Decile ratings dumped from ERO school reports
Decile ratings will no longer be included on Education Review Office school reports, the office announced today.Dr Graham Stoop, chief review officer for the Education Review Office, said the decision...
View ArticleThousands of wanted suspects on the run
More than 17,000 people throughout New Zealand are wanted on arrest warrants and are evading police.Most of the warrants were issued in the Auckland area.Ministry of Justice figures show that on June...
View ArticleRemember Auckland before the Sky Tower?
Can you recall what the city looked like before the Sky Tower was built? Scroll over our interactive photo above to look at the skyline before and after the Sky Tower.The 328-metre building is the...
View ArticleAuckland power cut shuts down major traffic lights
A power outage in Auckland this morning took out a major set of traffic lights and left several homes without power for some hours.The outage was reported shortly after 7am, shutting down traffic...
View ArticleTimeline: NZ in Afghanistan
A look at key events during the NZ Defence Force's time in Afghanistan.
View ArticlePsychiatric report sought for Prole
A Tauranga builder accused of murdering his wife remains behind bars while a further psychiatric report is sought to determine his fitness to stand trial.Rex Leverett John Prole, 64, is charged with...
View ArticleCoroner recommends clearing trees after train hits car
A woman killed when she drove into the path of a freight train may have had an obstructed view of the locomotive through a line of trees, a coroner has found.Rosalyn Sylvia Yong's vehicle was dragged...
View ArticleSister jailed for brutal murder granted parole
One of the sisters jailed for the brutal murder of south Auckland man Raymond Mullins has been granted parole and will be released from prison this month.However, the board has banned Katrina Fenton...
View ArticleWet winter helping to spread killer kiwifruit infection
The wettest winter some kiwifruit growers have seen is hampering efforts to stop Psa-V, at a time when the vine-killing disease is attacking New Zealand's most popular variety.The disease, which has...
View ArticleSalvaged Mercedes excites bidders
The bidding war is on for a luxury car recovered from the wreck of the Rena.More than a dozen people have bid on the 2003 Mercedes C200 Kompressor, being auctioned on Trade Me.All proceeds from the...
View ArticlePitbull bites bus worker aiding kids
A Tauranga bus company worker was mauled as he tried to protect school children from an aggressive pitbull.The attack, on Monday morning, came shortly after a Bayline Coaches driver saw the dog acting...
View ArticleAuckland Transport rebuked over ramp
Auckland Transport has been chided for failing to "champion" residents in their battle to reopen the Wellington St entry point to the Northern Motorway.Although the Government's Transport Agency has...
View ArticleDangers of extended patrols to be reviewed
Military commanders are being asked to review plans to extend patrols from Bamiyan to neighbouring Baghlan province after the latest deaths of New Zealanders in Afghanistan.Insurgents who have killed...
View ArticleAngry critics take Brown to task over rate rises
Auckland Mayor Len Brown faced a barrage of angry ratepayers' questions last night at a packed church hall meeting in St Heliers.Mr Brown acknowledged that the residents - in the Orakei Ward of the...
View ArticleTired pair rescued after cold night in tree shelter
Two skiers lost overnight on an isolated mountain made a shelter out of branches and a tree stump, and tried to stay awake until they could hike to safety.Sarah Ivey, 28, and James Macphee, 27, were...
View ArticleShared drinks fuel fear of disease
Sheryl Martin still cringes when she sees someone sharing a drink bottle, having seen what her daughter Sara went through when she was diagnosed with meningitis eight years ago."Just today, my husband...
View ArticleNZ scientist wins grant to help patients on dialysis
A New Zealand scientist who has spent years researching how to improve the treatment of people with chronic kidney disease has been awarded a grant worth more than $32,000.Dr Suetonia Palmer, a senior...
View ArticleSchool taken in by sting, court hears
A sting operation by a rival cookery school lured a manager into putting $3000 into a foreign student's bank account to fool immigration officers, a court has been told.Kingsland Institute NZ general...
View ArticleDrop in coal triggers Solid Energy rain check
The partial privatisation of state-owned coal company Solid Energy has been put on the back burner after falling global coal prices forced a review of the company's operations.Solid Energy last week...
View ArticleSex offenders in classrooms
Education authorities have no idea how many sex offenders are working in New Zealand classrooms.The revelation comes after a ministerial inquiry released by Education Minister Hekia Parata into the...
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