Articles by Felix Marwick, Hannah Bartlett
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Achieving financial goals is like running a marathon
Saturday, 18 November 2023, 11:49AMHannah McQueen has just returned to New Zealand after running the New York Marathon. While preparing for this event, she...
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Money: Why random stock picking can be to the detriment of your investment strategy
Saturday, 22 April 2023, 11:16AMHannah McQueen has been running enable.me for more than 15 years, and in that time has seen a huge change in the number of...
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Hannah McQueen: The downsizing dilemma
Saturday, 1 April 2023, 11:17AMThe downsizing dilemma – it’s a natural progression to downsize the family home when the kids fly the nest and you head into...
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National
NZ tourism jewel left in 'staggering' state following closure
Saturday, 7 January 2023, 2:01PMA faded framed picture hangs on a wall inside Rotorua’s Blue Baths. It shows a statuesque woman in a light pink dress and...
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National
'Anxious and threatened'- residents petition for end to Kāinga Ora housing
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 4:00PM“We do not want to be known for our ghettos.” That’s the message from petitioners who presented 400 signatures to Rotorua...
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National
New accord aims for ‘near zero’ motel housing
Friday, 9 December 2022, 10:12AMThe Government has signed a housing accord with Rotorua Lakes Council, Te Arawa and Ngāti Whakaue that seeks to “progressively...
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National
Call for urgent 'stocktake' on emergency housing gang numbers
Friday, 9 December 2022, 8:11AMA local MP is urging the Government to do an urgent “stocktake” of how many gang members are in Rotorua emergency housing...
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Politics
Rotorua mayor supports local election voting age remaining 18
Thursday, 8 December 2022, 4:25PMRotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell says she does not support changing the voting age for local elections from 18 to 16 years old. It...
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National
Why mayor and deputy mayor didn’t attend Saving Glenholme meeting
Tuesday, 29 November 2022, 3:46PMRotorua’s deputy mayor has explained why she and the mayor did not attend a public meeting on Monday which traversed issues...
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National
'Unfortunate chapter': Reserves proposal scrapped- unanimously
Thursday, 10 November 2022, 1:16PMA decision to revoke the reserve status of seven Rotorua reserve sites for development has been scrapped by a unanimous vote. The...
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National
Rotorua reserves proposal u-turn to be considered
Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 1:18PMA controversial plan to revoke some of Rotorua's reserve sites for housing may be reversed on Thursday. The reversal is a...
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National
Emergency housing likely for more than five years - council
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 5:11PMEmergency accommodation will be required in Rotorua for at least five years, if not more, a senior council official says. The...
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Hannah McQueen: How to navigate your finances in bear market territory
Wednesday, 15 June 2022, 3:23PMThere has been blood on the floor of markets all round the world this week – with share markets falling into ‘bear market’...
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'Respected' councillor quits in public meeting, claims mayor 'shunned' him
Friday, 29 April 2022, 7:24AMRotorua councillors have been left shocked after one of their own suddenly quit in a fiery exchange with mayor Steve Chadwick. Peter...
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World
Brisbane woman wakes up with Irish accent after tonsils surgery
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 6:53PMWhen Angie Yen woke up on April 28, it felt like just another morning. But when the 27-year-old dentist got in the shower...
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Politics
Jacinda Ardern on Matariki, child poverty and being called 'Cindy'
Monday, 7 September 2020, 9:21PMIt's a dinky little room, up the back and above the main meeting room at Tamaki Māori Village. "Hello, Prime Minister." It's...
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Lifestyle
AirAsia opens plane food restaurant serving in-flight meals
Monday, 9 December 2019, 4:42PMJust what everyone thinks when they're digging into an airline meal: Man, I wish I could order this even when I'm not flying. At...
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Lifestyle
Cadbury's Pineapple Lumps block causes frenzy in Australia
Thursday, 17 October 2019, 6:16PMMove over Caramilk, it looks like there's a new favourite chocolate on the Australian block. In September Cadbury announced...
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Hannah McQueen: Should you help your kids out financially?
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Two US teens jailed after stabbing Italian police officer to death
Sunday, 28 July 2019, 11:04AMTwo American teenagers who were classmates at a California high school spent a second night in a Rome jail Saturday after...
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Lifestyle
'Very tired' Prince Harry spotted on British Airways flight
Tuesday, 28 May 2019, 6:18PMHe might be a member of the British royal family but that doesn't mean Prince Harry is above flying commercial like the rest...
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Lifestyle
Princess Diana's first Royal Christmas faux pas
Monday, 3 December 2018, 12:20PMThe Royal family are famous for their love of rules and when it comes to how they celebrate Christmas, it was an unusual...
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World
Rapist 'only wanted outercourse': Brock Turner appeals conviction
Thursday, 26 July 2018, 9:09AMA lawyer for the Stanford rapist Brock Turner, who is back in court after serving just months in jail for sexual assault,...
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World
Hawaii on red alert for 'major eruption' of Kilauea volcano
Wednesday, 16 May 2018, 2:25PMHawaii's Kilauea volcano could have a major devastating eruption at "any time", the US Geographical Survey has said. The...