1+ week, 4+ day ago   (482+ words) For more than 12 years, the ladies at the Rotorua Curtainbank have mended, stitched and prepared curtains for locals in need. They take referrals from local organisations about helping people living in cold, damp homes, some with only sheets over the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (713+ words) The $175 million Simplicity Living development planned for 10 Morningside Drive will include 322 apartments and 78 car parks. A huge new 322-apartment development in Morningside will have just 78 car parks despite surrounding streets already being “effectively full”. Auckland Transport (AT) says parking in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (568+ words) Bird strike, noise from defence aircraft and flight testing at all hours of the day or night were points cited in an Environment Court ruling on a planned Auckland retirement village. Metlifecare, a nationwide, 38-village business, plans to build homes…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (486+ words) The Dannevirke Deer Park is set to stay, after Tararua District Council unanimously voted to support a community-led proposal to take over its management. The deer park was established in 1969 and occupies approximately 1.84ha of the Dannevirke Lower Domain, with eight…...