Articles by Zoe Hunter, NZME
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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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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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National
'I have got nothing': Boat owner left homeless now liable for disposal of wreck
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 2:39PMA Tauranga man left homeless after the boat he was living on sunk in the Tauranga Harbour last week now faces the prospect...
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National
'Invaluable': How one woman's research is helping bee populations
Friday, 14 July 2023, 4:34PMA Rotorua scientist has been recognised for her work in helping to discover a biological control for an exotic pest that...
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National
‘I am going to be homeless’: Pilot Bay boat owner speaks out after sinking
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 9:55AMBrian Currie says he is now “homeless” after the boat he was living on sank in Pilot Bay. The 55-year-old, nicknamed Mozz,...
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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
'At last': Final bridge in $262m State Highway 2 project to open
Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 8:47AMThe final bridge in a $262 million highway project six years and more than 1.3 million staff hours in the making is about...
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Health
Otūmoetai Health Centre to get multi-million-dollar makeover
Saturday, 25 March 2023, 3:46PMThe Otūmoetai Health Centre is set to get a multi-million-dollar makeover. The latest Tauranga City Council building report...
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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
Children among seven injured in fatal crash near Waihi
Tuesday, 3 January 2023, 10:56AMChildren aged 6 and 8 are among those injured in a fatal crash on State Highway 2 in the Western Bay of Plenty yesterday. A...
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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
Kiwifruit e-Bin innovation to help ‘exacerbated’ labour shortage
Sunday, 11 December 2022, 3:37PMAn electronic fruit bin that aims to help combat the kiwifruit industry’s “exacerbated” labour shortage will be trialled...
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National
'Crying all morning': ‘Tornado’ hits farm, killing animals and destroying structures
Wednesday, 23 November 2022, 3:40PMA Te Puke family is distraught after “a tornado” ripped through their farm, killing and scattering animals, destroying horticulture...
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Politics
Group of protesters spotted on Parliament grounds, one man arrested
Thursday, 31 March 2022, 6:23PMA man was arrested on parliament grounds earlier today as police prepare for the possibility of a second planned protest...
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News
Senior firefighter resigns from association over 'tone deaf' Facebook post
Friday, 11 March 2022, 10:29AMA senior firefighter has quit the association for volunteer crew over a social media post on International Women's Day. A...
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Wellington
Hospital visitors associated with protest 'escorted' from premises
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 5:31PMA woman recovering in Wellington Regional Hospital was brought to tears after spending hours in the same room as anti-mandate...
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Covid-19
Live: 10-day home isolation is now overkill, 'scary' numbers no surprise
Monday, 21 February 2022, 7:37AMNew Zealand could hit 10,000 daily cases of Covid-19 earlier than previously anticipated as the Omicron variant continues...