Protestors march on Waitangi
For the first time in several years, protestors at the Waitangi Day celebrations at the Far North have made a serious attempt to get the Tino Rangatiratanga flag flying on the flagpole at the Waitangi...
View ArticleLabour leader calls for Waitangi Day honours
Labour leader David Shearer has proposed changing the honours system so that Waitangi Honours are handed out instead of Queens' Birthday or New Year's honours.Mr Shearer made the suggestion after the...
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed in head-on collision
A motorcyclist has died in Auckland this afternoon after a head-on collision with a car at around 2pm.Police are examining the scene on Point View Road, Dannemora, and enquires are being made to...
View ArticleWaitangi Day 'a time for reflection'
New Zealand's second Maori Governor-General says Waitangi Day means various things for different people, and is an occasion for debate, reflection and family.At Government House in Wellington this...
View ArticleRally victim would have wanted event to go on
A Northland great-granddad killed in a four-wheel-drive rally tragedy would have wanted the fundraising event to go on, organisers say.Whangaroa man Garry Grayson, 73, died after the vehicle he was in...
View ArticleWoman flown to hospital after bee attack
A 40-year-old woman has been flown to hospital in Wellington after being stung by bees.Westpac rescue helicopter crewman Logan Taylor says the woman was gardening at her home on the Kapiti Coast when...
View ArticleNelson pedestrian fatally struck by car named
Police have released the name of the Nelson pedestrian who was struck by a car early on Saturday morning as he was walking home.He was 31-year-old Adam Lewis Wastney of Nelson.At around 3.50 Mr Wastney...
View ArticleWasp attack victim died of heart attack - coroner
A man who died after being stung "hundreds" of times by swarming wasps on Saturday was killed by a heart attack brought on by the frenzied attack, a coroner has revealed.Morris Robert Stretch, 62, was...
View ArticleAnti-asset sale rally planned for tomorrow in Wellington
A lunch-time rally in Wellington tomorrow will give some measure of the extent of opposition to the National-led government's proposed asset sales programme.Opposition parties and others opposed to the...
View ArticleGorge closure costing local economy $60,000 a day - MP
The Labour MP for Palmerston North says the closure of Manawatu Gorge is costing the local economy around $60,000 a day.Iain Lees-Galloway says the closure of Manawatu Gorge after a slip blocked the...
View ArticleBusted Tauranga driver leaves behind trail of destruction
A motorist's been arrested after driving on three wheels across Tauranga, leaving a trail of debris and road surface damage.Police first noticed a blown tyre lying on the road in Welcome Bay and...
View ArticleAnger at 'Maori holocaust' comment
A Maori academic has been slammed for saying that the colonisation of New Zealand resulted in a holocaust for his people.Keri Opai, a Taranaki-based language teacher, told a Radio New Zealand...
View ArticleReal estate agents: this is how we roll
Agents at an inner-city real estate agency are being asked to ditch their flash cars for a two-wheel personal transport machine to help them get around the Auckland CBD.James Law Realty, which...
View ArticleInquiry after navy vessel hits rocks
An investigation is underway after a Navy vessel struck rocks on its way back from Waitangi.The navy launch VIP took on water after hitting rocks off Tutukaka, Northland, about 7am, a rescue...
View ArticleProtesters gather ahead of asset sale hui
Dozens of protesters have gathered in Rotorua this morning ahead of a consultation hui with iwi on asset sales.Around 50 protesters are outside the Distinction Hotel in Rotorua where Finance Minister...
View ArticlePrisoner tricked officers into release, court told
A prisoner who successfully defended charges in court persuaded Corrections officers to release him - despite having more than a year left to serve of a previous sentence.Details of Ricky Stampa's...
View ArticleBottle mum repeatedly harassed
A mother who bottle-feeds her son says she has been repeatedly harassed by other mothers in public - and is now embarrassed to go to the supermarket for his formula.Kate Rhodes, 24, of Manukau, says...
View ArticleMums harming kids through daycare - report
A controversial psychologist has been criticised for a new report that says New Zealand mothers could be harming their children by sending them to daycare.The report Who Cares? Mothers, Daycare and...
View ArticlePike River Inquiry: What caused deadly blast?
The Pike River Mine explosion was probably caused by a rockfall that sent explosive gases rushing through the mine, just as the water pumps were turned back on, causing electrical equipment to...
View Article$1-a-litre deal's 'amazing' response
The boutique grocery store that dropped the price of its milk to make a point has sold thousands of bottles at $1 a litre - and is now promising to keep milk cheaper than in supermarkets for the rest...
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