Fatal stabbing victim engaged to alleged attacker
A 22-year-old man who died in hospital after being stabbed at a Hastings party house is believed to have become engaged on Friday to his alleged attacker.The dead Hastings man was today named as...
View ArticleLiquor store staff member chases off armed robber
Dramatic footage of a liquor store worker with a hockey stick chasing off a knife-wielding robber has been released by police.The CCTV images give a glimpse of the tense confrontation that unfolded...
View ArticleMan found dead in sleepout named
The Auckland man who died after being attacked in a sleepout in Manurewa has been named as 55-year-old Richard John Lees.He is survived by a wife and daughter.Police today said relatives in New Zealand...
View Article5.2-magnitude earthquake rattles North Island
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake centred more than 200km away shook Hawke's Bay this afternoon. The GeoNet website said the 1.05pm quake was centred 15km east of Tokoroa and was 199km deep. The quake was...
View ArticleWanaka man dies after jet-boat accident
Search and rescue teams have found the body of a 65-year-old Wanaka man in the Makarora River at the head of Lake Wanaka.The missing man was Murray Austin Rivers.Police said Mr Rivers and two...
View ArticleNew $3.6m community dialysis centre approved
A $3.6 million community dialysis centre has been approved by the Waitemata District Health Board in Auckland.The 18-station centre will create room for up to 72 patients a day, with the capacity for...
View ArticleHastings house cordoned off
Police are cordoning off a house in Montgomery St, Hastings after what is believed to be a domestic incident.Five police cars arrived at the address about 11am and a scene guard remained in...
View ArticleMongrel Mob members jailed over pack rape
Two Mongrel Mob members have been sentenced to a combined 21 years in prison for a pack rape in which they "preyed upon" a drunk 21-year-old woman.Adam Joseph Karetu, 24, and Gene Skipper, 39, were...
View ArticleSchool closing on NZ's most inspiring teacher
The Dunedin teacher awarded New Zealand's most inspiring teacher will be back in the job market next year, with her school closing at the end of this year.Jan Stevens won this year's award after a...
View ArticleFumes killed P cooks in tunnel
Grant "Grunty" Wyllie was well-known and liked in Whitianga as a good guy whose passion was pig hunting. Or so his friends thought.The 49-year-old was found dead on Saturday at an unused mineshaft...
View ArticleExplosives to be used on Milford boulders
Engineers will today pack explosives into huge boulders that have closed Milford Rd in Fiordland, as residents face their fifth day cut off.A series of slips closed the only road to the area on Friday...
View ArticleDrugs items in house with kids, court told
Items used to manufacture methamphetamine were found inside a rubbish bin kept in a wardrobe in a home where two children were living, a court has been told.Jason Stock, 36, and William Wikiriwhi, 52,...
View ArticleOvernight fire causes rest home evacuation
A Blenheim rest home had to be evacuated overnight after fire broke out in the laundry.Emergency services were contacted about the fire in Waterlea Retirement Home on McLauchlan St just after...
View ArticleMore spring gales on the way
Another round of stormy spring weather is moving in tomorrow and Thursday, bringing heavy rain and gales to parts of the country.Windy weather is forecast to drive heavy rain into the western ranges of...
View ArticlePM to 'clarify' his Dotcom statements
Prime Minister John Key will this afternoon correct the answers he gave two weeks ago to questions about what he was told about Kim Dotcom by the GCSB.However he's also set to attack Labour Leader...
View ArticleProtesters fight for Thai restaurant villa
Heritage advocates and local residents waved placards outside a villa occupied by the Erawan Thai restaurant in Jervois Rd, Herne Bay this morning.The owner of the 1905 villa, Jessica Woo, has plans to...
View ArticleExpert 'horrified' by Chch developers
Cutting-edge earthquake engineering technology emanating out of post-disaster Christchurch is being ignored by some owners in their haste to erect new buildings in the city, an industry expert fears....
View ArticleChristchurch woman cut from vehicle after crash
A woman with serious injuries was cut from a vehicle after a crash between two cars in Christchurch this morning.St John said it was called to the crash on Blenheim Rd at 8.23am.The woman, in her 20s,...
View ArticleTeen admits fatal hit and run
Teenager Harry Silcock has pleaded guilty to a late night hit and run in Christchurch last month.Silcock, 18, was driving a car which struck pedestrian Sean Hutt, 20, and Kyle Thomson, 17, in Shands...
View ArticleMSD appoints Deloittes to review network security
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says it is disturbing that an IT company identified a major security hole in Work and Income's systems more than a year ago but it had not been fixed.The...
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