'I am still Miss New Zealand'
Controversial Miss Universe New Zealand boss Val Lott has announced she's retiring - leading a jubilant Avianca Bohm to declare: "I am still Miss New Zealand".Lott stripped the South African-born...
View ArticleAirlift for Halberg in heart scare
Olympic track great Sir Murray Halberg has pulled out of a major Olympic commemoration after suffering a heart attack.Halberg, the gold medallist in the 5000m at Rome in 1960, was flown to Auckland...
View ArticleSkye was 'looking for love'
When a photo of kidnapped toddler Alyssa Barker flashed across her television screen last Saturday night, Miroslava Selska looked across at the child cradled in her guest's arms."That looks like your...
View ArticleTV reporter cuts to the chase of fakes
I purchased a second-hand Stihl chainsaw on Trade Me, which turned out to be a fake.It looked like the real McCoy but as Stihl later explained to me, the chainbrake - the safety device designed to...
View ArticleAnger at silence demand
Since Ewen Macdonald was charged with murder, Candice Moore has been biting her tongue.A farm worker, Moore feeds calves on the Himatangi farm where Macdonald and his partner-in-crime Callum Boe ran...
View ArticleArrested after he promised Oz work
A company director who promised job-seekers work in Australian mines has been arrested.Frank Yeates was stopped at Auckland International Airport, where he was preparing to board a flight to Australia...
View ArticleUS woman fakes NZ fatal crash
A young American is believed to have faked her own death by telling friends she had died in a car crash in New Zealand.Friends of Taylor Lynn Flemming were stunned after a message from her brother,...
View ArticleLucky save for man who fell into the ocean
A Russian man in his 30s was plucked from the sea by passersby after he fell 4m from rocks at Muriwai yesterday afternoon.Horse trainer Dean Lockwood, 50, was heading off fishing when he saw the victim...
View ArticleJohn Armstrong: Key gives the right answer, but gets it wrong
John Key gave the wrong answer when asked on Friday whether he would have happily sent his children to a charter school.His instant and firm "yes" when put on the spot was the natural reflex of a...
View ArticleBrian Rudman: No excuse for keeping motorway link closed
Leaving it to the motorway bosses to come up with an unbiased solution to the Wellington St on-ramp dilemma is like asking Graham Henry to preside over an official inquest into the All Blacks' 2007...
View ArticleOlympics: Rowing already planning to repeat their medal rush in Rio
Planning is already under way to maintain New Zealand's place among the top rowing nations at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016.And the platform has been laid with New Zealand's best under-23 rowers...
View ArticleSam Judd: Power to the people
The debate rages on about how we can make a transition towards renewable energy. In New Zealand we are comparatively good on the scale of renewable energy that we use -
View ArticleCouncil fights to keep fuel tax as option
The Auckland Council is preparing a rearguard campaign to retain provisions for regional fuel taxes to help pay for transport projects such as its $2 billion-plus underground railway scheme.It is...
View ArticleOrder to move roadside cross upsets family
Looking over at a giant photo of his son - surrounded by flowers and candles - Karna Rajan smiles sadly as tears begin to roll down his face.It is just over two years since his eldest son, Tarun...
View ArticleComplaint after agent buys dream home
An aspiring Queenstown homeowner has complained to a real estate authority after his dream home was snapped up within 24 hours of being listed - by an agent from the listing company.Pete Deuart, a...
View ArticleDifference in fees shocks student from China
Asian students from China, Korea and Vietnam wanting to study English in New Zealand are being told they have to pay higher fees that those from the Middle East or South America.The Human Rights...
View ArticleBuying in bulk helps save taxpayers $300m
John Ivil is the $300 million man - that's the amount of money he and his team of public servants have saved the taxpayer in two years.The former army logistics officer heads a team of negotiators who...
View ArticleNew details about killed NZ soldiers
Prime Minister John Key revealed a few more details about the two dead soldiers this morning, telling RadioLive both were both in their 20s and did not have a lot of family in New Zealand."Neither of...
View ArticleLittle Mason's parents pray worst is over
Mason Astley's family want a normal life for their 4-month-old baby after the near-death ordeal of open-heart surgery and serious complications.But medical science cannot tell Trevor and Heidi Astley,...
View Article$1m drug deal: accused kingpin held
An accused cocaine kingpin in London has been charged with plotting the delivery of a $1 million drug shipment from South America to New Zealand.Auckland detectives were able to trace the origin of the...
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