Articles by Simon Collins, NZME
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World
Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 1:35PMColumbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates to...
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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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Auckland
AT vows to fix 550km of potholed roads, but road deaths forecast from funding cuts
Friday, 8 December 2023, 10:51AMThere’ll be a blitz on road maintenance this summer. But safety measures including lower speed limits around schools are...
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Auckland
'Wakey wakey Auckland Council!': Climate group disrupt Auckland Council meeting
Thursday, 7 December 2023, 2:24PMThe climate protest group Restore Passenger Rail has disrupted an Auckland Council meeting this morning, a day after the...
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National
Aerial cable cars: Is this the fast, affordable transport solution Auckland is waiting for?
Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 7:49AMAerial cable cars from Botany to the airport. Built within a couple of years for a fraction of the cost of light rail. With...
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Auckland
Auckland Transport defends public transport price hike as 'very light'
Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 9:08PMPublic transport fares in Auckland are about to rise again. A 6.2 per cent increase for bus, train and ferry rides was approved...
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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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Auckland
'Nobody uses it': Mayor Wayne Brown says North Harbour Stadium could be bulldozed
Thursday, 3 August 2023, 8:56PMThe future of the North Harbour Stadium in Albany was thrown into doubt by Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown today. Brown told an...
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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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Politics
'You're the f***ing mayor': Wayne Brown and Leo Molloy's foul-mouthed charity debate
Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 4:13PMIt was a night to remember and publican Leo Molloy had organised special cocktails, all named for various people in the media....
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Auckland
'Perfect must not be the enemy of good': Great North Rd finally gets its cycleway
Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 3:17PMGreat North Rd is getting a cycleway. Eleven years after the idea was proposed and eight years after plans were drawn up,...
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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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Politics
'I think we've got it wrong': Luxon wants to change housing density rules
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 9:13PMNational Party leader Christopher Luxon has revealed he intends to change the rules on housing density, if he forms the next...
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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
New bike ferries proposed for Auckland harbour
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 4:35PMA water-taxi business has told Auckland Council it wants to run bike ferries across the Waitematā harbour from next year. Hauraki...
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National
Taieri residents alarmed over property ‘red zoning’
Monday, 3 April 2023, 9:09AMA group of Taieri landowners fear being effectively “red-zoned” with no chance to make changes to their properties. An area...
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Sport
Phoenix climb A-League ladder after impressive win
Saturday, 18 February 2023, 2:10PMBozhidar Kraev inspired the Wellington Phoenix to an impressive 3-0 win over Western United in Tasmania on Friday night. The...
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Sport
Unbeaten run over: Phoenix lose to last-placed team
Saturday, 4 February 2023, 1:06PMMelbourne Victory 3 Wellington Phoenix 1 The Wellington Phoenix’s unbeaten run has ended at four matches with a 3-1 defeat...
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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...