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Waka Kotahi NZTA chairman: 'The programme as it currently sits has no public credibility.'

Dumped WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann could reap US$500m ahead of Spac deal 24 Feb, 2021 12:37 AM 4 minutes to read Financial Times By: Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Eric Platt and James Fontanella-Khan Adam Neumann could reap almost US$500 ($680m) in cash from his holdings in WeWork and emerge with a stake in a public company, less than 18 months after the high-profile failure of its initial public offering cost him his job as chief executive. SoftBank is in advanced talks with ...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern surprised at $12k bill for Winston Peters farewell bash 22 Feb, 2021 10:48 PM 3 minutes to read Jason Walls is a political reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjason.walls@nzme.co.nz@Jasonwalls92 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has admitted she was "surprised" at the almost $12,000 taxpayer-funded bill for former Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters farewell bash at Parliament. She has asked officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mfat) to look into the bill t...

Financial Times: A bullish signal should outweigh any post-pandemic sales slowdown.

Hamilton buildings worth 36 per cent less than council purchase price, latest valuation shows 23 Feb, 2021 05:44 AM 4 minutes to read A recent independent market valuation of the three council-owned Victoria St buildings shows Hamilton City Council paid too much for them. Photo / Nikki Preston Herald reporter based in HamiltonNikki.Preston@nzme.co.nz Hamilton City Councils controversial inner-city Victoria St buildings are now worth $2.37 million less than the $6.49m ratepayers forked out for t...

Miracle at sea: Sailor left bobbing in Pacific Ocean clinging to floating rubbish 23 Feb, 2021 08:25 AM 3 minutes to read Vidam Perevertilov toppled from the Silver Supporters deck without a lifejacket. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald A sailor left clinging to an old fishing buoy has spent almost 24 hours bobbing in the Pacific Ocean after watching in horror as his ship sailed into the dark without him. Chief engineer Vidam Perevertilov toppled from the Silver Supporters deck without a lifejacket ab...

Danger exacerbated: Coroner calls for drivers to stay off road after drinking, using drugs after avoidable death of Blenheim sheep shearer 23 Feb, 2021 02:24 AM 5 minutes to read Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask A sheep shearer who died after he crashed his car near Blenheim was almost four times over the legal alcohol limit and had cannabis in his system - prompting calls from a Coroner for drivers to abstain from driving after consu...

Plans for Whanganui Airport taxiway to be revised after growth fund refusal 23 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 2 minutes to read Airport manager Phil McBride says despite increased flight numbers an application for funding for a parallel taxiway has been unsuccessful. Photo / Bevan Conley Airport manager Phil McBride says despite increased flight numbers an application for funding for a parallel taxiway has been unsuccessful. Photo / Bevan Conley Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@...

Politics 23 February 2021, 12:28 289 Mining of almost all the previously occupied Azerbaijani territories by Armenia, even in non-military areas, and its refusing to provide maps of the minefields to Azerbaijan are the fact confirmed by various authoritative sources, Russian historian, political analyst, professor Oleg Kuznetsov told Trend. "According to the Center for Humanitarian Demining, since November 23, 2020, Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh have neutralized a...

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – 994 people have fully recovered from the coronavirus infection in Kazakhstan in the past day, Kazinform reports.