Articles by Kate Hall
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Kate Hall: The rise of repair cafes in Aotearoa
Saturday, 13 April 2024, 12:35PMRepair Cafes have become increasingly popular across the country, 233 of them popping up in the last twelve months. What...
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National
'I feel guilty': Hospital bed taken by diabetic amputee with nowhere to live
Sunday, 24 March 2024, 4:52PMSeventeen weeks. That’s how long Geri (Geraldine) Stantiall, 45, has been languishing in hospital after having her leg amputated. She...
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National
Swims, sherries, The Chase, bed by 8pm: 'Easygoing' 82yo seeks flattie
Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 11:49AMAn 82-year-old Mount Maunganui pensioner who goes to the swimming pool every morning and enjoys a beer or sherry before dinner...
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National
'Horrible': Renter lives every day in fear of getting kicked out
Monday, 11 March 2024, 7:04AMMore of us are renting – and for longer. Data shows homeownership rates have fallen across New Zealand as residential rental...
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National
'Absolutely horrified': Six-storey $100m-plus Mount retirement village under fire
Saturday, 9 March 2024, 10:17AMNeighbours fighting plans for a $100 million-plus Mount Maunganui retirement village that could reach six storeys believe...
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National
'A disgrace': Pensioner in her 70s has days left to find a new rental
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 9:57AMThe Bay of Plenty recently overtook Auckland as NZ’s priciest place to rent and some over 65s are struggling to keep up with...
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National
Kate MacNamara: Can the Government unseat the chair of the Covid-19 inquiry - and at what cost?
Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 2:37PMThe new Government has begun the process of broadening the remit for the Covid-19 Royal Commission Inquiry. On February 8,...
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National
Kate MacNamara: Three Waters execs paid out $355k each after just 10 months work
Thursday, 22 February 2024, 11:44AMTwo of the government’s water reform chief executives have taken redundancy payouts of $355,000 apiece, while a third has...
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National
'Extremely stressful': Mum's e-vehicle panic in 4hr SH2 jam with sick child
Saturday, 17 February 2024, 9:12AMA Waihī Beach mum has described several “extremely stressful” hours “trapped” with her sick daughter in gridlocked Tauranga traffic,...
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National
'Catastrophic': Motorists livid over traffic delays on major state highway
Saturday, 10 February 2024, 9:06AMAngry motorists have lashed out at lengthy traffic delays on a major arterial route into Tauranga with one commuter describing...
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Politics
Mind the gap: gender pay reporting likely to fall through the cracks
Tuesday, 23 January 2024, 1:52PMA plan to reduce the pay gap between men and women has stalled and appears likely to be diluted or cancelled. A mandatory...
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National
Water regulator’s $47,577 Canada trip touches a nerve in Christchurch
Monday, 1 January 2024, 9:53AMTaumata Arowai, the water services regulator, spent $47,577 to send four staff to Canada last year, to help develop an exemptions...
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National
Tauranga - a city where homelessness still exists and people can’t afford to live
Tuesday, 26 December 2023, 10:10AMHomeless people living rough and struggling with their mental health. Families facing eviction because they can’t pay their...
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National
26 firefighters and three helicopters with monsoon buckets fight Matakana Island blaze
Sunday, 24 December 2023, 3:58PMPeople are being asked to stay away from Matakana Island and to avoid flying drones in the area. That is the message as firefighters...
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National
'Families feel so much pressure to buy': How to do Christmas on a budget
Wednesday, 20 December 2023, 12:17PM“I feel really sad that Christmas has become so commercialised and families feel so much pressure to buy.” Those thoughts...
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National
The Public Purse: How successive Prime Ministers have spent from a little slush fund known as “Emerging Priorities”
Monday, 18 December 2023, 2:20PMThe Prime Minister’s Emerging Priorities Fund is a handy little pot of money that New Zealand leaders have tapped for decades. It’s...
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National
Analysis: The uses and abuses of Regulatory Impact Analyses
Friday, 15 December 2023, 2:37PMThe new Government has lifted the requirement for “regulatory impact analyses” in instances where it will “solely repeal...
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National
‘Totally inappropriate’: $5100 of public money spent on retirement gifts for DoC boss
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 3:44PMThe Department of Conservation spent $5,159 on two farewell gifts for outgoing boss Lou Sanson documents released this year...
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National
'Despicable': Thief steals wallet of crash victim receiving CPR
Thursday, 7 December 2023, 7:10AMA Northland man’s bank cards and wife’s wallet were stolen as paramedics resuscitated him on the side of the road after a...
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National
Eating its words: National backtracks on Māori language bonuses for public servants
Monday, 4 December 2023, 2:48PMZB Plus has confirmed that three more of the government’s core public agencies – the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of...
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National
Consultants’ bill nearing $2m for cost-cutting work at the Department of Conservation
Monday, 27 November 2023, 2:33PMThe cash-strapped Department of Conservation (DoC) has moved to “phase two” of a cost-cutting review and restructure that...
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Opinion
Kate Hawkesby: It's time to turn off the early alarm
Friday, 24 November 2023, 7:37AMSo, this is my last day – not just for the year but for good. It’s time for me to turn off the early alarm. I’ve been so...
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Opinion
Kate Hawkesby: Nicola Willis looks like the most mature of them all
Thursday, 23 November 2023, 8:31AMSo has the anticipation of this government been greater than the event itself? Will it be under whelming when we finally...
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Opinion
Kate Hawkesby: Seymour for Deputy PM?
Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 9:38AMI don’t begrudge David Seymour tipping his hat into the ring for Deputy PM. Many would argue it’s a relatively inconsequential...