July 2, 2025
Fixed Assets

Hawke’s Bay’s new rescue helicopter: Hangar upgrades, equipment could cost $1m plus

The Government is covering the remainder (roughly $16.2 million). The last of the $3.8 million deposit is due at the end of June. The trust is now turning its focus to raising money to extend its hangar, next to Hawke’s Bay Hospital in Hastings, for the bigger H145. AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME. An open day at

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Financial Assets

How to choose a financial adviser? We rank the top firms.

Financial Pros: Help USA TODAY and Statista determine the winners in our fourth annual survey of top-rated firms, which publishes in April 2026. You can pre-register to take the survey here. Investments always come with risk, but between tariffs, recession worries and overall economic uncertainty, markets have been especially volatile over the past few months.  Markets

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Financial Assets

Charts reveal how Trump gutted federal student loan office

More than 600 positions have been eliminated from the Federal Student Aid office, internal documents show. Now, in many places, “no one is identifying schools that are failing financially.” WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has made it a top priority to dismantle and reorganize the federal Education Department. Simultaneously, he has promised time and again

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