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SUPPLIED John Dakin, chief executive of Goodman NZ which manages thee Goodman Property Trust, says e-commerce is driving more demand for distribution facilities like warehousing. Giant industrial landlord Goodman Property Trust has delivered a record profit of $648.9 million before tax on the back of a big jump in the value of its property portfolio despite the year of Covid-19. The company’s profit for the year to March 31, 2021 more than doubled. The 128 per cent jump in profit was driven ...

Savieti had to take his case to the Court of Appeal to get his conviction overturned.

Press Release – New Zealand National Party Since 2017 the Government has wasted $35 million of taxpayer money on light rail and has nothing to show for it, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. “The Government has spent millions of dollars on a project that can’t even get off the drawing board. But that’s just the beginning, we still don’t know how much light rail will eventually end up costing, if it ever gets off the ground. “Light rail from Auckland’s CBD ...

Will McKenzie/Supplied Lawyer Will McKenzie is running in the Albert-Eden Local Board by-election after previously working as a policy advisor for John Tamihere. The proposed structure, made up of 10 traffic lanes, four rail tracks, two cycleways and two walkways, was widely criticised. But McKenzie stands by his proposal, calling it “Engineering 101”. Bernadette Power/Supplied Transport advocate and lawyer Bernadette Power is also in the race and has called some of McKenzie’s ideas “...

Watch: Parisian engineer only woman on City Rail Link tunnel boring machine 8 May, 2021 04:03 AM 4 minutes to read "I need new curtains," said Marine Barthomeuf, sole TBM female shift engineer. Photo / Michael Craig Its the ultimate case of une femme in Nouvelle-Zelande: Marine Barthomeuf is the only woman in a crew of 12 people in charge of the new tunnel boring machine drilling New Zealands largest transport infrastructure project. The Parisian-born engineer, 26, did todays...

Covid felled Auckland's two Ethiopian eateries. Now, Yeshi Desta is on a mission to make sure the city doesn't miss out on her birth country's cuisine.

Letters: Alcohol damage, delivery, Samoa, Trevor Mallard and 6 May, 2021 09:00 PM 8 minutes to read Richie Hardcore says its time to call time on the harm caused to New Zealand by alcohol abuse. Photo / Supplied Richie Hardcore says its time to call time on the harm caused to New Zealand by alcohol abuse. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald Tolerating harm for how much longer? I was horrified to read from Richie Hardcore (NZ Herald, May 4) that up to 30,000 Kiwi children have been born with alc...

Press Release – New Zealand National Party The Deputy Prime Minister appears to be pushing ahead with an implementation unit without any idea of what that unit will actually deliver, Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “It remains unclear what this implementation unit will actually do, other than add another layer of taxpayer-funded bureaucracy to the public service in Wellington. Grant Robertson didn’t have any satisfying answers when quizzed about this in Parliament today. “If the Dep...

Creditor moves against classroom, state house modular building specialist AdBuild 4 May, 2021 08:44 PM 4 minutes to read AdBuild makes classrooms in rural and remote areas. Photo / AdBuild A modular construction specialist working on new Ministry of Education classrooms is in voluntary administration after a creditor moved against it. Petone-headquartered Advanced Building and Construction, which trades as AdBuild, says it has built 88 education buildings, 50 homes and 348 tot...

Covid 19 coronavirus: The virus border breaches still confounding experts 2 May, 2021 07:00 AM 8 minutes to read There are many questions still yet to be answered about how some of New Zealands Covid-19 outbreaks occurred, but they may never be answered. Photo / File There are many questions still yet to be answered about how some of New Zealands Covid-19 outbreaks occurred, but they may never be answered. Photo / File Theyve caused lockdowns and job losses, sparked widespread public anxiety an...