Man arrested after livestock shot with a crossbow
A 31-year-old Motueka man has been arrested and charged with shooting two steers with a crossbow last month.A local farmer discovered the grisly deaths on his father's neighbouring property where the...
View ArticleTurangi crash driver convicted and discharged
Friends, family and supporters of American student Stephen John Houseman sat together in silence at court after he was convicted over a fatal crash that killed three of his friends near Turangi.The...
View ArticleSpill cleared after SH1 fuel tanker crash
A crashed fuel tanker leaking its load forced the closure of State Highway One south of Whangarei this afternoon.Police said the tanker collided with a car at Otaika about 4pm.The crash was not serious...
View ArticleEleven-year-old girl hit by car in West Auckland
An 11-year-old girl has been hit by a car on West Coast Rd in Glen Eden, west Auckland this afternoon.Senior Sergeant Chris Money said the girl was taken to hospital in a serious condition.The incident...
View Article'Stressed' farm worker justifably sacked: ERA
A Canterbury farm worker who took 'stress leave' after only three weeks' work was justifiably dismissed, the Employment Relations Authority has found.Leroy Jarvis worked for Brookton Farm Limited at...
View ArticleEmotional Feek humbled by red zone visit (+ video)
Greg Feek knows more than many about the personal cost of the Christchurch earthquakes.The former All Blacks and Crusaders prop, now the Ireland scrum coach, lost a family friend in the February quake,...
View ArticleTurangi crash victim flies out of NZ, but will return
The American tourist who was seriously injured in a crash near Turangi that killed three of her fellow students has flown out of the country on the same day the driver was convicted and discharged over...
View ArticleBennett preaches 'tough love' to youth on benefit
Minister of Social Development Paula Bennett has reinforced her tough love approach to stopping the flow of young people getting the unemployment benefit after dropping out of school.In Parliament...
View ArticleGuy trial: Other suspects considered
A suspect in the Scott Guy murder case was ruled out by the alibi of a woman who smoked up to $3000 of methamphetamine a week and admitted threatening to kill a police officer, a court has been...
View ArticleLion man 'knew about Mncube passport'
Lion Man Craig Busch knew about irregularities in a worker's passport before bringing him to New Zealand, a Whangarei coroner has been told.An inquest into the identity of Dalu Mncube was held in...
View ArticleSalvors stop working on Rena
The salvage companies responsible for the Rena wreck have finished and the ship's remains will lie on Astrolabe Reef over much of winter as a search begins for new contractors to complete the...
View ArticleReward offered after man's pet pigeon killed
An elderly man is mourning the loss of his best mate, Pidgey the pigeon, shot and left to die in a gutter.Ohauiti man John Green, 82, is offering a $50 reward for information about the killing, which...
View ArticleACC board backs outgoing chief executive
The ACC board has issued a statement unanimously backing chief executive Ralph Stewart, who resigned yesterday in the wake of the Bronwyn Pullar whistleblower scandal.Board chairman John Judge, whose...
View ArticleRatepayer rebellion: Review team appointed
The Government has announced the team that will review Kaipara District Council after a public uprising over a massive rate rise.Up to 2000 residents took to the streets last month to protest rates...
View ArticleReward offered after elderly man's pet pigeon killed
An elderly man is mourning the loss of his best mate, Pidgey the pigeon, shot and left to die in a gutter.Ohauiti man John Green, 82, is offering a $50 reward for information about the killing, which...
View ArticleFamily stunned after body found in garage identified
The mother of a man whose remains were identified more than eight months after they were found at an abandoned Auckland property has spoken for the first time about his life and her heartbreak over his...
View ArticleGovt revamp job schemes for young people
The Government is disbanding six programmes aimed at getting people into work and replacing them with one scheme offering up to $21,000 a year in wage subsidies for at-risk youth, or up to $7000 for...
View ArticlePolice issue warning to anyone helping fugitive
Waikato Police are warning anyone helping hide wanted fugitive Michael Martin will be charged.An arrest warrant was issued last month for the 33 year old Te Kuiti man who is wanted in connection with a...
View ArticleElderly man critically injured in bull attack
An 79-year-old man has life threatening injuries after being repeatedly charged by a bull near Masterton.Police and ambulance were called to a rural property on State Highway Two north of Masterton at...
View ArticleMacdonald argued with Scott Guy over farm work, court hears
Murder accused Ewen Macdonald told police he gave his brother-in-law Scott Guy "a blast'' about not pulling his weight on the farm.Two transcripts of interviews with Macdonald following Mr Guy's death...
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