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The tower development is planned to include retail and eateries. Photo: Supplied / Precinct Properties Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei has launched a new Māori-led investment initiative, Te Tomokanga ki Tāmaki - The Gateway to Auckland. Iwi deputy chairperson Ngarimu Blair made the announcement on Wednesday while speaking at the National Iwi Chair Forum hosted by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei on Auckland's waterfront. It was followed by an announcement of plans to transform Auckland's skyline through the redevelopment of the contested Auckland Downtown Carpark into a 56-storey skyscraper with areas for retail and eateries. Speaking to a crowd of iwi and business leaders, Blair said the initiative was designed to be collaborative and was underpinned by tīkanga Māori. "As tangata whenua and iwi of the Waitemat...

Don Grant died working at Lyttelton Port on 25 April, 2022. Photo: Supplied/ the Grant family The Lyttelton Port Company has been fined in Christchurch District Court on Wednesday, after a staff member was killed on the job in April 2022. Don Grant died when he was struck and killed by coal, on the deck of a cargo ship. He was hit when coal was being moved from the port via a conveyor belt, and loaded onto the ship by a jet-slinger. The jet-slinger propels coal into the ship's hold. Don Grant remembered by family after death at Lyttelton Port At the time of the incident, Grant was working as a "hatchman", and was stationed on the deck of the ship. Grant was following LPC's procedures, and was standing in the position he was trained to. Maritime NZ director Kirstie Hewlett said investig...

File image. Photo: RNZ / Kate Newton A digger driver has died after his machine became submerged at Rotorua's Kaingaroa Forest. Forestry company Timberlands says the incident took place at its processing plant just after 11am. Emergency services were called to the address around midday. Specialists including the Serious Crash Unit, police and the National Dive Squad were called in and the driver was found dead. WorkSafe has been advised. In a statement, Timberlands said the man who died was a third-party contractor working on site. "We are deeply saddened by this tragic event. I have been to the site and spoken to many of the people on site," Timberlands chief executive Ryan Cavanagh said. "At this stage, what we know is a contractor was operating a long-reach excavator to clear a drain...