$10m sanctuary bill falling on ratepayers
Providing kiwi and other rare native species with a predator-free habitat is costing Waikato ratepayers $10 million-plus.Supporters of the ambitious 3400ha Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust say the...
View ArticleSuper City chief's salary swells as bonus rolls in
The salary of Auckland Council chief executive Doug McKay has jumped from $675,000 to $768,750 in one year after an incentive bonus was rolled into his fixed pay.The council's draft annual report shows...
View ArticleBlack Sticks skipper opts to starve
Three-time Olympian Kayla Sharland has joined a list of celebrities who have signed up to get a taste of extreme poverty.The Black Sticks captain has volunteered to live on $2.25 a day from September...
View ArticleHopes fading fast for fishing pair
Hopes are quickly fading for a fishing boat skipper and his teenage crewman missing at sea off the South Island's West Coast since Saturday.Kevin Cosgrove, the 60-year-old owner of The Governor, was...
View ArticleKing's spokesman calls Key 'culturally ignorant'
Rhetoric around Maori water claims stepped up yesterday with leading Kingitanga spokesman Tuku Morgan calling Prime Minister John Key "culturally ignorant".It was his response to Mr Key having rejected...
View ArticlePrivate investigators helping widow to find Guy's killer
Kylee Guy is working with private investigators to find out who killed her husband and is asking anyone with new information to come forward.Ewen Macdonald was acquitted of Scott Guy's murder after a...
View ArticleDeath-rate figures reveal best, worst of our hospitals
Several hundred lives would be saved each year if some of New Zealand's highest public hospital death rates were brought down to those of the better-performing district health boards.A Herald...
View ArticleKapiti death: Man in court charged with murder
A 22-year-old man will appear in court today charged with the murder of a popular rugby league player north of Wellington on Friday night.Sean Strongman-Lintern, 20, died after a fight outside the...
View ArticlePrince Charles and Camilla will head down under
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will visit New Zealand in November to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.Prime Minister John Key today announced details of the six-day visit, which will...
View ArticleNZ's Ross Sea efforts 'a disgrace', says discoverer's descendent
The great-great-great-granddaughter of the man who discovered the Ross Sea says the New Zealand Government is destroying her legacy by failing to protect one of the last intact marine ecosystems in the...
View ArticlePike River: No reopening of hearing
The Pike River Royal Commission of Inquiry will not be reopened for more evidence to be heard and there will be no delay in the commission's report being published, a court has ruled.Applicants,...
View ArticleNew bill could see serious offenders locked up indefinitely
The Government has tabled legislation that would allow serious sexual or violent offenders to be locked up indefinitely.The Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Bill would keep highly dangerous...
View ArticleMultiple arrests at welfare reform protest
Former Green MP Sue Bradford will appear in Auckland District Court on Friday after a protest action in which she and four others chained themselves to a pillar in the Ministry of Social Development's...
View ArticleUni accounts manager blames gambling problem for theft
A former University of Otago accounts manager who admitted stealing almost $240,000 from the university over seven years told police he had a gambling problem and was in debt.Graeme Jeffrey Pettitt,...
View ArticlePolice believe missing woman Rae Portman dead
Police say the disappearance of pregnant Auckland woman Rae Portman is now being treated as a homicide.Detective Inspector Mark Gutry of the Counties Manukau Police said the elevation to a homicide was...
View ArticleUnlicensed real estate agent in court
An unlicensed real estate agent has appeared in court after approaching people selling their properties privately.Ewen James McLeod, 65, of Gore wrote to sellers with suggestions on different marketing...
View ArticleYoung tutor jailed for sexual abuse
A young school tutor who came to New Zealand to see the Rugby World Cup has been jailed for sexually abusing students.The tutor's name and the school where he worked have been permanently suppressed to...
View ArticleRetailers move to ban butane sales to teens
Placemakers stores around the country have joined six South Island Mitre 10 outlets in banning the sale of butane-based products to anyone aged under 18.Chief Coroner Judge Neil MacLean revealed last...
View ArticleMotorcycle rider dead in crash
A motorcyclist is dead after a collision in the Waikato today. The motorcycle travelling east struck a vehicle heading in the opposite direction on State Highway 23 in Whatawhata in the Waikato, police...
View ArticleMan sentenced for starving dog
A dog owner has been fined $750 and sentenced to 75 hours community work after admitting he failed to adequately feed and care for his severely malnourished pet.Phillip Warral Kahotea, 26, from Te...
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