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— Edmund Hillary
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Mark Stevens pleads guilty to driving manslaughter of partner Delia Williams
The partner of former Wellington woman Delia Grace Williams has pleaded guilty to killing her by dangerous driving.
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Despite its cost, the logic of capital's IT recruitment drive seems hard to fault
OPINION: When the Wellington Regional Development Agency (WREDA) announced it was funding what looked like a recruitment project to bring IT specialists to Wellington, the criticism was understandably swift. "Our IT graduates are ignored while we have to fund foreign people to come here for a better lifestyle", said one ...
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Star-studded Wellington Saints team roll into season with only one import - by choice
You can hear the pride in Kevin Braswell's voice.
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Wellington woman Kalen Acquisto tackling dragon boat racing for the first time
Kalen Acquisto, along with her partner Adam Estacio, is competing in the Dragon Boat Festival in Wellington this weekend. Originally from Denver, Colorado, it is the couple's first experience of the sport.
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Editorial: Konrad Mizzi - Questions still lingering
Minister Konrad Mizzi this week lashed out at this newspaper and accused it of having lied in his regard when we published an article in his respect last summer, an article that had asked valid questions based on valid information.That article was based on two publicly-available documents that showed how ...
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Today's front pages
These are the leading stories in today's local newspapers. The Times of Malta leads with news that an inquiry has found that it could not exclude the possibility that an investigation into money laundering was stopped abruptly because PN deputy leader Beppe Fenech Adami's name cropped up. In a secondary story, the ...
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Mossack Fonseca founders still under arrest as Panama Papers firm quits New Zealand
Mossack Fonseca, the controversial law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers, has quit New Zealand, apparently as a result of dwindling business following the bombshell revelations.The company was mostly obscure before a massive data leak that was published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists last year. The ...
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Wellington commercial sales hit by quakes says agency
Real estate agents at CBRE​ blame a fall in Wellington commercial property deals on the earthquakes that shook the capital last November.
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Avalon Studios wants to grow film reel through new partnership
Lower Hutt's Avalon Studios is planning a major expansion to support Wellington's film hub.
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Celebrating 60 Years of Guide Biscuits
March launches GirlGuiding New Zealand’s 2017 biscuit selling season. The public can expect to see stalls popping up all over the country as well as door-to-door sales from Pippins, Brownies, Guides and Rangers during the next four weeks. 2017 marks 60 years of selling Guide Biscuits in New Zealand. GirlGuiding ...
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CentrePort bears brunt of quake with $139m hit from damage and property writedown
Wellington's port company has taken a hit of almost $120 million due to earthquake damage, and written down the value of its property investments by another $20m.
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Murder trial starts for former Upper Hutt man accused of murder in Australia
The murder trial of a former Wellington man living in Australia has been told he killed his partner in a jealous rage before his young children discovered her body.
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Editorial: Konrad Mizzi - Fake politics
Politics is a means to serve people and politicians should enter politics only with one aim in mind - to serve the nation and represent the electorate in the best honourable way. Politicians who, the day after they get elected, rush to open secret accounts in shady jurisdictions and lobby behind ...
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Editorial: The carnival comes to town
Carnival started early this year, on Monday, and it was replete with masks, pantomimes, outlandish performances, street theatre, satire and even foreign guests from across the European Union.And while it may sound like some sort of a government-sponsored event, it was, truth be told, far from it. In fact, this ...
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All in the family: Konrad Mizzi audit, John Dalli and shady company Tyre Ltd
When the Prime Minister answered questions put by the press last March about the identity of the firm appointed to audit the affairs of the Panama Papers-embroiled Minister Konrad Mizzi, he did not exactly lie when he said: “It is a big company. It is independent and, as far as ...
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Keith Schembri should resign for questioning PANA committee’s mandate – Socialist MEP Ana Gomes
OPM Chief of Staff Keith Schembri should resign for calling into question the PANA committee’s mandate and using it as an excuse for not appearing before the committee, Socialist MEP and vice-chair of the PANA committee Ana Gomes told The Malta Independent.The European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax ...
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Relief and hope for business as Courtenay Place quake cordon scaled back
A slice of Wellington's party zone is getting ready to rise again, after a stretch of cordoned-off Courtenay Place was freed up on Friday.
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Editorial: PANA Committee fact-finding mission - Mizzi and Schembri blaming each other
As the interpretations of all that was said and done on Monday when the PANA Committee held its fact-finding mission continue to roll in, one could easily be forgiven for having the impression that both Minister Konrad Mizzi and Office of the Prime Minister chief of staff Keith Schembri were ...
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AMETI Eastern Busway submissions meeting
Auckland Transport has organised another public information session for the AMETI Eastern Busway (Panmure to Pakuranga section) at the Panmure Community Hall on Monday. Members of the public, especially local residents and business owners, are encouraged to attend the public information session to speak with the AMETI project team and ...
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Konrad Mizzi’s elusive audit had been ready since 21 September
The elusive audit that Konrad Mizzi had commissioned back in February 2016 has been ready for the last five months, a fact Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Dr Mizzi have kept up their sleeves despite the continued barrage of media questions about the promised audit’s status.The audit, published by Dr ...
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Nexia BT refuses to answer many PANA committee questions, citing legal issues
Nexia BT answered only a few of the written questions submitted by the EU Parliament’s PANA Committee, citing legal issues which prohibit it from providing the information requested.The Malta Independent obtained a copy of the answers given by Nexia BT to the PANA committee, which met last Monday in Malta ...