Soft drink pulls bull running prize
A Pepsi New Zealand competition promising to send four people to the Running of the Bulls in Spain has been canned amid outrage from animal activists.The 'Bromitment' competition offers to send a...
View Article'Humiliated' casino worker wins $12,000 payout
A casino worker made redundant while on parental leave to have a baby has been awarded $12,000 in compensation for "humiliation and distress".Tanya Cooper was granted 13 months of parental leave for...
View ArticleDean wins seat on Christchurch council
The outgoing Dean of quake-crippled Christ Church Cathedral, Peter Beck has won a place on Christchurch's troubled city council.Preliminary results for the Burwood-Pegasus by-election in the eastern...
View ArticleBoy, 13, missing after jumping into river
A 13-year-old boy is missing and another person has been taken to hospital following an incident in Huntly.Emergency services are currently at an overbridge in Huntly, where it is believed two people...
View ArticleMan drowns in Bay of Plenty
A 57-year-old man has drowned trying to saving two young relatives who got into trouble collecting pipi in Tauranga Harbour.The Tauranga-based TrustPower TECT Rescue Helicopter was called to help...
View ArticlePotentially toxic algae found in South Island rivers
Potentially toxic algae has been found in the Ashburton, Waimakariri and Ashley Rivers.Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Dr Ramon Pink says the algae loosk like dark brown or black mats and can...
View ArticleMillion-dollar baby due
Kirsten and Luke McKessar are less than a month away from the birth of their million-dollar baby.Their daughter is scheduled to be delivered by Caesarean section at Christchurch Women's Hospital on...
View ArticleAnti-P campaigner makes maiden speech in Parliament
Former anti-methamphetamine crusader and new National Government MP Mike Sabin, pledged to work on behalf of Northland to help it reach its economic potential in his maiden speech to Parliament this...
View ArticleState Highway 1 closed after multi-vehicle crash
State Highway 1 is currently blocked at Te Horo, between Waikanae and Otaki on the Kapiti Coast, due to a multi-vehicle crash, police said. Police, Fire and Ambulance are all currently in attendance at...
View ArticleFishing palace king of the water
When it comes to stylish sportfishing, there is almost nothing that compares with the new Nordhavn 75 Expedition Yachtfisher.As a general rule, big game sportfishing is an insular activity.It often...
View ArticlePhoto Recall: Newfangled machine right on the money
Banking technology is more advanced than ever, but it seems real people are still quite fond of cold, hard cash.Thirty years after the first automatic teller machines (ATMs) created a buzz in Auckland,...
View ArticleWeather Watch: Time's running short for any real summer
Have we been cheated out of a summer? It's certainly looking that way.A year ago Timaru took the national high with a 42C peak at the start of February. This weekend they are heading for highs of...
View ArticleHero dad gives his life
Peter Apaapa spent his life helping others, his grieving family says.So it's no surprise to them that the man who had become a grandfather for the first time only weeks ago lost his life doing the same...
View Article'Get your udders out' - and what it cost the boss who said it
A woman working at a warrant of fitness centre was advised to "get your udders out" by the boss.The Employment Relations Authority was told he also pulled her ponytail and pinched her back. Then, he...
View Article'Hoarder' gets animals back
The SPCA'S eight-year legal battle against an "animal hoarder" has come to an end after a judge ordered five fox terrier dogs, 18 horses and llamas be returned to the owner - a woman who has previous...
View ArticleRain on summer parade
Sunseekers who felt ripped off over the holidays had good reason - there were only half the normal hours of sunshine.And if the forecast is correct, the togs might stay in the bottom of the beach bag...
View ArticleDotcom mansion: Everyone out, bar the fish
The Dotcom mansion is desolate and about to be abandoned - except for the fish.The lease for the $30 million mansion expires on Wednesday. With Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom in jail and his fortune seized...
View ArticleFood flies when diner angers chef
New Zealand has found its own answer to foul-mouthed, abusive chef Gordon Ramsay, after an extraordinary, all-in food fight at a neighbourhood Italian restaurant.When a customer complained about a...
View Article'Stowaway' turns out to be Maori political activist
The so-called accidental stowaway on a Norwegian sailor's expedition to Antarctica is said to be a Maori political activist who has planted a Mana Party flag in the polar ice.Adventurer Jarle Andhoy...
View ArticleTutor accused of rape
An 18-year-old boarding school tutor is accused of raping a boy at school, prompting calls for the Government to stringently regulate such tutors.The man, who has name suppression, was hired by the...
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