Greens hook into fishing practice standards
New Zealand needs to increase penalties for substandard fishing practice, the Green Party says following the conviction of a New Zealand fishing company in America for dumping oil waste at sea.A...
View ArticlePoor planning raised Japan tsunami toll: NZ study
Poor planning, an ageing population and ill-conceived protection walls contributed to the devastation caused by last year's tsunami in Japan, a University of Canterbury (UC) researcher has found.Chris...
View ArticlePolice monitor Facebook for fight
Police in Central Otago are monitoring Facebook today after being tipped off to a fight being planned for this weekend by youths involved in a rugby match brawl a week ago.Wanaka police are monitoring...
View ArticleCoroner recaps NZ SUDI deaths
At least 30 babies have died of asphyxiation because they were placed in unsafe sleeping arrangements in the last five years, a coroner has found.Another 19 babies who slept in an unsafe environment...
View ArticleTwo men charged with poaching paua
Two Auckland men have had their dive gear seized and facing fisheries charges after being caught with excess and undersized paua in the Coromandel Peninsula.The two men, aged 35 and 37, were seen...
View ArticleNZ bees 'a honeypot away from disaster'
The bee industry is right to be concerned about the threat from honey brought into this country from Australia, Labour spokesman for Biosecurity Damien O'Connor said.Mr O'Connor said assurances from...
View ArticleBennett ignored advice from Health Ministry - Logie
Opposition MPs say it is "perverse" the Minister of Social Development is ignoring the advice from the Ministry of Health.The plan to cut benefits for job seekers who fail drug tests has been met with...
View ArticleHuman bones found near Waihi Beach
Human bones have been found after a picnic table tumbled into a hole caused by heavy rain and stormwater runoff at Anzac Bay, near Waihi Beach.Western Bay of Plenty District Council's manager of...
View ArticleTeens in dark on benefit changes
Two days before existing teenage welfare benefits end, three teen parents are still in the dark about how the new payment card replacing them will work.Auckland mums Darian Lesa and Tatiana Kaiwahia,...
View ArticleSearching for answers in quake debris
Probably no other structure in New Zealand has had as much forensic scrutiny as the CTV building in Christchurch.For the past eight weeks, the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission of Inquiry has...
View ArticleStorm lights up Auckland sky overnight
One of the most spectacular thunderstorms in years lit up the sky over Auckland during the night.The system extended into southern Northland and parts of Waikato.More than 1,000 lightning strikes an...
View ArticleRena's expensive removal could take 10 years
Removing all of the cargo ship MV Rena from the Astrolabe Reef could take a decade.A conference with interested parties hosted on behalf of the Rena's owners also heard salvaging all the wreck - as...
View ArticleTop lawyer's Ferrari seized
A new Ferrari, an Aston Martin and a Harley-Davidson are among prized possessions seized from Auckland lawyer Barry Hart after he failed to settle a $1.5 million debt.The confiscation is the latest...
View ArticleCouncil bullying case costs $300,000
The Auckland Council is paying $300,000 in confidential settlements to two whistleblowers who exposed alleged bullying by a high-ranking officer.One of the whistleblowers, who suffered mental stress,...
View ArticleInternational students left out of pocket
A group of international students have been caught in the legal crossfire after the sudden closure of a private training school.Josalin Devi, 21, Zaina Nisha, 19 and Umesh Sami, 25, from Fiji were...
View ArticleOlympic heroes visit primary school
Little Annelise Banks didn't know where to look - at top BMX rider Sarah Walker or the shiny Olympic silver medal sitting beside her.The 5-year-old from Cambridge Primary School had a huge smile on her...
View ArticleFatal motorbike crash in Waihou
A 45-year-old Waikato motorcyclist has been killed following a crash on State Highway 26 last night.Emergency services were called to the intersection of Campbell Road and State Highway 26 in Waihou...
View ArticleSerco's escape fines hit $300,000
New Zealand's only private prison has racked up $300,000 in fines in just its first year of business after this week receiving its second $150,000 fine for letting an inmate escape.In early June Graham...
View ArticleDramatic rescue from sinking yacht
Five men were plucked from their sinking yacht off the tip of the Coromandel Peninsula early this morning after being caught out by a fast-moving storm.The men were out for a quiet night's fishing when...
View ArticleDive search resumes for Taranaki trio
Police divers are now involved in the search for the bodies of three people, who were swept off Paritutu Rock in New Plymouth.Today is the first opportunity the national dive squad has had to operate...
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