Today marks a milestone for Tāmaki Makaurau with the launch of the tunnel boring machine at New Zealand’s largest infrastructure project, the $4.4 billion City Rail Link. The German-designed Chinese-built machine, named Dame Whina Cooper, is launched this morning at the project’s Mt Eden site, with final checks about to be carried out before she […]
A Labour MP was wrong to say that “only women have a cervix”, party leader Sir Keir Starmer has said. Rosie Duffield has been criticised for her opposition to transgender women being able to access single-sex spaces such as domestic violence refuges, school toilets and prisons. The Canterbury MP is not attending Labour’s conference in […]
LONDON — British retailer Fortnum & Mason has tapped Tom Athron as its new chief executive officer. Athron most recently served as chief operating officer at luxury retailer Matchesfashion, a position he resigned from last September. He also held positions at the British department store chain John Lewis and Partners and has a background in […]
