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The actions of bystanders who helped a man in crisis off a Tauranga overpass have been commended by police.Tauranga police took to Facebook last night to publicly applaud the people involved.A man "in crisis" had climbed over...

Police are investigating after five trees, including three natives, were poisoned in Cambridge.The vandalism has left the Waikato town's mayor "devastated" calling the incident an "attack on the town of trees".The damaged trees...

They say "you can't beat Wellington on a good day". But according to one brave cyclist, you can't beat Wellington on a bad day either.Hilarious footage has emerged of an ingenious Wellington cyclist riding along Taranaki St while...

A motorcyclist who had fled police at high speed has been seriously injured in a crash in Penrose. A police spokeswoman said a motorcyclist heading southbound at excessive speed failed to stop for police on the motorway at Totara...

Counties Manukau police have landed in hot water after the Independent Police Conduct Authority found officers failed to keep a woman prisoner safe on two occasions on which she was in their custody.In one incident the woman was...

Two men have today pleaded not guilty to a charge of murdering Napier man Alex Latimer eight weeks ago.The pleas were entered by 24-year-old James Taylor Martin Webby, of Napier, and another man who has interim name suppression,...

Manawatū agricultural contractor Mike Hancock is helping to feed some of the world's most stunning and endangered animals. The 23-year-old is a joint operations manager for Bruce Gordon Contracting, north of Marton. Earlier...

A Hamilton man has scooped a $6.3m Lotto win using a trick he saw on TV nearly a decade ago to select the lucky numbers.His dreams of buying his own home have come true after winning $6.3m with Powerball in Wednesday's Lotto draw....

A judge keeping a close eye on a Christchurch teenager convicted for plotting a terror attack is concerned after reports noted he'd started to lose control of his emotions.But the youth, now 18, who didn't go through with the plan...

The National Party does not know the identity of the victim of an alleged incident which occurred after a Young National event last week. Party president Peter Goodfellow said National did not know the identity of the alleged perpetrator...

The Kiwi comedian behind the How to Dad social media craze has thrown his support behind a woman angry at being kicked out of Sylvia Park shopping centre for being barefoot, agreeing that walking footloose is part of our culture.Rachelle...

The nature and extent of bullying and harassment at Parliament will come under scrutiny in a major independent external review. While the review had been planned for some time, it has been given renewed impetus following the sexual...

A proposed cycleway along the Kaikōura coast has been canned because of its potential effects on a world-famous surf break. The NZ Transport Agency had planned to build a shared use path along the coastline running by the surf...

Scientists have sounded concern over an organism resistant to a type of "last resort" antibiotic which is being seen in a rising number of New Zealand cases this year.Carbapenemase producing Enterobacterales, or CPE, is found in...

Civil Defence is warning Aucklanders that "high-intensity rainfall" and thunderstorms will whip through the city today.They want residents to clear any gutters and drains and be prepared for large amounts of rain while driving.Near...

A travel blogger who made desperate efforts to save almost 150 whales stranded on a remote Stewart Island beach says it was the "worst night of my entire life"Liz Carlson, who lives in Wanaka and writes a travel blog called Young...

Workplace Relations Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says New Zealand First is "very happy" with the Workplace Relations Amendment Bill, which will have its second reading in Parliament today.The bill will end 90-day trials for bigger...

Two people who died in fatal crashes in Northland have been named by police.Francis Peters, 65, from Whangarei died following a crash on SH1 nearKawakawa on Friday, November 23. The crash also involved a prison van in which one...

A person is trapped following a serious crash which has shut down State Highway 2 north of Tauranga.The two-car crash was reported to police at 11.50am at the intersection with Plummers Point Rd.A police media spokesman said a...

The family of an autistic man who drowned in the bath say he could still be alive today if a fake Kiwi psychiatrist who used a bogus degree to work for the NHS for 22 years had done her job properly.Darren King, 31, died last year...

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