Endangered whale found dead in gulf
A critically endangered Bryde's whale has washed up dead on Motuihe Island in the Hauraki Gulf.Project Jonah chief executive Kimberly Muncaster said it was too soon to tell how the whale had died, but...
View ArticleTanker crash in Horowhenua
A milk tanker which crashed in rural Horowhenua has spilled milk into a paddock.Emergency services closed one lane of State Highway 56 at Opiki, south of Palmerston North, after the truck and trailer...
View ArticlePair in dramatic high-seas rescue return home
An Auckland woman and her partner whose sailing voyage turned into a hellish ordeal were welcomed home by family and friends in Devonport this afternoon.Tania Davies, 43, and her British partner Steve...
View ArticleOne dead after fire at elderly care facility
A person has died as a result of a fire at an elderly care facility in Putaruru.Emergency services were called to the facility at around 3:30pm yesterday.Westpac Air Ambulance transported the person,...
View ArticleWoman hospitalised after falling from horse
A 50-year-old woman is recovering in Rotorua Hospital after being thrown from her horse this afternoon.She has a broken leg following her fall while riding through forest near Te Teko.The woman was...
View ArticleWork begins on Wellington's Hobbit sculpture installation
Workers have begun preparing a Hobbit -themed sculpture on the roof of Wellington's Embassy Theatre, ahead of the film's premiere this month.The installation, created by director Sir Peter Jackson's...
View ArticleNZEI demand Novopay inquiry
The NZEI is calling for a full public inquiry into what it calls 'the Novopay debacle'.Security breaches are the latest revelations in a long list of calamities since the Novopay system was introduced...
View ArticleGunman arrested after Christchurch robbery
A man has been arrested over a terrifying late night robbery in which staff and patrons were ordered to the floor of a Christchurch bar at gunpoint.Two masked gunmen jumped a back wall and entered the...
View ArticleTaunts fail to stop trial
A High Court jury trial was interrupted but not aborted despite comments directed at some of the jurors outside the Whangarei courts.Details of what was said and by whom was not revealed by Justice...
View ArticleTeen critically injured in motorcycle smash
A 17-year-old has been flown to Waikato Hospital after suffering severe injuries in a motorcycle crash.The Tauranga TrustPower TECT rescue helicopter was called to Waihau Bay after the local teen...
View ArticleMan critical after Hawke's Bay crash
A "miracle" is needed for a 20-year-old Hawke's Bay man, critically injured in a weekend crash, to recover and help piece together the cause of the puzzling accident.The Havelock North man was...
View ArticleMen charged with assault after late-night fight
Two men are facing assault charges after a late-night fight outside a Lower Hutt service station left a man in a critical condition.Police said two pairs of men got into a fight outside the Caltex...
View ArticleChildren beaten in Masterton street attack
A group of children as young as 11 were beaten in a late-night street attack in Masterton by a teenager armed with a length of wood, police say.Masterton police Sergeant Paul Lee said the group of...
View ArticleJJ trial: Murder conviction would be 'greatest injustice' - lawyer
Murder-accused Joel Loffley may not be a likeable man but convicting him of murder could be "the greatest injustice of his life", his lawyer has told a court.Loffley is charged with killing...
View ArticleHouse set alight by stray firework
A sleeping Omokoroa couple are lucky to be alive after firefighters were forced to smash their way into a four-storied home after a firework - one of several aimed at the couple's home - set fire to...
View ArticleTauranga man makes world medical history
Six years after he became the first in the world to take part in a revolutionary cardiovascular treatment trial, Tauranga man John Lamb says he is glad the dissolvable stent is now commercially...
View ArticleChristchurch Boys' High School headmaster resigns
Christchurch Boys' High School headmaster Trevor McIntyre has resigned to take up an appointment as an executive adviser to the Christchurch Education Renewal Programme.The announcement came from the...
View ArticleRotorua parties erupt into violence
Two people are in hospital with fractured skulls after large scale disorder erupted at a series of parties in Rotorua over the weekend.An open invite on Facebook has been implicated in attracting...
View ArticleTeacher facing 23 more sexual abuse charges
Police have today laid further charges against a Northland school teacher awaiting sentence for child sex abuse. James Parker, the 37-year old former deputy principal of Pamapuria School, 10km south of...
View ArticleWoman dead after logging truck crash
Northland's grim road toll continues after a woman was killed when a logging truck, trying to avoid another vehicle, rolled and crushed the car she was a passenger in.Highway patrol Senior Sergeant...
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