“There is genuine recognition that tourism is doing it tough. “The main theme was the Brynderwyns, but also power as there’s been the fallen pylon, Covid, the cyclone, and the cost of living. “There’s...

Managing director Andrea Ross said long wait times were an issue in Northland. Currently, students can’t get bookings until October, she said. “It’s a process, my understanding is it’s about three months. AdvertisementAdvertise with...

“We’re cashing out,” Tan said. “We had them to accommodate our guests from overseas.” Tan said Ray White agent Hania Johnson had convinced Carrington to take the properties to auction with the ultra-low reserve....

Then the rot set in: depression, which Cameron describes as a hitchhiker he couldn’t get rid of. He had bought 500 cows, a substantial investment for the former share milker. “Now, I’ve got the...

“I had always come up north camping as a kid at Matauri Bay and Tūtūkākā and I thought, ‘How cool would it be living and working in Tūtūkākā instead of doing a week’s holiday’.”...

Northland’s two 220kV circuits are being carried on a “Lindsey tower” (right) and three single-pole towers until a replacement pylon is built. Photo: Supplied/Transpower More than two weeks after a workplace mishap toppled a...

The council met to discuss the matter last month and its insurers, Riskpool, filed an application for leave to appeal that judgment on June 13. In a statement the council said all costs associated...

But earlier this year, she had to set her pride aside when she learned that her family was moving in with them from the South Island. “They weren’t doing too well. And for people...

“I’m nervous, excited, and sleepless – but that describes me at home with my five kids anyway. “It’s always been a plan in the back of my mind, either taking over or starting my...

Fisher gave the example of restaurants which lost large bookings for weddings in the days after the power cut because the parties needed certainty the power would be on. “The communications coming out of...