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Vai alla Scheda Paese »People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
— Edmund Hillary
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Settled Auckland line-up to face Taniwha
There is just one change to the Auckland starting XV as they kick off their home Mitre 10 Cup programme this Saturday at Eden Park against old foes the Northland Taniwha in a crossover clash. Akira Ioane’s promotion to the All Blacks squad for the Bledisloe Cup test in Dunedin ...
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PopUp Business School heads to New Zealand to help entrepreneurs get ideas off the ground
A British pop-up business school that teaches budding entrepreneurs to forget about their business plan is heading to Wellington.
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Sales of $1m-plus homes grow 11 per cent in Tauranga
Sales of million-dollar plus properties in the Bay are up on last year, bucking a national decrease driven by a drop in Auckland sales.In the first half of 2017, 180 properties sold for more than a million across the region, according...
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Man dies after mobility scooter crash
Residents including off-duty fire fighters gathered to help a 91-year-old man after the fatal collision between his mobility scooter and a car, north of Wellington.
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Jury hears how a man invited a woman to his home for business then attacked her
A woman went to a Wellington man's home thinking they were going to have a business meeting, and instead found a date that she says led to her being raped.
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180 Bay properties fetch over $1m in six months
Sales of million-dollar plus properties in the Bay are up on last year, bucking a national decrease driven by a drop in Auckland sales. In the first half of 2017 there were 180 properties sold for more than a million across the...
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Splash Pad for Pakuranga
The first spadeful of dirt has officially been turned at the Lloyd Elsmore Park site of what will soon be east Auckland’s new splash pad. The community gathered last week to celebrate the start of the project, led by a new partnership between ANZ and Auckland Council. Fountains, mist sprayers ...
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Mahia Peninsula's stalled subdivision on the market, 35 sections must sell
An abandoned waterfront subdivision caught up in the Lombard Finance receivership is being sold through a mortgagee sale for the second time. To date, two developers have failed to complete the development of the 44-lot Blue Bay subdivision on Mahia Peninsula, between Gisborne and Napier. Wellington developer Craig Nisbet was the first to ...
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Wellington Tenths Trust says it has no plans to pursue Sir Ngatata Love
The Maori trust Sir Ngatata Love was jailed for defrauding says it has no plans to pursue him through the courts, even as it chases his former partner.
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New community scheme to save people from loan sharks
Low and no interest loan schemes are now available in Tauranga with the Community Finance partnership.The initiative run by Good Shepherd New Zealand and BNZ was established in 2014, and received additional government funding in...
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Liquidators make plans to repay victims of Ross Asset Management
Almost five years after its collapse, liquidators of New Zealand's largest ponzi scheme are making preparations to finally return some money to investors. Lawyers acting for liquidators of Ross Asset Management are working on a proposed formula for an interim distribution, which will be presented to the liquidation committee in the coming ...
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Stricter disclosure rules see foreign NZ trusts plummet
The number of foreign trusts in New Zealand, like those set up by Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri, plummeted after the introduction of stricter disclosure rules. The trust Dr Mizzi, the Tourism Minister, and Mr Schembri, the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, set up in New Zealand, were used to shelter ...
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GMT invests additional $107m into Auckland Industrial
Goodman Property Trust (GMT), the stock exchange-listed company which owns Highbrook Business Park, has announced a package of six new industrial development projects totalling $107 million. Goodman (NZ) Limited’s chief executive officer, John Dakin said: “The Auckland industrial market is the strongest it’s ever been with historically low vacancy creating ...
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Revealed: What NZ's top executives are paid
Chief executives at New Zealand's biggest companies got a pay rise of 3.3 per cent last year - the lowest increase since 2011.The Business Herald's annual CEO pay survey reveals that chief executive pay for the 2016 financial...
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€16.8 million recovered from Panama Papers, Swiss Leaks
Just over €16.8 million was recovered by the tax authorities after previously unknown foreign holdings by Maltese were laid bare in the Panama Papers and Swiss Leaks. Information supplied by the Tax Compliance Unit (TCU) shows that €6.3 million has been recovered from its investigations into the Panama Papers data, which ...
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Sir Bob Jones plans to build world's tallest wooden office tower in Wellington
Property mogul Sir Bob Jones plans to take the timber industry to new heights, by erecting the world's tallest wooden office building in central Wellington. Jones has announced plans to demolish the Leader's Building on Featherston St, to make way for a new 12-storey office block. Standing 52 metres tall, it is due to be completed in 2018. ...
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New technology partnership kicks Food Ninja into new gear
A Malaysian software company is pouring money into a Wellington food delivery service which aims to help hungry diners get food faster.
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Motel business operating across road from Basin Reserve on the market
A motel business with "grandstand views" over New Zealand's oldest and most revered test cricketing venues is up for sale.
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From a lightbulb to $20,000: how to cure Parkinson's Disease, one trade at a time
It sounds like magic, but a Wellington teenager has found a way to turn a $12 lightbulb into $3000.
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Summer gourmet cuisine; serenity in the sky; new routes to New Zealand
Beginning in July, Michelin-starred chef Francois Adamski has been creating two new dishes each month for the Air France business-class menu on long- and medium-haul ...
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German reinsurer Munich Re warns quake insurance could be hard to find
A global reinsurer is warning commercial building owners that earthquake cover could be axed because of New Zealand's seismic risks.