Articles by Felix Marwick, NZME. news
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Business
Air NZ facing 'increasingly' challenging tough second half
Monday, 19 February 2024, 3:07PMAir New Zealand’s share price has slipped marginally after it sent a shot across investors’ bow warning “a number” of factors...
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National
Seven new-style Kāinga Ora homes in Ōtaki
Friday, 1 December 2023, 2:53PMKāinga Ora is set to place seven local families into newly installed offsite manufactured (OSM) homes in Ōtaki. The families...
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Business
Fletcher Building in trading halt over Australian pipes problem
Wednesday, 11 October 2023, 3:49PMFletcher Building is in a trading halt while it tries to work out what an Australian builder plans to present in relation...
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Business
Outlook too cloudy for Air NZ earnings guidance
Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 2:03PMAir New Zealand is refraining from providing earnings guidance for the current financial year, saying there are too many...
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Business
Consumer confidence plummets further
Friday, 22 September 2023, 5:24PMWestpac says consumer confidence has trickled downwards in the September quarter and says it signals the number of New Zealand...
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Business
Recycling is a ‘fraud’, says landfill expert
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 12:24PMRecycling in New Zealand is “essentially a fraud” and food scraps diversion from landfills is “subsidised greenwashing”,...
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Business
Bank profits: NZ banking more profitable than in other countries - ComCom
Thursday, 10 August 2023, 1:06PMThe Commerce Commission says its initial review of banks found they were more profitable than overseas counterparts and its...
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Business
Brothers Beer put into voluntary administration
Tuesday, 8 August 2023, 10:57AMVoluntary administrators have been appointed to Auckland craft brewer and wholesaler Brothers Beer, BusinessDesk reports. PwC’s...
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Business
Fonterra and Nestlé's sale of DPA Brazil faces challenge
Wednesday, 26 July 2023, 4:10PMBrazil’s antitrust watchdog is challenging a bid by Fonterra and Nestlé to sell Dairy Partners Americas Brasil to French...
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Science
Rare bird washes up on Northland beach after trying to eat balloon
Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 8:49AMPublic Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air A rare bird has been found on Waipu Beach tangled in nylon after trying...
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Business
Ultra-high net worth investor spends up big in NZ
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 3:39PMMega-rich investor Hans Albrecht arrived in New Zealand by accident but he has quickly found a home for some of his vast...
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National
Man found dead in Lake Wakatipu after attempted rescue
Sunday, 15 January 2023, 9:23AMA father who was missing after attempting to rescue a swimmer in Lake Wakatipu has been found dead. Police said this morning...
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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
Northland councils gearing up as peak freedom camping season begins
Tuesday, 27 December 2022, 4:14PMNorthland councils are gearing up for Aotearoa’s peak freedom camping season as the country’s first summer in three years...
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Business
Well-known butchery set to close on Christmas Eve
Monday, 19 December 2022, 4:33PMA Paraparaumu Beach shop that has been serving customers for many decades shuts its door for the final time this week. Kāpiti...
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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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Christchurch
First people to enter Christ Church Cathedral since 2011 quake
Thursday, 18 August 2022, 8:26AMThe first humans to enter Christ Church Cathedral since search and rescue teams went in after the 2011 earthquake have captured...
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Crime
'To see if I could catch them': Prebbleton man sprints after youths who broke into his car
Thursday, 4 August 2022, 3:20PMA Prebbleton resident who gave chase to two youths he spotted breaking into his car, managed to nab a cellphone that he hopes...