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Mainfreight founder Bruce Plested battling Waiheke Island marina development 5 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 8 minutes to read Project director Tony Mair discusses the Kennedy Point Marina. Video / Kennedy Point Marina Plans to develop Waiheke Island's first marina are opposed by Māori as well as rich-lister Bruce Plested, chairman and founder of Mainfreight with a $6.8 billion market capitalisation. "It's a disgrace, a kind of madness, quite extreme. It's grotesque if you see what they're trying to do," Plested said of Tony Mair's 186-berth marina proposal for Putiki Bay, Kennedy Po...

Premium Content UPDATE 6.20PM: A man has died in a boating incident off Airlie Beach this afternoon. Police have confirmed a 56-year-old man, who was pulled from the water, has died as a result of the incident. Whitsunday Police Sergeant Jason Colley said police were continuing to investigate the circumstances and were speaking to witnesses. Sgt Colley said police, paramedics and VMR all responded to the call out this afternoon. Emergency services personnel searched for the man after a tinny was seen spiralling off Coral Sea Marina about 4.20pm. 6PM: Two ambulance crews have left the scen...

0 now the red cross saying they're desperately in need of blood donations. bryan yennis live with more. what an interesting take on this story. >> reporter: it really is. it's been snow storm after ice storm, causing propane gas shortages and salt shortages and now a nationwide blood shortage. the wintery mess and freezing temperatures keeping potential donors at home in 33 states and washington, d.c., causing 33,000 donation. that's equivalent to if the red cross had closed its doors nationwide for two days. the need is urgent for blood donors, especially those with type 0 negative blood. a u...

0 just today, the president claiming improvements to the economy due to his signature piece of legislation. >> thanks in part to the reforms in the affordable care act, health care costs now eat up less of our economy. over the past four years, costs have grown at the slowest rate on record. >> reporter: critics say a change in contractors won't fix a law that is fundamentally flawed. >> the law is not living up to the promises made by its supporters. and it is questionable whether the law will meet its fundamental purpose. to significantly expand health insurance coverage. 5 million americans...

0 and this is the scene in ohio. as the storm moves eastward. threatening to bring a nasty mix of snow and sleet and freezing rain. we are covering it all live at the fox extreme weather center. >> it's not over. part of the reason is we have these incredible temperatures, record breaking cold. it's 26 in dallas. so that ice is not melting. people are urged to stay off the roads. with thh windchill, it feel also worse than that. minus 23 is what it feels like in rapid city. feels like 9 in chicago. single digits in kansas city. this cold is going to hang on. so first round of weather moving of...