One dead after apparent electrocution
A person is dead after an apparent electrocution in the central Hawkes Bay town of Weber.St John Ambulance were called to Weber, east of Dannevirke, and found the person dead when they got there, an...
View ArticleHamilton police hunt man seen with firearm
Armed police were called out after reports of a fleeing offender running through Hamilton properties with a firearm in hand.Hamilton police said the incident began when a patrol spotted a vehicle...
View ArticleAuckland population to hit 1.5 million mark next week
Auckland's population will be pushed over 1.5 million next week, Statistics New Zealand says.And it's likely that will be a literal push, with the 1.5 millionth person likely to be a new baby."The 1.5...
View ArticleRepeated whale stranding not surprising - expert
It may never be known why a pod of pilot whales repeatedly restranded at Golden Bay this week, leading to the death of 82 of the mammals, a whale expert says.The whales were part of a pod of 99 which...
View Article'How did I not hear them calling?' - woman who left kids behind still in shock
A Porirua woman who drove almost 100km without her children in the car is struggling to cope with the guilt.The woman and her children were on their way home from a holiday in Hastings when she stopped...
View ArticleMan hit, killed by truck in central Auckland
A man has been killed after being hit by a truck in central Auckland this morning.Emergency services were called to the Newton Road overbridge about 6.50am.A St John Ambulance spokesman said the man,...
View ArticleBoy freed after Octagon 'occupation'
Dozens of waiting cruise ship passengers and an Occupy Dunedin protester or two applauded when firefighters freed a young boy whose leg was stuck in the railing of a fence in Dunedin's Octagon...
View ArticleContractors could get work ladder ban
Contractors could soon be banned from working on ladders after a serious fall by a worker on the demolition of the quake-crippled Hotel Grand Chancellor in Christchurch.Emergency talks were called by...
View ArticleWoman nearly drowns in quake sinkhole
A Christchurch woman who nearly drowned in a liquefaction sinkhole during the December 23 quake is fighting to walk again after suffering horrific injuries to her leg.Natalie, 47, who did not want her...
View ArticleTwo arrested after Lower Hutt stabbing
Two men have been arrested following the death of a 27-year-old Lower Hutt man last night.Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Cooper said police were called to a Stokes Valley around 9pm after reports of...
View ArticleDotcom's A-list minder insists shotgun bought with licence
A man who listed David Beckham and the royal family of Brunei among his clients has appeared in court on a firearms charge following a police raid on the $30 million Dotcom mansion.Wayne Phillip...
View ArticleDavid Farrar: Auckland needs to get bigger
On the 1st of February, Auckland will gain its 1.5 millionth resident . In 1961 Auckland had just 500,000 residents. 35 years later in 1996 the population
View ArticlePair at loggerheads over felling of native trees
A landlord and his former tenant are at odds over native trees in a prize-winning garden the tenant had cut down without permission.Auckland truck driver Russell Montaperto rented the Huntly railway...
View Article'Flesh-eating' bug case causes concern
A patient in Palmerston North is the latest in New Zealand to be treated for a rare and potentially lethal "flesh-eating" bug.MidCentral District Health Board this morning confirmed a patient had been...
View ArticleNorwegian's yacht sighted, then lost
Customs officials have found a yacht skippered by a Norwegian man illegally making his way to Antartica.A spokesman said a plane last night circled the Nilaya and made numerous attempts to hail it but...
View ArticleFire-hit packaging firm cuts 44 jobs
A week after fire destroyed the factory of Hastings firm Hawk Packaging, 44 of its fulltime staff are jobless.Bosses told employees on Tuesday there was "no choice'' but to let them go''.The company's...
View ArticleChristmas quakes' bill keeps rising
The bill's rising for the two quakes just before and just after Christmas this year - and has now topped that for the 2010 Boxing Day quake.The Earthquake Commission has received more than 20,000...
View ArticleTourists showered in glass during attack on car
An American couple holidaying on the Coromandel Peninsula froze in their seats as a man smashed the windows of their van with a crowbar after an argument they had with him on a beach.Felizia Graye and...
View ArticleTeen arrested for laser attack on aircraft
An 18-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly aimed a laser at the cabins of three commercial aircraft and a police helicopter in Auckland yesterday.Counties Manukau police said the three...
View ArticleWeekend weather: What to expect
Summer is due to return this weekend after high winds have lashed much of the country and snow has fallen even fallen in the deep south.Temperatures plummeted in many southern centres overnight as a...
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