17+ hour, 24+ min ago   (153+ words) One of New Zealand’s top economists is the keynote speaker at Queenstown’s Catalyst Trust’s next kōrero, being held next Thursday. Simplicity chief economist Shamubeel Eaqub’s authored four books on NZ’s economy to date, including Generation Rent, having spent more than…...

9+ hour, 21+ min ago   (184+ words) At least one person has been confirmed dead and more than 30 are missing after a ferry sank off Vanuatu's coast, Prime Minister Jotham Napat's office ⁠said in a statement. Fifteen of those have been accounted for alive, it added. Search…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (296+ words) Insolvency numbers are likely to remain at record levels until well into next year, one practitioner says. Keaton Pronk, an insolvency practitioner at McDonald Vague, said corporate insolvency appointments were at historically elevated levels in August, at 274 in the month....

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (23+ words) ODT Southland District mayor Rob Scott is concerned about how roads are funded....

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2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (335+ words) ODT Dunedin surfer Alexis Owen put in a dominant performance to advance to the third round in the under-18 boys’ division at the ISA World Junior Surfing Championship being held in El Salvador The New Zealand trio of Sol Fritchley…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (590+ words) The 13-year-old grandson of King Charles III was joined by his parents William and Catherine, the Princess of Wales, for his arrival on Tuesday, with footage showing them smiling and looking relaxed as they were greeted by Eton's headteacher Simon…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (795+ words) The Middle East war intensified on Tuesday with Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen launching strikes on several Saudi cities, further embroiling a US ally in the conflict, while US forces hit multiple Iranian oil tankers and Iran targeted a US base…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1318+ words) One of the strongest El Niño events on record is expected over summer, putting emergency services, councils and farmers on alert for a hotter, drier season. Raphael Franks reports. El Niño will bring more severe dry and windy conditions to…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (835+ words) A recent call by Ukraine’s former defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, for new national elections in Ukraine – which would be the first to take place in the country since 2019 – has sparked a renewed debate about whether it is possible to hold…...