switching can be found on Payment NZ’s website here. The switching website is live at www.readytoswitch.nz. The switching process makes it easy to move payment instructions, saved ...

New Zealand’s three large telcos only have 55 percent market share of rural broadband. One of the fastest growing competitors is Starlink. The report notes: “Wisps still serve 16% of rural homes, but ...

As a record number of job seekers compete for a shrinking pool of opportunities, Asian workers are feeling the strain. Many say they face limited career mobility, caught between an economic slowdown ...

The Government has announced $56.4m investment in three Canterbury water storage schemes. A $56.4m Government investment in water storage and irrigation will be ‘‘a gamechanger’’ for Canterbury ...

After being criticised by the mayor and derided by locals, the Telecommunications Forum is defending the response to reception outages during Tasman’s storms.