Tomatoes twice as expensive as a year ago, grocery items up 4.5 percent
Food prices have had their biggest annual increase in 10 years, pushed up by the high prices for tomatoes....
Job ads ‘well above’ pre-pandemic levels but workers uncertain about future earnings
Lots of jobs are on on offer but workers are still feeling less confident about future earnings, an employment survey has found....
Employees a bit more confident but wage rise hopes on backburner: Westpac
Lots of jobs are being advertised but fewer households saw a bump in pay over the past year, employment confidence index shows. source...
Reuben’s Milner’s tears for Shortland Street co-star
Reuben Milner says farewelling his on-screen brother in Shortland Street: Retribution was an emotional experience. source...
Popular children’s counselling service Chatbus ‘effectively in liquidation’
A charity that provided mobile counselling services to children in Dunedin schools is being wound up due to funding issues. source...
Omicron could spur lagging Kaikōura vaccinations
Kaikōura once led the vaccination roll-out but it now has the lowest rates of any South Island council area. source...
Auckland Rainbow Pride Parade cancelled due to Omicron fears
The parade has been cancelled due to the health risk posed by the Omicron variant, a day after Auckland’s Big Gay Out was also...
NCEA results: Almost half of students in Covid-hit areas didn’t do end-of-year exams
Provisional data shows 43.2% of students in Auckland, Northland and Waikato did not sit them, up from 10.7 per cent across those regions in...
After Life: Ricky Gervais’ syrupy, aimless finale betrays a once great Netflix sitcom
REVIEW: It’s the biggest TV letdown of 2022. A series that has had all the life sucked out of it by a desire to create more when...
Athletes fly the flag for Manawatū
Manawatū competitors have been busy, with clubs represented at Invercargill, Hāwera and Masterton. source...