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Households spend less than 25 percent of their income on mortgage repayments in the West Coast, making the region attractive to those wanting to return from ...

"We still have much more affordable housing than the rest of the country ... "We drove around the country looking for places to live and just fell in love with the coast, cheap land, cheap houses and the opportunity for an amazing lifestyle." Denis Geary owned rental company Wicked Campers in London when he and his wife made the move to the West Coast, where his wife was originally from.

Why do we need more tree cover in our urban environments? The Detail finds out.

Our intentions with our street tree planting programme is to focus more so on the local boards with much lower canopy cover, especially in residential areas. There's a few different programmes and pools of funding that are focusing resources on that." There's studies of things like outpatients waiting in hospitals who recover faster if their view is of trees rather than other land cover types." Hear more about the benefits of trees in cities in the full podcast episode. "But with the amount of research that's been conducted over the past few decades about the benefits trees provide to the inhabitants of urban areas...now we're starting to see trees through a different lens, and understand how much more they contribute then just amenity and how important they are for human wellbeing." While trees have been in the news for smashing into houses and damaging powerlines during the recent storms, there are many benefits to having them in our streets, parks and backyards.

The most common form is SMS 2FA. Once you've entered your password to log into an account, the authentication system sends your phone an SMS with a code. You ...

Then go to Twitter and click Settings and privacy > Security and account access > Security > Two-factor authentication and click Authentication app. Whether the predicted uptick in takeovers would cost Twitter more than $60 million a year was a "good question", he said. Some may upgrade to Twitter Blue. Of these, some already have Twitter Blue. The most common form is SMS 2FA. This fraud is known as "sim jacking".

Charges have been laid against an individual and a company linked to the sinking of the fishing charter boat Enchanter a year ago.

The charges were laid last week. The company also faced a charge of breaching the Maritime Transport Act. In a statement, Maritime NZ director Kirstie Hewlett told RNZ both the company and the individual faced one charge each of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act.

Ngāpuhi parents who challenged an anti-co-governance roadshow in Kerikeri last night hosted by Julian Batchelor say it was a display of ignorance.

We want to be a part of this community, of this country. We have to be more intelligent than anyone else. We have to shine brighter than anyone else. He also said: "We need to bring our people together. We want to be a very strong positive part of this country. It's got to go."

Fletcher Building is being sued by a group of investors for alleged breaches of disclosures about the state of its business more than five years ago.

"FBL (Fletcher Building Ltd) intends to defend the proceedings." "[It] relates to Fletcher Building's disclosures regarding its Building and Interiors business in that period," it said. The persons who acquired Fletcher Building shares on the New Zealand and the Australian stock exchanges between mid-August 2016 and late October 2017 were taking the action, it said.

One month on from Cyclone Gabrielle, some in Hawke's Bay remain without power - but the lights are slowly coming back on.

"This lady came [to our house] and delivered a parcel. I love it, you get to meet new people in the community... "This week, in Awatoto, we're looking to provide a limited power supply to businesses and industrial customers. that would be good," she said. and things like electric gates and security alarm systems," Larkin said. if we can continue that in less of a crisis-point state, to continue checking in, to have a forum and space for our people to have their voices heard... Hopefully soon though we'll get back on the main track," she said. But we know how hard it is for those 750 customers still without power," he said. probably less than 200 are actually occupied houses." but we're managing to harvest a little now which is better than we thought a month ago. Claire Holmes lives in Puketapu, just down the road from where the Tutaekuri River washed away the bridge to Fernhill. "Pretty stoked that's underway.

Former World Champion and two-time Olympic bronze medalist Tom Walsh has decided to extend his New Zealand season to take on Jacko Gill once again at the Sir ...

"I'm sure it will be another competitive competition because of the high standard of pole vault in New Zealand at the moment. It would also be ideal to compete in at least five competitions to get a world ranking again (because of Eliza's lack of competitions in recent years she currently has no world ranking)," Eliza said. "The fact that I now have 4.71m means I can relax a bit more," said McTaggart, who finished sixth at the 2022 World Indoor Championships and fourth at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. But it has been a happy hunting ground for me in the past, and I just hope to manage any stresses and thrive in that environment." "I didn't handle the pressure very well at nationals. "I was very disappointed with my performance in Wellington," said Walsh.

More than 30 years since the murders of the Swedish backpackers Heidi Paakkonen and Urban Hoglin, a journalist from their home country is in Aotearoa, ...

The discovery of Mr Hoglin's body a year after Tamihere's 1990 conviction disproved critical witness testimony that his body had been dumped at sea and his watch stolen by his killer. Swedish Journalist Love Lyssarides is in Thames and says there are many inconsistencies in the case. More than 30 years since the murders of the Swedish backpackers Heidi Paakkonen and Urban Hoglin, a journalist from their home country is in Aotearoa, re-investigating the Coromandel killings.

Some properties in the Muriwai exclusion zone have had their red sticker status reviewed following new information that landslides in the area appear to be ...

That's left some residents literally camping out or couch-surfing, waiting to hear the fate of their properties - news Auckland Council has previously said could be up to six months away. More than 125 properties in the West Auckland beach settlement had been red stickered. Some properties in the Muriwai exclusion zone have had their red sticker status reviewed following new information that landslides in the area appear to be slowing down.

Parliament this week may agree to act speedily on a cyclone response bill, rather than invoke urgency. Doing so will allow some select committee time on the ...

Practically that means that one or two small parties can object but get ignored, but definitely both the major parties need to be on board, which they appear to be. You might think opposition parties wouldn’t be on board with such a condensed consideration, but it is a lot better than the likely alternative. “If the Business Committee agrees, formal urgency won't be moved this evening. And that will mean that Parliament can have its first Members’ Day. Because of course, if the Government moves urgency tonight then Wednesday is a government day and Members’ Day will disappear.” If they don’t agree the Government will resort to Urgency and the current plan for the week will be abandoned.

Brighter Future - Dairy. Dairy farming family the Mathieson's, Ewen, Dianne and Melissa. The government has allowed a two-year lead-in before the ban on live ...

[the government's plan to ban livestock exports](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/440434/government-announces-ban-for-live-cattle-exports-by-sea), he said the trade posed an unacceptable risk to New Zealand's reputation, in a world where animal welfare was under increasing scrutiny. [capsized in the East China Sea in 2020](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/480511/gulf-livestock-1-abc-investigation-reveals-history-of-concerns-over-ship-before-fatal-sinking). [announced the ban on livestock exports by sea](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/475676/government-passes-bill-to-ban-livestock-exports-by-sea) in 2021 it granted the sector a two-year transition period, allowing exports to continue under tightened rules which were introduced after the sinking of the Gulf Livestock 1.