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Soon after, he set up Unfiltered, and persuaded top business people to pour millions into it.  He expanded into the United States, chasing interviews with some of the worlds rich and famous innovators and selling them as educational, inspirational videos. But earlier this month it was announced that Millar had sold Unfiltered to a friends business - Crimson Education -  for $US120,000 in cash and shares. Hes disappeared, and there are questions about where the money has gone. "Yes he did ...

Youre far too modest to say so, Russell, but for an evil bitching blogger you did a pretty good job of promptly retracting and correcting a post that, in part, was highly critical of MSM non-coverage of the PMs brain-fart that wasnt at the Pacific Islands Forum stand up with Hillary Clinton. Yes, John Armstrong, bloggers fuck up and not every criticism that comes from the internet is fair or even accurate. Some bloggers also really suck at admitting when theyve got things wrong, others do it...

You see, the pool beneath Wairēinga looks like the perfect place to swim. It was a hot day when I visited, there hadn’t been too much rain – so the waterfall packed just enough punch to be interesting but not enough to scare off swimmers. But there’s a dark secret here at Wairēinga, which you’re unlikely to read in the Tourism Waikato brochure. This geographic taonga, at the heart of rugged West Waikato, has been reduced to an open sewer. GEORGIA ROSE LOCK/Stuff Stuff columnist Glen...

The experiences on 22 February 2011 of three Radio New Zealand reporters who were working in Christchurch on the day the earthquake hit. A photo taken on 22 February 2011 shows a collapsed row of shops on Worcester Street in Christchurch. Photo: AFP It started out quite summery, the 22nd February 2011. I wore ballet flats, a dress. Had bare legs. It proved a very poor wardrobe choice. Aside from the need to wade through fresh pools of murky liquefaction and bits of broken building - the tempe...

Cantabrians who lived through the devastating Christchurch earthquakes 10 years ago have been given a message of hope and optimism, amid a day of tears and remembrance. Politicians including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (centre) were among those to attend the ceremony. Photo: RNZ / Hugo Cameron Hundreds gathered to remember the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch at 12.51pm in 2011, claiming the lives of 185 people and forever changing the lives of many others. People filled the...

'You displayed great fortitude in the face of sudden, overwhelming loss.'

Bruce McEachan spoke to Amanda Gillies. Credits: Video - The AM Show; Image - File A Christchurch father says his family still hasnt got the closure they hoped for, 10 years on from the death of his son in the 2011 earthquake.  It comes as New Zealand pauses to remember the disaster that rocked a city and a nation to its core a decade ago to this day. It was February 22, 2011, at 12:51pm, the city was shaken while people were at work, school, and going about their daily lives. The violent magn...

Quake anniversary: Why is Christchurch still broken? 9 minutes to read Ten years on from the devastating February 22, 2011 earthquake, which claimed 185 lives and caused widespread destruction, how far has the Christchurch rebuild come? Herald senior journalist Kurt Bayer highlights five central city sites that tell a dual tale of progress and a lack of progress. The experts, as they are wont to do, weighed in quickly. With the aftershocks still rumbling with the relentless monotony of...

But Luxon is not like other MPs. Other MPs don’t have coffees with gallery reporters weeks after arriving in Parliament. Other MPs don’t pop up in preferred prime minister polls. And other MPs certainly don’t appear alongside John Key on shows that openly speculate about them being a “John Key Mark II”. All this before delivering his maiden speech. That Luxon clearly wants to be prime minister is hardly interesting. Most of the 120 former head boys and girls currently crammed into P...

Killer quake: Sir John Key reflects on NZs "darkest day" 13 minutes to read Sir John Key was Prime Minister when his hometown, Christchurch, was devastated in the February 22, 2011 earthquake. He was dropped into the still shaking, cracked chaos of "New Zealands darkest day". Ten years on, he reflects on those horrific first 24 hours, and how a rebuilt Garden City could become our own Silicon Valley. Kurt Bayer reports. The meeting, high on the ninth floor of the Beehive paused to ride...