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Opinion: 'A focus on the basics at primary school, is what opens the curriculum up later.'

I do it for the kids

Ombudsman blasts ‘unreasonable’ delays and paves way for more compensation claims

The world's first woman national librarian, former NZ National Librarian Mary Ronnie, has died aged 96.

Readers discuss the problems that first-home buyers face, including high interest rates.

A recent Hospitality Net World Panel viewpoint discussed the feasibility of a pass for unlimited stays would work for hotels. The viewpoint discusses the idea of hotels offering a pass for unlimited stays, similar to the "all you can fly" promotion recently announced by Frontier Airlines. Experts in the hospitality industry were interviewed, and opinions are mixed. Some believe that the idea could work for large hotel chains with multiple locations, but with limitations such as no more than one...

A fire broke out at an apartment building Thursday night in Beverly, Massachusetts, producing impressive plumes of smoke and sparking a large public safety...

Last Friday we closed our throwback at HN Summit Series - Property Management Stack. Did you know we produced yet another series; HN Summit Series - Distribution 2.0? The first episode of this series took place on April 20th and was sponsored by Shiji Group.

Its Rio Tinto’s turn to pull out the chequebook and summon a beauty parade, after BHP’s move on OZ Minerals.

Now that we are reaching the end of saturation coverage of the World Cup and watching some of the best soccer players in the world, you might wonder where it all began for some of them, how they got themselves on to the world stage, and how much they owe to the unsung people without whom they would never have succeeded, the referees whose dedication to the game make all of those matches possible.