Transport Minister Michael Wood is defending a cost blow-out for the construction for 3 train stations, which has ballooned to $495 million.

“This has been the most fulfilling five and a half years of my life;” Jacinda Ardern will conclude her term as Prime Minister on February 7.

Illegally dumped rubbish at Ihumātao, one of Auckland’s most archaeologically significant sites, has been piling up as high as the trees.

The contract will see PMA be actively involved in providing specialist medical services to Fiji, Samoa, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Kiribati and Tonga.

The Chair of Pacific Business Trust Paul Retimanu says, “we look forward to welcoming Mary Los’e to PBT… who will start on 7 February 2023.