Two trapped after truck rolls on rural property
Emergency services have been called to a rural Otago property after a truck rolled, trapping two people, just after 4pm.A helicopter and fire engines with vehicle-cutting equipment had been dispatched...
View ArticleMissing whitebaiter farewelled by community
A whitebaiter who went missing after he was swept into the sea by a wave last weekend was remembered by the North Otago community this morning.Hundreds of people gathered at Papakaio Community Centre...
View Article'Big and nasty' storm due to hit NZ
Large areas of New Zealand are preparing for a storm cell "bigger and nastier" than the weather bomb that tore roofs from homes at Wanganui earlier this year.The air pressure is dropping quickly in a...
View ArticleNudists push Kiwis to join in Go Natural Week
Naturists are calling for free-spirited individuals to bare all as part of an upcoming awareness week.The New Zealand Naturist Federation has announced a Go Natural Week to herald the beginning of...
View ArticleGCSB denies taping PM's address
The GCSB considered recording Prime Minister John Key's address to staff when he visited the spy agency in February - but decided against it before he arrived.Mr Key said today that the director of the...
View ArticleFather who assaulted partner in prison unit for own protection
A father of nine who assaulted his partner several times has been seriously assaulted by members of the Mongrel Mob in prison and authorities have had to put him in a unit on his own, the High Court at...
View ArticleMorning drunks spark police warning on pre-loading
Police have warned revellers against "pre-loading" - getting drunk before going out - saying they will be turned away from events if they are under the influence.The warning came after two 19-year-old...
View ArticleNZ resident accused of Shanghai murder remains in Auckland jail
A Korean-born New Zealand resident suspected of murdering a prostitute in Shanghai will remain in an Auckland prison after his claim of unlawful detention was dismissed by the Court of Appeal.Kyung Yup...
View ArticleAct takes hard look at itself
The Act Party has commissioned an internal review into its "shocking" election outcome and ongoing troubles.Act's John Banks squeaked into Parliament last year despite controversy over a cup of tea he...
View ArticleTV star an insider in bank merger while public kept in dark
The Mentalist star Simon Baker was an unlikely insider to the plot to merge the ANZ and National banks, almost two months before the decision was made public.The actor filmed a television advertisement...
View ArticleNZ innovation aims to harness watts in the wind
A Kiwi family hopes soon to be putting the wind up traditional power generators.The Emsheys, 21-year-old Lori-Lee and her parents Linda and Garry, have featured in US Forbes magazine for their plans...
View ArticleTriathlete returns to cycleway tribute
One of the inspirations behind the idea to construct a national cycleway is back in the country - but disabled British athlete Jimmy Goddard is a bit busy to contemplate riding it just yet.The former...
View ArticlePaul Little: Baddest are the saddest
There is one very good reason Mike Tyson, also known as Iron Mike, Kid Dynamite and The Baddest [sic] Man on the Planet, should not be permitted entry to this country that doesn't seem to have come up...
View ArticleSunday Insight: In the line of fire
It's the call every military wife dreads. For Frances Taka, it came at midnight, August 4, from the commanding officer of her husband Dion's battalion. It was the call that signalled that her life and...
View ArticleToo old, Winz tells mum, 42
They don't have to pay younger ones as much, work broker advises Work And Income has told a 42-year-old mum she's too old for a job.Heather Georgeson applied for a factory job through a Work and Income...
View ArticleStrangled boy back to school
A boy who nearly died in a freak clothesline accident has been discharged from hospital and will go back to school tomorrow.Eight-year-old Manaaki Ropiha's family have been reunited by the accident and...
View ArticleLicence woes make hunt harder
Employers say jobseekers are missing out on work because they can't pass the tough new driving test.About 4000 people in Auckland have signed up for free courses designed to help them into...
View ArticleStabbing death probed
A 20-year-old woman has been arrested after her male flatmate was fatally stabbed yesterday morning.Police found the 22-year-old man with serious injuries after being called to a house in the Hasting...
View ArticleFamilies conned by insurer's cancer lies
A woman has cold-called thousands of people to sell trauma insurance by posing as a child cancer victim.Financial adviser Grahame Thomas has admitted to the Herald on Sunday that "Julie" - who...
View Article'Vile' storm hits country
Wild weather grounded planes, caused an avalanche, and left 700 cruise ship passengers stranded as a vicious storm lashed the country yesterday.Power was cut to hundreds of homes across greater...
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