Manufacturers of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) make various claims about their vehicles’ fuel use. Some say it’s very low and provide numbers to prove it. Consumer NZ, with support from Te Manatū Waka–Ministry of Transport, decided to investigate to see if these suggestions were true. They assessed fuel use in five PHEVs and five Read more
Last week St Joseph’s Home of Compassion in Silverstream was formally handed over to private provider Heritage Lifecare. Heritage Lifecare has been managing the facility since August 2022, which it has since purchased. Heritage Lifecare chief executive Norah Barlow said seeing the home close would have been a shame. “Losing this home and the vital Read more
Fallout at Pentecostal church Arise is continuing with multiple board members barred from recruiting migrant workers. The board was issued with an infringement notice by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) Labour Inspectorate in January relating to a request to supply information of specific employee records. Seven trustees have temporarily been stood down Read more
Two teenagers aged 14 and 17 are in custody over the death of a Beach Haven man on Friday. They have both appeared in Court charged with murder – one appeared in person and the other via audio-visual link from a youth residence. ”Don’t forget to pray, son!” the mother of the older defendant called Read more
After nearly 50 years as a parish priest, Fr Wayne Healey is retiring on Sunday. His successor will be Fr Fredy Permentilla. A younger priest will be “refreshing”, Healey says. Although he’s retiring in one sense, Healey (pictured) has no thoughts of sitting on his hands for the rest of his life. He has plans. Read more
The Wellington City Council is rethinking its policy after being slammed as “complicit in genocide denial”. The accusation against the Council followed its decision to grant police the power to arrest Anzac Day protesters. The issue came to light on Anzac Day last year. Richard Noble arrived at a service at Wellington’s Pukeahu War Memorial Read more
The number of ram raids carried out has quadrupled in the space of just two years – and the majority of those caught were under the age of 18. In two years there has been a 465 percent increase in ram raids, and of those caught by police 70 percent were aged under 18. Data Read more
Fertility rates worldwide are plummeting and experts are worried the population decline could be very bad news. Humans have altered the planet to such an extent that scientists have declared a new name for a new era – ‘The Anthropocene’, the age of humans. But for better or worse, the boom time could be over. Read more
Porn use, abortion, homosexuality, corruption, moral depravity and degradation led to Cyclone Gabrielle’s catastrophic trail. At least, that’s Brian Tamaki’s view. The self-identified apostle, Destiny Church and Freedoms NZ political party founder says so in a rambling, disinformation-littered diatribe before his church fellowship. His online sermon, lasting over an hour, draws heavily on the Old Read more
Wellington’s magnificent St Gerard’s Church and Monastery is back on the market. Described as “arguably one of Wellington’s most iconic and photographed buildings,” St Gerard’s on Hawker Street in Mount Victoria is to be sold by tender later this month. It has an RV of $16.9m. The category one, heritage-listed buildings were acquired by the Read more