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Taylor Swift has come out on top at the 2024 MTV EMAs, walking away with best artist, best US act, best live act and best video for Fortnight (featuring Post Malone).Swift, who is finishing up her Eras tour on the other side of the Atlantic, thanked the fans for the bounty of prizes via video message.The UK show opened with an acrobatic Benson Boone suspended in the air on a gold grand piano performing his viral hit Beautiful Things and latest release Slow it Down. Boone also accepted his first EMA for best new act.Rita Ora, left, and Taika Waititi…
Heart of the City is hitting back at critics of Auckland’s new Christmas tree saying it’s part of the rejuvenation of the central city at the busiest trading time of the year.Some have baulked at the cost of a million-dollar Christmas tree going up in downtown Auckland.Heart of the City’s Viv Beck told Morning Report the cost for the tree was being split three ways and Auckland Council’s portion was coming from a rate paid by city centre property owners, businesses and residents — not from general rates.”Heart of the City committed, when we had to retire Santa just before…
A man critically injured in a fire in the Hutt Valley last week has died.Ian David Moller, 82, was injured in the fire in a block of flats in Stokes Valley on November 5.He was pulled from the Hanson Grove fire — the third suspected arson at the property in the past month — and died late yesterday.”Hutt Valley Police pass on our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and the wider Stokes Valley community, who knew him as a local fixture,” Detective Inspector Haley Ryan, Wellington District Field Crime Manager, said.The police investigation has now been upgraded to a…
Rotorua Lakes Council has apologised for publishing inaccurate information about its $29 million Lake Tarawera sewerage scheme, as a former TV presenter claims it is producing “propaganda”.Tarawera resident Geoff Thomas — of Outdoors with Geoff fame — called the council’s claim “more than 200,000 litres” of wastewater soaks to the ground daily and enters the popular fishing lake “scandalous”.The council said the figure was based on industry estimates of household water use, but acknowledged it had no data on how many properties at the popular holiday spot were permanently occupied.The scheme followed a finding about a decade ago that reticulated…
Plastics manufacturer Sistema has proposed a major cut to its Auckland factory’s workforce.The proposal would cull 102 positions, with the workforce reduced from 407 roles to 305. A statement from union E tū said workers at the plant were “gutted”.Georgie Dansey, director at E tū, said she understood the position Sistema was in – but she would like to see the company “do a lot to help support the workers who will lose their jobs”.”As we begin consultation around this proposal, the immediate and longer-term interests of affected workers must be front and centre,” Dansey said.Ma Roberts, a Sistema worker…
The capital’s police chief said that 2,500 officers would be deployed around the Stade de France stadium in addition to 1,500 others around Paris and on public transportation. ADVERTISEMENTParis police have said that 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium staff will be deployed for a France v. Israel football match to ensure security in and around the stadium a week after violence between Israelis and pro-Palestine supporters erupted in Amsterdam.France and Israel are playing in a UEFA Nations League match on Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron will attend, the Élysée presidential palace said.”There’s a context, tensions that make that match a…
Noel Gallagher has recorded six potential new Oasis songs.The 57-year-old rocker has been busy in the studio ahead of the group’s reunion tour next year but with previous recording sessions for the group being notoriously volatile as a result of the tension between him and brother Liam Gallagher, the possibility of a row between the pair is being minimised as they would’t have to be in the same room in order to finish the tracks.A source told The Sun on Sunday newspaper’s Bizarre column: “Noel has been making new music for a few months and has around six tracks in…
A steel product company has been fined more than $300,000 after nine tonnes of steel fell and killed a Christchurch man in November 2020.Storeman Franchesco Krueger, 33, was sweeping underneath racking at United Steel in Wigram when it collapsed and killed him.WorkSafe said it’s a “stark warning to any business that uses storage racks or shelving as part of its operations”, adding the steel was “badly loaded”.”A WorkSafe investigation found glaring safety gaps, with the racking not cross-braced or bolted to the floor for stability,” a statement from WorkSafe said.”The business did not conduct regular and effective safety inspections, and…
By Gyles Beckford of RNZ Dairy giant Fonterra has confirmed it will sell its consumer business, including major brands Anchor and Mainland. Chief executive Miles Hurrell said it has decided a sale was in the co-operative’s best interests. “We have been working with our team of advisors to assess potential divestment options, the assets and businesses in scope, and the best pathway to maximise value for our Co-op.” “This work, coupled with the confidence we have in our revised strategic direction, has confirmed a divestment of our global Consumer and associated businesses is in the best interests of the Co-op,”…
BNZ offers tips to small and medium-sized enterprises: How to prepare for succession or sale.To thrive in a complex and evolving economic environment, New Zealand businesses need to keep up with change, secure access to knowledge, skills and capital, and in many cases, actively seek opportunities.This will help to establish a business as an industry leader and put it at the top of the list for those looking to buy into a business, or buy one outright.BNZ’s Head of Commercial, Graeme Geurts, says companies that identify opportunities, seek guidance and have a plan will be the best positioned for future…