Christie's parents launch campaign to change bail law
The parents of a teenager killed in her Auckland home are to launch a campaign to toughen bail laws in a bid to prevent other families suffering similar tragedies.Christie Marceau, 18, died on November...
View ArticleQuake baby's legacy of love
Breanna Gowland's last hours with her baby Baxtor were filled with love, giggles and happiness.They played, they laughed and she put her firstborn down for a sleep - never imagining it would be for the...
View ArticleNation's baby blip reaches full term
A "baby blip" which has kept midwives busy for the past five years appears to be coming to an end.Statistics NZ says only 61,403 babies were born in New Zealand last year, the lowest number since the...
View ArticleFacebook connects cybermums
On a crisp Auckland morning, a group of mums happily discuss everything from baby sleeping wraps, breast-feeding - and bottle-feeding - gripe water and even stretch marks.A total of 13 mums and their...
View ArticleLightning, floods hit upper North Is
The North Island was peppered with almost 12,000 lightning strikes last night as thunderstorms and torrential rain brought floods and caused homes to be evacuated.Thunderstorms were tracked mostly...
View ArticleTribe takes $70,000 to honour Treaty... on St Pat's Day
An Auckland tribe which pulled out of hosting a public Waitangi Day celebration on February 6 will still get to use the $70,000 ratepayer subsidy for the event - on St Patrick's Day.Ngati Whatua o...
View ArticleGetting tough not the answer says head of Youth Court
The head of the country's Youth Court has warned that New Zealand's "world-leading" youth justice system is under threat from those who want it to be "tougher".Judge Andrew Becroft told a seminar on...
View ArticleHotchin island hideaway for sale
A multimillion-dollar Waiheke holiday home with its own private beach owned by a corporate trustee linked to embattled Auckland businessman Mark Hotchin has been put on the market.The Waiheke place is...
View ArticleFiji police chief tried to get Bainimarama arrested in NZ
Fiji's chief of police made a private call to his New Zealand counterpart urging him to arrest Commodore Frank Bainimarama a few weeks before the military leader seized power in a coup in December...
View Article13-month-old killed in driveway
A mother clutched her 13-month-old son and screamed, "My baby, my baby", after the child was killed by a car in a driveway accident.Paramedics could not revive the toddler when they reached the...
View Article'The bike path is shite' -Tamaki Drive's deadly course (+ crash map)
Sarah Payne knows exactly where her best friend, Jane Bishop, made the fateful decision that ended in her dying beneath a truck on Tamaki Drive.She also knows why. "Because the bike path [along the...
View ArticlePoor marks for troubled foreign student schools
A series of reports reveals growing problems at a number of schools chasing the lucrative foreign student market. Five schools for international and local students are in trouble with authorities for a...
View ArticleMeet the Blues: It's enough to make you Weepu
It seems Dylan Wood has not heard of "Keep calm, Piri's on".The youngster was one of 3000 who turned up to Meet the Blues at the Orakei Domain in Auckland yesterday, where fans were able to mix and...
View ArticleSPCA complaint after dead horse dragged 1km
A dead horse was dragged for more than a kilometre on Waikouaiti Beach, near Dunedin, by a training vehicle, prompting a complaint to the police and SPCA from a horrified onlooker.Pat Brambor was...
View ArticleBoat explodes at busy marina
Two people were lucky to escape injury yesterday when their 8m cabin boat exploded at the busy public boat ramp at Half Moon Bay in East Auckland.The owner of the vessel had just started the inboard...
View ArticleSnatch of sunshine makes way for rain
Those who didn't make the most of the scorching weekend will be sorry - that's it for the nice weather. This week will be dominated by muggy days.Temperatures soared, clouds parted and the rain mostly...
View ArticleKey aiding big business but ignoring people: Greens
Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei yesterday lashed out at Prime Minister John Key and his Government for selling out employment, gambling and ACC law to big corporations at the expense of ordinary...
View ArticleHousing NZ axes home rental help
Housing New Zealand is axing a service which has worked with other agencies to find private rental homes for people who can't get state houses.The personalised service will be replaced by giving people...
View ArticleKiwi women take wrinkles over the knife
One in five New Zealand women feels "sad" about wrinkles but only a third would consider cosmetic surgery, a survey has found.More than three-quarters thought it was best for people to age naturally...
View ArticleDriver searches for her angels after a close call
A 22-year-old woman is thanking the "angels" who rescued her after her car rolled and she was trapped in it thinking she was going to die.Mahafrin Variava was driving from Hamilton to Auckland at...
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