Herald NZ

2022 - 9 - 10

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Ardern expects King Charles to remain politically neutral (New Zealand Herald)

Speaking to Newstalk ZB's Heather du Plessis-Allan this evening, Ardern also said a time for an official moment of silence to commemorate the death of Queen ...

"I think about the times when I spoke to the Queen, it was during things like lockdown. Ardern said she was unsure of when she would speak to the country's new king, as he would be currently involved in establishing the UK's new government. Ardern said she intended to go to the Queen's funeral and was waiting for the following days' official events in the UK to be organised.

Private School Rich List: The wealthiest institutions for Kiwi kids (New Zealand Herald)

Which private school has 63 times more capital behind each student than the public system.

The vast bulk of the schools' net assets - $192m - is tied up in school grounds and properties worth $160m. In 1976 it was the first private school to integrate with the state system, and has since served a largely Polynesian student body of boarders. This trio of three small (combined roll of 783) integrated schools overseen by the Trinity Schools Trust Boards covers all the Anglican bases in Masterton. King's College's total haul of $4.5m in donations last year makes it New Zealand's most successful school fundraiser, and suggests it is unlikely to ever retreat down this list. King's School started when King's College decamped from its Remuera premises to a larger site in Ōtāhuhu. The Ministry of Education reports $23.7b in net assets - largely made up of more than 2000 school properties - meaning a rough $31,000 of capital is deployed per student in the public system. A notable omission from this list is the ACG Group, which operates four private schools in Auckland and Tauranga educating thousands of students. At King's College, the archetype of the private school in New Zealand, each student is backed with nearly eight times as much capital as their state-school peers. That programme, Paerata Rise, is a joint venture with the Methodist Church and aims to build 4500 homes by 2040. A cluster of charitable trusts serving Auckland Grammar has assembled an impressive $48m in net assets - a war chest large enough to buy a smaller school outright. For these schools, the Ministry of Education pays for teaching staff, but the schools are responsible for managing their own (often extensive) school grounds and associated investments and are limited in how much parents can be charged. Parents pay tens of thousands of dollars a year in private school fees, but where does the money go?

Te Manu Atatū opens shared business space (New Zealand Herald)

The space, named Te Tuinga, has 16 individual desk spaces available, a meeting room for small to medium groups and a shared space for hosting events and ...

"It's really suitable for those that do work from home and don't have somewhere to meet other than a café with their client ... it offers that professional space to meet in and then the flexibility of hiring a desk without the commitment of a lease and all the other expenses that come with it. All the facilities are available to hire. Te Manu Atatū was looking to collaborate with more local businesses in the future and the creation of the space would be a big part of that, Potaka said. The space has been open since August 12 and Potaka expected it to be most of interest to small businesses and individuals looking for a different place to work. "Some of our Māori businesses were looking for spaces to go after the Covid lockdown that was affordable and that could provide a space where they could have a shared desk but also that they could collaborate on a lot of things," he said.

Fresher, cleaner water in the pipeline for Marton (New Zealand Herald)

Rangitīkei District Council has announced the drilling of a second borehole at Tūtaenui Reserve as part of a project to bring better drinking water to ...

This affects the raw water that must be treated to produce Marton's drinking water. The next phase of the project will be to construct a new water treatment plant to replace the 100-year-old facility. The project will increase the supply of raw water to the Marton water treatment plant from 3500 cubic metres to 5000cu m a day, with the additional bore planned to be operational by the end of 2022. The full project includes the drilling of a new bore and the construction of a new water treatment facility. When the project is completed, the two bores are expected to be able to supply enough volume in groundwater that the dams will not be used for drinking water any more. When it rains heavily in the summer months, it adds a large volume of raw water from the catchment to the dams in a short time.

Wānaka: The final frontier? Police boldly go to deal with Klingon ... (New Zealand Herald)

Police responding to reports of a racist flag being flown from a Wānaka property found the home was instead flying the colours of the Klingon Empire from ...

A sure way to attract attention from the United Federation of Planets." "But our officers do tend to be a bit shy about highlighting their accomplishments, so you never know. Surviving beyond the bounds of Earth means being well-armed, so the Herald asked NZ Police if they had any plans to replace Tasers with Star Trek's phasers. "It was not racist and was in fact the Klingon flag of the Star Trek Universe. "The week was finished off with a report of a racist flag being flown on a property," they reported. Police responding to reports of a racist flag being flown from a Wānaka property found the home was instead flying the colours of the Klingon Empire from Star Trek.

'I just wanted to die': Meth user before drug court changed his life (New Zealand Herald)

The Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court only operates in Auckland and Hamilton.

"The judges come down and talk to you," Hayes said. "Judge [David] Sharp often shakes my hand and looks into my eyes and tells me how proud he is of me. "But having a dependency to a drug like meth and also being an alcoholic, even if I wanted to I couldn't. "I just wanted to die. "I feel like a person who's worth it now. I was at the point where I'd been desperate to change for probably the last 10 years. "You can only operate in that manner for so long before someone pulls the trigger. He gave me hope when I had none. His story was similar to mine and I could relate to him and he could to me. "Lying your way through everything, saying you're okay when you're not. "If I said, 'Hi, I'm Craig, I'm an IV [intravenous] meth user', ooh that's scary right? But my addiction didn't come overnight and it's not going to disappear overnight.

Don't book new plans: Queen's Birthday holiday to stay in 2023, with ... (New Zealand Herald)

The royal family's website says it's traditional for British queens and kings to celebrate two birthdays, one on their real birthday date and another as an ...

We will let everyone know when coins bearing the image of the new sovereign are due to enter circulation." The Queen's Birthday Honours list will also see a change, with the honours now being issued in the name of the new King. The Office of the Governor-General also confirmed the holiday will now honour King Charles III in 2023. However, the Queen will still likely appear on the currency for years to come, a Reserve Bank spokesman said. He used his first public address as King to pay tribute to his mother the Queen. Kiwis won't need to switch up their holiday plans next year as June's Queen's Birthday long weekend will still be celebrated at the same time - albeit with a twist.