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COMMENT: Ask not for whom the bell tolls or as Labour would have it, ask not at all. As British Prime Minister Theresa May negotiates the minefields of Brexit, the biggest problem facing the Government in New Zealand was the Opposition...

COMMENT: Andrew Little used to be secretary of the union that included journalists and though I wasn't a member I happened to see him holding meetings in our newsroom sometimes and I was impressed. He didn't rant and rage, he was...

COMMENT: I have deliberately tried to stay out of the debate around the Pride Parade. As someone only recently out, I didn't feel that it was my place to express a view, rightly or wrongly. Instead, I watched despairingly as an event...

When Graham Gough joined the police in 1972 he didn't plan on being one of the longest serving frontline officers in the organisation's history.Now, more than 46 years later, he's retiring with that accolade firmly under his epaulettes.Deciding...

School principals are pushing for expanded, fast-track, on-the-job training programmes to help fix a desperate shortage of new teachers.The Secondary Principals' Association has asked the Government to expand the existing Teach...

This weekend, they're putting a temporary barrier at the bottom of High St. From 10.30am each day, vehicles won't be able to get in. A street festival will start up at midday in Freyberg Square. Cool music, food stalls, fun for kids,...

Farmers is ditching its longstanding Santa for tomorrow's Christmas parade, after the man behind the beard said he wouldn't hire women to play Father Christmas.My Santa director Neville Baker last weekend told the Herald on Sunday...

A Napier mother is "disgusted" at an international company's plans to develop a dump where her son's ashes are scattered. Tech entrepreneur and former owner of Auckland's Springhill Estate, Tony Lentino, died in 2016 after a 15-month...

At 14 years old Haami Hanara has become one of New Zealand's youngest convicted of murder. Hawke's Bay Today reporter Doug Laing gets an insight through the family at court.A teenage cousin reckons Haami Hanara is not a bad...

A young road crash victim is leaving behind one last gift before her family say their final goodbyes to her. At just 16, Hollie Snell felt passionately about organ donation and had shared with her whānau her decision to donate...

A pedestrian has been seriously hurt after being hit by a car in the centre of Auckland.The driver then fled the scene, police say.The incident took place about 4.50am today.Motorists are asked to avoid the intersection of Queen...

Alarming new data on groundwater in Central Hawke's Bay shows the levels are the lowest ever recorded in November. Hawke's Bay Regional Council's principal hydrologist, Jeff Smith, said a reading from the settlement of Ongaonga,...

Police are investigating the death of a man after an incident early this morning in Dunedin.The incident occurred just before 4am on Stuart St, in the city centre.It is understood the death occurred at upmarket lounge and rooftop...

Aucklanders are waking up to a wet weekend as thunderstorms and heavy rainfalls hit the north of the country and the bad weather is expected to rain on tomorrow's Christmas parade.But organisers of today's Grey Lynn Park Festival,...

Tauranga City Council wants last-minute public feedback on its new name for the old Phoenix carpark in Mount Maunganui.Te Papa o Ngā Manu Porotakataka is the name proposed for the new urban space being developed on the site...

The White Ribbon riders on their staunch motorbikes have clocked the kms this week, travelling around the region with their message for men to stand up and say no to violence against women. Rachel Rose spoke with the agencies responding...

Auckland's longstanding Santa has overwhelming backing after being ditched ahead of tomorrow's Christmas parade.Neville Baker, the man behind on the beard on the main float in the Farmers Santa Parade for the past five years, was...

In the past week Rotorua police have been called to a family harm incident about every two hours.In the 12 months to October 2018 police investigated 3659 incidents, up 170 on the previous year. November is on track to become...

A union has come out in favour of the Auckland Pride Parade saying its members who work for SkyCity will still march at the event despite SkyCity pulling support for the parade.SkyCity Employees Association of Unite Union convenor...

A tramper has died on the Tongariro Crossing this morning.A police spokeswoman said the man died near the Red Crater after a medical event. The body has been removed from the mountain by rescue helicopter and ambulance and Land...

Claire Trevett: Curiosity kills the Nats

John Roughan: A $7 million Pike River re-entry plan now costs $36 million

Lizzie Marvelly: Pride Parade reaction utterly blown out of proportion

46 years of manning the thin blue line: Senior Constable Graham Gough

School principals push for fast-track, on-the-job teacher training

Simon Wilson: Auckland can be city of dreams - if we dare

Farmers sack Santa for Sunday's Christmas parade after 'inappropriate' comments on women

Napier man's ashes sprinkled near land set to become a landfill

Rough beginnings for teen killer Haami Hanara

Young Te Puke crash victim Hollie Snell gives last gift of organ donation

Auckland pedestrian seriously hurt in hit and run

Central Hawke's Bay groundwater levels at record lows - farmer demands action

Police investigating death of man in Dunedin

Heavy rain may reach warning levels in Auckland, MetService warns

'That's a mouthful': New name proposed for Phoenix carpark reserve in Mount Maunganui

Social service agencies dealing with 'avalanche of traumatised children'

Outrage at decision to sack Santa from tomorrow's Christmas Parade in Auckland

Couple shares story of overcoming domestic violence in lead up to White Ribbon Day

Pride Parade still has support from SkyCity's Unite Union members - convenor

Man dies on Tongariro Crossing