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OPINION: Maybe the key to unlocking New Zealand's housing crisis lies in Levin, writes Polly Gillespie.

Who will be the next NZ governor general? We’ve done the odds Dame Patsy Reddy is packing her bags at Government House. Who will be the Queen’s next representative in Wellington? This afternoon the prime minister is expected to announce who will be the next governor general of New Zealand, ahead of the departure of Her Excellency The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy, who was sworn in as the 21st GG for a five-year term in September 2016, and by pretty much all accounts aced it.  So who might be the masked governor? With just hours to go until Jacinda Ardern tears the papier mache pavlova off the ...

'Everybody's got a story': Vespa riders hit top speed in raising funds © Red scooter parking on road under Road Up sign in urban street. Travel, journey, stop, freedom conce... A team of scooter riders are currently travelling from Cape Reinga to Bluff in an effort to raise $200,000 for the Mental Health Foundation. Riding mainly Vespa scooters, which are by no means designed for long journeys, the Motorally Aotearoa 2021 is anticipated to take 10 days and will probably come with its fair share of breakdowns and sore bums. RNZ chatted with rally organiser Perry Sansom as the team stop for b...

Sansom said a group of 16, 13 on scooters and three people travelling in a support van, are taking part. He got the idea, after buying a new Vespa which he describes as "a superb machine but it is designed for city commuting and cobbled roads in Italy". However, they are all riding on the most powerful model so the Vespas are capable of cruising along at 100km/h. The group pictured on day one at their starting off point at Cape Reinga. Photo: Facebook/ Perry Sansom The reaction from fellow New Zealanders has been enthusiastic, he said. "It's just been great - we've had such incredible suppor...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Northland visit starts at emotion-charged Ruapekapeka commemoration 2 Feb, 2021 08:49 PM 4 minutes to read PM Jacinda Ardern, Willie Apiata, Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy and British High Commissioner Laura Clarke are welcomed onto Ruapekapeka. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has kicked off a four-day visit to Northland at an emotion-filled unveiling of a memorial for British soldiers killed during the Ruapekapeka battle of 1846. Ardern, Governor General Patsy Reddy and British High Commissioner Laura Clarke were at the unveiling of the memorial stone, which ...