Lost hiker: 'I just kept walking'
With his legs slashed by razor-edged grass, his body shivering and his toes numb, Ronnie Fong thought of his family and made the decision he believes saved his life - he kept walking.But search and...
View ArticleTeen lost to the streets finally found
Jayne Furlong was 15 when a man offered her $50 for a sexual act while she walked home from school.Enticed by having so much easy cash, she left school and began a life on the game while her partner...
View ArticleAccused says death 'tragic accident'
The man who allegedly murdered Javed Mills and then used "sophisticated" methods to cover up the crime says the death was accidental, and a result of self-defence in the face of uncontrolled...
View Article$60m rates bill despite user-pays collections
The Auckland Council expects that even with its user-pays household rubbish reduction plan, it will need about $60 million from rates to cover the cost of recycling and organic and inorganic...
View ArticleVeterans set off for London memorial unveiling
Thirty-two Bomber Command veterans are off to London for the unveiling of a long-awaited memorial.The former members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, aged 87 to 94, leave Whenuapai airbase this...
View ArticleKiwi union man headhunted for post in Switzerland
He's spent 28 years pushing for workers' rights in New Zealand and now Hamilton man James Ritchie will represent union members around the world.The National Dairy Workers Union national secretary will...
View ArticleFears Big Brother may head to NZ
A British proposal to log every web visit, email, phone call or text message made by its citizens is a worrying step our Government could eventually find tempting, a law academic says.If passed, the...
View Article'Blotto' woman insisted she could drive kids home, says towie
An extremely drunk driver who crashed with three young children in the car insisted she would be okay to continue driving home, says a man who intervened.Police have slammed the actions of the...
View ArticleMethane scare closes Huntly mine
Solid Energy has temporarily suspended mining at Huntly East Mine after inspectors found an accumulation of methane in a recently-mined area of the underground mine.The decision was made last night...
View Article'The whole car load of boys were wasted'
All five farmworkers in a car that smashed into a truck at about 150km/h in rural Hawkes Bay in January, killing four of them, were "wasted'', a coroner has been told.Alcohol, speed and a lack of...
View ArticleNZ at Noon: Ugly night, pyromaniac scarfies, and the right whale
Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include the aftermath of 60 people showing a "considerable amount of violence" in Wairarapa,Blinded by pepper spray, Sheldon Dean Hokianga
View ArticleFatal smash teens were sitting on each other
A car that crashed head-on into a milk tanker near Blackball in September 2010 had been modified just hours before, killing two West Coast teenagers.The front and back seats had been swapped around but...
View ArticleGreens: ACC clients kicked off books
ACC staff are receiving financial incentives to kick long-term claimants off the corporation's books official documents show, the Green Party says.But while ACC Minister Judith Collins has acknowledged...
View ArticleWWII bombers head back to London
Bruce Cunningham and his comrades were flying low on the night he was shot out of the sky.It was 1945 and they were tasked to bomb railway lines near Brussels in Belgium when something hit his...
View ArticleGrieving mother of murdered guard visits scene
The grieving mother of a security guard killed on his first shift has visited the spot where his body was found.Charanpreet Dhaliwal, 22, was found slumped over a concrete block at a Fulton Hogan...
View ArticleOz political party says 'no more NZers'
An Australian political party is calling for a halt to the unlimited migration of New Zealanders to Australia as the country's population continues to grow.The recently-formed Stable Population Party...
View ArticleDeer-farmers take action against poachers
A deer-farming couple fed up with having their stock stolen waited out suspected poachers hiding in a bush on their property for four hours in the middle of the night.Landowners on Work Rd, south of...
View ArticleKiwi population in Australia soars
The number of kiwis living in Australia has jumped by 24 per cent over the past five years, with 483,000 New Zealanders now living across the Tasman.Figures from the 2011 Australian census, released...
View ArticleAsset sales bill passes committee stage
The Government's partial assets sales bill passed the committee stage in Parliament this afternoon after being held up yesterday by Opposition delaying tactics and is set to become law early next...
View ArticleKitchen design sparks fires
A modern kitchen design criticised as a fire risk has led to at least "four or five" callouts in Gisborne recently, the Fire Service says.Firefighters were called to deal with a smouldering toaster in...
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