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Whakatāne Mill slated for closure with loss of 200 jobs © RNZ / Dom Thomas The Whakatāne district mayor says closing down the Whakatāne Mill would be a big blow for the town. The mill employs just over 210 staff and has produced paper and packaging products, latterly mostly for export, for more than 80 years. Its Swiss owner, SIG, last night announced plans to close the facility. It said the mill had faced the loss of its biggest customer and the plant was longer economic. Whakatāne Mill general manager Juha Verajankorva said under the proposal all staff at the mill would be made redund...

Credibility of proposed Wellington City Council review questioned Harry Lock © RNZ / Dom Thomas A number of Wellington City councillors are worried a review into the council's governance will not be truly independent. Mayor Andy Foster announced the review yesterday. The reason he explained was that the council was at a crossroads, with "a succession of incidents and comments over a period of time [which] have given cause to an environment of public and media speculation". He said Wellingtonians had lost faith in their elected representatives' ability to govern. It comes aft...

National leader Judith Collins wants woman who refused Covid-19 test deported © RNZ / Dom Thomas National leader Judith Collins is calling for New Zealand to deport an Australian woman who's refusing to take a Covid-19 test in managed isolation. © Provided by Radio New Zealand National leader Judith Collins 17/02/21 National Party leader Judith Collins said Australia needs to take the woman back. Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas Lucinda Baulch is due to be released from Wellington's Grand Mercure hotel today after spending 28 days in the facility - the maximum length of time a person can be he...

Te Pāti Māori has called for an urgent ministerial inquiry into the treatment of inmates, following a judge's ruling that prisoners at Auckland Women's Prison were treated in an "inhumane" and "degrading" manner.

The Director-General of Health says people who have been in contact with the latest cases need to go into lockdown, but Auckland itself does not.