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An online threat against Auckland Council development agency Panuku, amid a backlash against road closures in Pukekohe, has led to a police complaint. Pukekohe Business Association chairman Rupert Ross said the association's members are concerned about Panuku’s roading changes in the town centre. Photo: Stephen Forbes The temporary trial in the town centre started on 24 April and is expected to end on 30 June. The changes include turning parts of King St and Devon Ln into one-way streets to reduce traffic and improve safety for pedestrians, as well as creating spaces for outdoor dining and...

“Unfortunately, there has been a portion of this feedback that has been aggressive or inappropriate, including some that has targeted our staff. One case has been referred to the police.” According to Auckland Council, the offending post was made on its 'have your say' site on the project on May 11. It read: “You have 72 hours from now to put our street back to where it was or our construction company will pick up your junk and take it away.” Stephen Forbes/Stuff Pukekohe Business Association chairman Rupert Ross said the association’s members are concerned about Panuku’s roadin...

Julian Savea has scored two tries to make him the Hurricanes' all-time top scorer. Befitting a big Friday night out in Wellington, the Hurricanes sparked up, got the staggers, then rode the No 14 bus home. Led by a double from Julian ‘The Bus’ Savea which saw him overtake Christian Cullen and TJ Perenara as the Hurricanes’ record tryscorer, the hosts held off a feisty Melbourne Rebels by 35-13 at Sky Stadium. Savea’s fourth try in a fortnight of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman moved him to 57 for his career, past Cullen and Perenara’s mark of 56 as the Hurricanes scored five tries and ba...

ASX outage to trigger market shake-up Save Share The stockmarket’s snap trading shutdown last year has forced financial regulators to develop plans to inject more competition against the Australian Securities Exchange and move to compel stockbrokers to connect to its competitor Chi-X. The Council of Financial Regulators had been investigating how to make competition with the ASX more effective, government officials said, after a software glitch caused the exchange to lock up thousands of buy and sell orders in November. The ASX enjoys a near monopoly on stock exchange trading and clearin...

29 January 2021 London-based renewable energy company Cubico Sustainable Investments has emerged as the principal project investor for the 180-200MW Delburn Wind Farm set to be built in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, overlooking the site of the now closed Hazelwood coal-fired power station. Cubico, one of the world’s leading renewable energy infrastructure companies, announced on Wednesday that it had joined developer OSMI Australia as the joint development partner for the Delburn Wind Farm and will purchase 100% of the project prior to the beginning of construction. “We are excited to be i...