Pike River bodies can be recovered - experts
An international team of mine safety experts says the bodies of the 29 Pike River miners can be recovered.A proposal to enter the collapsed mine and recover the victims has been presented today to new...
View ArticleRest home worker stole $3500 from delusional resident
A rest home worker who stole more than $3500 from a delusional elderly resident to fuel her gambling addiction has been sentenced to community work.Nadine Leigh Kinnersley, 42, from Wainuiomata,...
View ArticleStricken yachties grateful to be alive
A New Zealand woman and her partner rescued from their damaged yacht in a Pacific storm say they are grateful to be alive after a long ordeal.Auckland woman Tania Davies, 43, and her British partner...
View ArticleBlaze finally sinks 104-year-old U-boat air supplier
Big Bertha started her working life under the sea a century ago and ended it yesterday up in the air.Bertha is a 5.5-tonne Messa electric-powered compressor made in Germany in 1908 - the same year...
View ArticleBenefit cheat stole $91,000
A Masterton woman who defrauded Work and Income of $91,000 was yesterday sentenced to home detention and community work.Jacqueline Ara Kopua, 41, had pleaded guilty in the Masterton District Court to...
View ArticleMan taken to hospital after refrigerant leak
A man has been taken to hospital after a refrigerant leak at the former Telecom exchange building in central Wellington.Firefighters were called to the building on Cambridge Tce after an alarm shortly...
View ArticleNZ says no to second stage of Kyoto Protocol
New Zealand won't sign on for a second stage of the Kyoto Protocol climate treaty.The announcement came today, soon after Australia said it would commit to "Kyoto 2."The treaty aims to curb...
View ArticleStricken child facing six months of surgery
A three-year-old boy who was diagnosed with meningococcal C has been transferred from Auckland's Starship Children's Hospital to Middlemore for plastic surgery.Elliott Crimp of Rotorua has had all the...
View ArticleMichaels' con netted $3m: Crown
Loizos Michaels took over $3 million from his victims, who included casino executives and owners of luxury apartments, says the Crown.The prosecution case against the former Auckland restaurant owner...
View ArticleAdd the buzz - cancel the bookings
Securing a table at one of the city's hottest restaurant was once the way to impress friends.Now, what's impressive for the cool set is getting a seat at the hippest eateries within an hour of...
View ArticleChristie's family bare all in her memory
The parents and friends of two high-profile victims have joined together to make a fundraising calendar.Christie Marceau was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack in her Auckland home on November 7...
View ArticleCrewe cops accused by Thomas brother
The brother of Arthur Allan Thomas has filed a formal complaint with police over the actions of detectives investigating the murders of Harvey and Jeanette Crewe.Des Thomas said he wanted police to...
View Article'Giant of criminal law' farewelled
Rival gang members mingled with police, government ministers and the leading lights of the legal fraternity yesterday to remember Greg King.Close to 800 people - family, friends, colleagues, clients...
View ArticleHow abuser kept on offending
Northland teacher James Parker was able to continue his offending against young boys partly because of his close relationship with his principal and his role as deputy principal and kapa haka leader, a...
View ArticleTeacher on sex charges named
A man facing a raft of sex and drug-related charges in connection with seven young women can now be revealed as a senior teacher.Name suppression has been lifted for Damian Christopher Gillard, 43,...
View ArticlePolice concerned for missing man
Police have concerns for the safety of a male who was seen jumping into the water by the eastern side of Auckland's Princes Wharf at around 5am this morning.Members of the public saw the man remove his...
View ArticleDangerous man on the run
A wanted man on the run from police is thought to be linked to an Auckland nightclub robbery in which tens of thousands of dollars were taken at gunpoint.Police have been seeking Rory Smyth, 25, since...
View ArticleRenewed calls to end greyhound racing
Animal welfare groups are again calling for an end to greyhound racing.This follows the death of three greyhounds in two days at racing events - one for a dislocated leg, another for a fractured hock...
View ArticleMan critical after crash
A 20-year-old man is in a critical condition after a car and a truck collided in Hastings this morning.Police said the car lost control on a corner and crossed the centre line before colliding with a...
View Article'Lizardman' sets unofficial record
An unofficial world record has been set in Auckland this afternoon at Big Boys Toys, which involved a lizard, ears and a car.Sideshow artist Erik "The Lizardman" Sprague has the moniker because of his...
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