Weight-loss patch ad complaints upheld
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against an ad for a weight-loss "patch" which claimed to "aid in weight loss with no exercise and while eating as much as you want".The direct...
View ArticleMan admits supplying methadone after woman's fatal overdose
A Wanganui man has admitted three counts of supplying methadone which eventually led to a woman's fatal overdose.Clive Beach, 57, supplied the class B drug which was later given to Sanchia Wilson.Miss...
View ArticleGay MP mocks PM with 'gay red shirt'
Openly homosexual Green Party MP Kevin Hague was this afternoon sporting an overtly gay red top in Parliament in reaction to Prime Minister John Key's comments about a radio host's "gay red top".Mr Key...
View ArticleEasy Rider widow pleads not guilty
Gloria Davis, widow of the Easy Rider skipper and director of the company that operated the vessel, has pleaded not guilty over its sinking, which claimed the lives of eight people.Maritime New Zealand...
View ArticleMan shot by police threatened to kill officers
A man left paralysed after being shot by police near Otane has been convicted of threatening to kill the police officers who shot him.On October 20 last year, David Andrew Taite, 49, wanted by police,...
View ArticleCoastguard rescuers brace for boating season
Local Coastguard operators are urging boaties to check their boats before hitting the water this summer.Southern regional manager Cheryl Moffat warned that with summer around the corner, boaties must...
View ArticleNZ research offers chance to break into $1.6b seaweed industry
New Zealand may have a chance to break into the $1.6 billion seaweed industry thanks to research that could help make the sushi ingredient more productive to farm.A breakthrough in 15 years of research...
View ArticleNumber of school payroll problems soar
The number of errors made by the Ministry of Education's Novopay system has leapt from 490 to 3227 in two weeks.During question time a fortnight ago, Associate Minister of Education Craig Foss said 100...
View ArticleJJ trial: 'This is just too stressful'
Police intercepted phone calls between a toddler's mother and Joel Loffley, the man accused of the murdering the child.The High Court at Auckland today heard recordings of a series of phone calls...
View ArticleSchool boy uses stick to fight off attempted abductor
A primary school boy used a stick to fight off an attempted abductor in Christchurch yesterday.The boy was grabbed from behind by a male, possibly in his teens, as he walked along Elmwood Drive in the...
View ArticleMan defends grooming allegations
A Tauranga man is on trial defending allegations that he kissed and fondled two young girls and tried to persuade them to be photographed naked with the aim of selling the images online.Andrew Timothy...
View ArticleKiwi, British man cling to yacht near Tonga
The injured crew of a stricken yacht that rolled in 10 metre seas between New Zealand and Tonga are bracing themselves against 75km/h winds as they face a long wait for rescuers.The crew of the 11.6m...
View ArticleState house tenants to be relocated
More than 40 Housing New Zealand families in Porirua have to be relocated before the end of the year because their buildings are substantially earthquake-prone.And the agency warns there will be more....
View ArticleWomen arrested after kidnapping, robbing man
Two Rotorua women have been arrested and charged after a man was allegedly tied up, gagged and robbed.Detective Sergeant John Wilson of Rotorua police said two women, aged 20 and 21, appeared in the...
View ArticleSentence for baby assault increased after appeal
A man who was sentenced to home detention after breaking his baby daughter's legs will now have to serve more than two years in jail, after a court quashed the sentence.James Robert Hall, 21, was...
View ArticleJudge blocks bizarre bid to prosecute dead man
A bizarre legal bid to prosecute a dead man has been thrown out by a judge today, who said the case resembled the famous Monty Python comedy sketch involving a dead parrot.The case of two Korean...
View ArticleIllegal crayfish sold to pay off loan sharks, court told
A fisherman struggling to repay loan sharks resorting to selling black market crayfish for cash, a court has been told.Isaac Kereama, 37, has lost his leased fishing vessel, ute and 50 cray pots after...
View ArticleKim Hill wins global radio broadcasting award
Radio New Zealand presenter Kim Hill has won 'radio personality of the year' in the International Media Excellence Awards. The awards run by the Association for International Broadcasting recognise the...
View ArticleNew restraining order rules target violent offenders
A new type of restraining order will be created to prevent serious violent or sexual offenders from making contact with their victims, Justice Minister Judith Collins announced this afternoon.The new...
View ArticleFormer National Party chief of staff appointed to TVNZ board
Former National Party chief of staff Richard Long has been appointed to the board of TVNZ.Long was a journalist for 20 years before spending a decade-long stint as editor of the Dominion Post.He spent...
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