11+ hour, 26+ min ago   (323+ words) Grower T&G has launched its newest premium apple variety, the Joli, in Vietnam, ramping up its push into the lucrative Asian export market. T&G Apples managing director Shane Kingston said the new variety - a large red apple that…...

13+ hour, 4+ min ago   (645+ words) Financial adviser Niran Iswar says almost every rental property he's ever owned has lost money - and he thinks more people are coming around to the idea that it's not always a surefire way to make money. Iswar, who is head…...

15+ hour, 58+ min ago   (676+ words) The death of a 20-year-old University of Otago student after choking on his own vomit at his birthday party is a woeful illustration of the country's youth drinking culture, a coroner says. In findings released on Monday, Associate Coroner Emma…...

16+ hour, 41+ min ago   (333+ words) Deaths from influenza could reach historically high levels this year. Epidemiologist Michael Baker said data so far, including high hospitalisation rates, pointed to a likely big increase in the number of fatalities. However, that would not be known for sure…...

16+ hour, 41+ min ago   (333+ words) Deaths from influenza could reach historically high levels this year. Epidemiologist Michael Baker said data so far, including high hospitalisation rates, pointed to a likely big increase in the number of fatalities. However, that would not be known for sure…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (743+ words) The recent release of BlackMill Games' Gallipoli: Ottoman Fronts has been met with some pointed questions, including whether the video game is "mimicking the war". Between landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915 and the eight months of fighting that followed,…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (296+ words) Insolvency numbers are likely to remain at record levels until well into next year, one practitioner says. Keaton Pronk, an insolvency practitioner at McDonald Vague, said corporate insolvency appointments were at historically elevated levels in August, at 274 in the month....

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1245+ words) Indian business owners who have been critical of the coalition government in recent years for failing to deliver any tangible results on crime say their experience this year is very different. Narendra Bhana, a dairy owner and former president of…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (145+ words) Access to radiology images and patient administration systems in Health NZ's central region has been restored after several hours offline overnight on Wednesday. The region covers Whanganui, Hawke's Bay, MidCentral, Wairarapa, Hutt Valley, Wellington, and Kāpiti. Health NZ's Gary Baird,…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (98+ words) RNZ $28 million misspent by pokie trusts - Department of Internal Affairs The Department of Internal Affairs says about $28 million has been misspent by pokie trusts, with $11.5m so far recovered. Director of Gambling Vicki Scott told Nine to Noon the money was…...