Last month the Minister of Finance, Hon Bill English, presented the Crown accounts which highlighted a surplus of $1.8 billion for the year to June 2016.
This is a significant increase from $414 million in 2014/2015.
New Zealand’s economy has made significant progress over the past eight years.
Unemployment is down to 4.9 per cent, jobs have increased by 185,000 over three...
Italian restaurant Casa Tua in Farm Cove has closed.
Signs have gone up in the windows of the popular restaurant and tapas room saying the landlord has taken over possession of the premises.
The Times has attempted contacting Casa Tua’s owner Richard Austin who last week was still taking bookings at the Fisher Road premises for Christmas.
Visits were made to two...
If laughing until your cheeks hurt is how you like your musical theatre, you won’t want to
miss Cynthia Fortitude’s Farewell – Her Second coming up this December.
Accomplished and self-proclaimed musical clown Helen Moulder stars as Cynthia Fortitude in her farewell concert, performing two shows at Howick Little Theatre (December 10-11).
From the moment she enters to the finishing bow, this...
A family on Ridge Road in Howick had a close call last night after a car veered off the road and smashed through their fence, stopping just short of the house.
A 17-year-old female driver drove through two fences and struck two other vehicles shortly before 11pm, police said, before coming to a stop in the front yard of a...
THE LADYKILLERS
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Laurie Mills
Reviewed by: Sarah Ellis
Times rating: 4.5 stars
The stage is set in Post War Britain. Mrs Wilberforce, a sweet little old lady, has a spare room to rent.
She innocently welcomes Professor Marcus, a charming gentlemen and supposed classical musician, into her home.
One by one The Professor’s eclectic fellow ‘band members’ come to practice...
Ireland’s two outstanding rugby tests against the All Blacks should dispel fears that next year’s British Lions and Ireland tour of New Zealand will be a disaster for the tourists.
Sure it is a tough, embracing three tests and matches against our five Super Rugby franchises, as well as a Maori All Blacks team which will need to improve dramatically...
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) has issued a submission to the Government expressing concerns about the impact of the Education (Update) Amendment Bill for rural schools.
The Bill proposes some significant changes to the Act, including allowing for the accreditation of private online charter schools.
Under this proposal children as young as five-years-old will have the ability to elect to receive...
Housing availability and affordability continues to be a challenge that we must tackle.
It remains a high priority to relieve pressure on the housing market. This requires the removal of obstacles to the supply of affordable housing; be it the construction of more private housing, additional social housing, or in the provision of additional emergency accommodation places.
The Minister for Social...