Kiwi scientists keep watch on history-making rocket
Two very long weeks of work will tonight come rocketing back down to Earth for a group of AUT professors.AUT University's radio astronomy observatory north of Auckland has been contracted to track the...
View ArticleScott Guy family prepare for murder trial
The Hastings family of widow Kylee Guy are steeling themselves ahead of the trial of the man accused of murdering her husband Scott Guy.Mr Guy's brother-in-law, Ewen Kerry Macdonald, 32, was charged...
View ArticleMore NZ veterans eligible for pensions
More than 1000 New Zealand veterans have become eligible for war pensions after the Government said it would recognise ten new overseas deployments.Veterans' Affairs Minister Nathan Guy said $4.8...
View ArticleChristmas Day crash driver back in court
The driver of a vehicle that crashed in Tauranga, killing two young girls on Christmas Day, was arraigned for trial after pleading not guilty in the High Court at Rotorua today.Hetaraka Hikurangi...
View ArticleDogs called out after wig theft
The police dog handler was in action yesterday afternoon when a man did a runner after stealing a wig from a Greymouth shop.Realising he had been caught in the act, the 20-year-old Westport man dropped...
View ArticleChristchurch suburb rocked by drain explosions
An electrical fault is to blame for a series of explosions that shot black smoke and flames into the air in Christchurch today.Witnesses said about five explosions occurred in drains on the corner of...
View ArticleStaffer breaks Queen's Birthday Honours embargo
A staff member from the Department of the Prime Minister has accidentally published online an embargoed list of Queen's Birthday Honours winners.In a statement this afternoon a department spokesman...
View ArticleAustralians should be kinder to Kiwis - Former PM
Former Australian prime minister John Howard wants his countrymen to be kinder to their Kiwi neighbours.Mr Howard said too many Australians were condescending to New Zealanders and took for granted the...
View ArticleKiwi yachties rescued off Fiji
A New Zealand man and a woman have been rescued after the yacht they were on sank off Fiji.The 14 metre yacht Touche hit a reef about 42km east of Savusavu Harbour at the entrance to Samosamo...
View ArticleImmigration case 'highly suspicious'
The immigration situation of a millionaire businessman at the centre of a political scandal is "highly suspicious'' but there is not enough firm evidence to convict him, a High Court judge says.William...
View ArticleDriver may not have been aware $60k in coins had spilled on road
A truck driver may have been oblivious after a pallet carrying more than $60,000 in coins fell from his vehicle and was found by passersby in Christchurch.Fortunately, the two painters and a motorist...
View ArticleNZ 'papples' pass the taste test, but fail on price point
New Zealanders reckon an apple-shaped pear nicknamed the "papple'' passes the taste test, but many wouldn't pay the steep prices the fruit fetches on the export market.The locally developed pear, a...
View ArticlePolice still piecing together slain tourist's movements
Photos of the jacket and backpack worn by the Czech tourist who was sexually assaulted and killed while hitch-hiking in the South Island have been released by police seeking to confirm her final...
View ArticleBoys charged over service station hold-up
Two boys have been charged with the hold-up of a service station in Rotorua last Friday.Detective Sergeant George Staunton of Rotorua CIB said a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old would appear in Rotorua...
View ArticleKiwi scientists miss history-making rocket
Tonight was meant to be an exciting end to two long weeks of work for a group of AUT professors tracking the first private space flight's re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere - instead their subject...
View ArticleChopper crash: Detailed survey of lake bed to be carried out
A more detailed search of a north Canterbury lake bed will begin next week, after the wreckage of a missing helicopter was found there earlier this week.The wreckage was located at a depth of 127...
View ArticleLost triplets 'were all individuals'
Jane Weekes waved goodbye to her tiny triplets as she left them with the daycare teachers they loved.The trio, two-year-olds Lillie, Jackson and Willsher, had just won awards at the Qatari centre where...
View ArticlePaul Holmes in stable condition in hospital
Broadcaster Paul Holmes is expected to be back at work within weeks following hospital treatment for a long-term heart complaint.The 61-year-old remains in a stable condition tonight after being flown...
View ArticlePolice investigate Hamilton nursing home death
Police have launched an investigation into the death of an elderly rest home resident in Hamilton tonight. They were refusing to give details tonight but said a scene examination was under way just...
View ArticleNuclear-free NZ anniversary celebrated
Veteran peace activists and MPs from across the spectrum met at Parliament yesterday to mark the 25th anniversary of New Zealand becoming a nuclear-free country.The Labour Government passed legislation...
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