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Christchurch man, Mark Cini, (59), has pled guilty to 39 charges related to the theft of over $180,000 in class 4 gambling grant funds derived from ‘pokie’ machines, following an investigation by Te Tari Taiwhenua, Department of Internal Affairs (DIA). ...

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The grants were applied for on behalf of cricket related sports organisations the man controlled.

The Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand (GMANZ) is appalled at the abuse of the grants system carried out by Mark Cini, the former sports director of Action Indoor Sports Centre Hornby. Cini has pleaded guilty to creating false documents ...

I’ve been thinking about the roads of this little town recently. We have a kid with a driving permit, so I have been riding shotgun, as she explores the back roads. I think driving her to school every morning over the last couple years, taking the...

On a cold Saturday evening in the beginning of December, a crowd gathers around a roaring fire on the beach. Huddled together, before the ocean and beneath the emerging stars, staring at the purpose-built fire- a hallmark of our species. We sing...

This past week the Bayshore Baptist congregation put on a Thanksgiving dinner for the community, inviting one and all to come, and delivering meals to those who couldn’t get out. That got me thinking of the story in The Year of Jubilo,...

Can you give us an update on the vaccine for children? When do you envisage this will become available? – Anna Chircop The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) have recently authorised the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children from 12 years up. This means the FDA and the CDC determined that clinical trials show this vaccine is safe and effective for children in this age range. The European Medicines Agency is currently evaluating data fr...

News by Mark Murray Premium Content Subscriber only A WELL-KNOWN Innisfail family is picking up the pieces less than two weeks before Christmas after their family home burnt to the ground in a hellish inferno. More than seven fire trucks and multiple police units were called to the rural East Palmerston property of Gail and John Dunne on Wednesday morning after their son Matthew, who lives close by, spotted smoke billowing from the old timber Queenslander. ...