Mainfreight boss sees alternatives to harbour grab
Mainfreight boss Don Braid says better rail and use of an inland port should restrict the need to reclaim more of the Waitemata Harbour.Mr Braid, the Herald Business Leader of the Year for 2011, is...
View ArticleSailor feared for life before horror harbour smash
The sailor of a yacht involved in a smash on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour said he feared for his life right before the moment of impact.Kawau Island resident John Pryor spent five years and $100,000...
View ArticleSeal makes 15km journey upstream to farm
A renegade seal had the cattle rustling at Taieri yesterday.The New Zealand fur seal was spotted around lunchtime on a farm near Berwick."One of our workers gave me a call and said the cows were acting...
View ArticleLarge plantation fire in Wairarapa
Firefighters are battling a large fire on the Wairarapa coast.The fire at a forestry plantation south of Castlepoint broke out just after 4am.Rural fire crews from the town are at the scene and police...
View ArticleSFO's fees to consultants rocket with finance-firm probes
The Serious Fraud Office spent $1.3 million on consultants and contractors in the most recent financial year - up from less than $100,000 three years ago.Most of the money was spent on forensic...
View ArticleDavid Farrar: Maori Party threats put Govt on edge
If National had received around 5,000 fewer party votes, or if National voters in Epsom and Ohariu had failed to vote for the ACT and United Future candidates respectively, then the conflict over...
View ArticleFamily of Turangi rape victim donate $20,000
The European family of a little girl raped in a Turangi campground have made a "heart warming" and "remarkable" gesture to New Zealand - and despite the horror ordeal they plan to come back.The brutal...
View ArticleBrothels: Sex in the suburbs
Just after nine on a Wednesday morning and a woman dressed in a white tank top and jeans hops out of a taxi, dashes across the street - nearly bumping into a young pram-pushing mother - before walking...
View ArticleFatal bike-crash driver talks
"I still don't have those words," says Glenn Becker, the motorist cleared this week of charges over cyclist Jane Bishop's death.The Weekend Herald had asked what he might say to friends and family of...
View ArticleHauraki pains
Auckland's holiday playground has a troubled colonial past. Geoff Cumming reports on an attempt to fix old injustices Three Maori men clamber up a hillside past curious cows to enjoy the sweeping views...
View Article8-year dog-owning ban 'a good result' in neglect case
A 28-year-old man has been banned from owning dogs for eight years and sentenced to 100 hours of community work for one of the worst cases of neglect a senior SPCA inspector has ever seen.Ricky Hauraki...
View ArticleNet outward migration at 10-year high
The net outflow of migrants continued unabated in December, pushing the population loss from migration for the whole of 2011 to 1900, the largest in 10 years.The Labour Department expects it to get...
View ArticleDotcom's 'extraordinary' life keeps him in jail
In the end it was Kim Dotcom's money and his "history of taking an unorthodox route'' that saw the multimillionaire remain behind bars yesterday instead of going home to his family and his $30 million...
View ArticleStruck-off GP ordered to pay $106,190 costs
A controversial Hamilton GP who has been found guilty of professional misconduct must pay $106,190 in costs and has strict conditions imposed on him should he try to practise as a doctor again.The...
View ArticleWaitangi Day: How can we reclaim the day?
Historian Buddy Mikaere imagines a Waitangi Day that will mean something special to all New Zealanders In a few days' time we will mark 172 years since that sunny day on February 6, 1840 when a group...
View ArticleNZ driving angers visitors
Visiting drivers say they are shocked at the lack of courtesy and patience displayed by Kiwis New Zealand may have just had its lowest road toll in six decades, but our drivers are just as rude and...
View ArticleNightmare for dream wedding
By the end of Sandra Schollum's dream wedding, her mother was paralysed in hospital and a family friend rushed away in an ambulance.The happiest day of her life became her saddest after a terrible...
View ArticleHang on to hard-won Treaty safeguards, says iwi leader
A northern tribal leader has called for Treaty protection clauses to remain in privatised state assets, as iwi leaders prepare to meet the Prime Minister at Waitangi.John Key will meet iwi chairmen...
View ArticleSurgeons paid over $6000 for a day
Some Auckland surgeons are being paid more than $6000 for a day's work at a public hospital.The Waitemata District Health Board scheme has divided doctors over concerns that the surgeons involved can...
View ArticleBoat owner cries foul after hitting sunken yacht
The wreckage of a classic yacht that sank in the Waitemata Harbour after a collision during the Auckland Anniversary Day regatta has been found on the seabed and taken to shore.But a launch owner says...
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