Quake - a year on: 5500 shocks, many more ahead
Five thousand earthquakes after the devastating February 22 tremor, Canterbury's aftershock sequence has a recognisable personality.Seismologists looking at 12 months of data have found that the...
View ArticleMalicious web review infuriates motelier
A Bay of Plenty motelier says his business was unfairly smeared by a disgruntled guest on review website TripAdvisor - prompting an industry outcry about similar cases.Tony Drinkwater is getting legal...
View ArticleGive way rules about to change
Hundreds of intersections - including 500 in Auckland - need modifications to make them safer ahead of the reversal of the left-turning traffic rule in five weeks.Auckland Transport has surveyed 15,000...
View ArticleMotorcycle daredevil crashes in tribute outing
An Auckland-based motorcycle daredevil has crashed, suffering serious injuries, in a stunt show celebrating his return from a horrific brain injury that left him in a coma three years ago.Luke Smith...
View ArticleParents frantic after school bus firm drops service
The parents of dozens of Auckland school children are facing a battle to get their children to school after being told the bus service they have used for years is no longer able to cater for...
View ArticleJohn Key's popularity slips as contentious issues rise
Prime Minister John Key's popularity with voters has suffered as he grapples with contentious issues including asset sales, potential land sales to Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin and the referral of...
View ArticleKiwi FM not so kiwi anymore
New Zealand music radio station Kiwi FM has announced it will start playing 40 per cent international content from tomorrow (Monday).The MediaWorks-owned broadcaster has been struggling with low...
View ArticleBig question mark over cost of Auckland's free entry to pools
Auckland Mayor Len Brown wants ratepayers to believe free entry to the city's 24 swimming pools will cost $5.5 million when it cost $6.7 million to provide free entry to six swimming pools when he was...
View ArticlePower pylons ruin dreams of paradise on lifestyle blocks
Susie Jones thought it was paradise, a 5000sq m block of land at Te Miro in the Waikato with sweeping views of the Kaimai Ranges and as far north as the Firth of Thames.With her husband, Vince, she...
View Article'Chaotic' head-on car crash kills two
A teenage girl and a young mother travelling home from hospital after suffering a miscarriage just hours earlier were among those killed in weekend road deaths.Three people died, two were fighting for...
View ArticleDeep quake shakes central New Zealand
A deep moderate earthquake has been felt throughout central New Zealand early this morning.Geonet said the magnitude 4.9 quake, which struck at 1.19am, was centred within 5km of Wanganui at a depth of...
View ArticleCrash near Hamilton leaves one critical
A person has been hospitalised with critical injuries in a car crash west of Hamilton this morning.Police said Collins Road in Temple View is closed between O'Regan Road and Tuhikaramea Road as a...
View ArticleAbsence of tracking software raises fears
Delays to a new computer system giving councillors access to key city projects could put more ratepayer money in jeopardy by leaving financial data open to manipulation, a Hamilton city councillor...
View ArticleKim Dotcom: Free - but offline
He made his fortune from the internet and even changed his name to sound like a website - but German millionaire Kim Dotcom is now banned from going online.And in a further departure from his former...
View ArticleCoroner says child agencies must talk
A coroner investigating the death of toddler Hail-Sage McClutchie says information-sharing between government agencies needs to improve to protect children at risk of abuse.But the chief social worker...
View ArticleQuake- a year on: Shaken city honours its heroes
Yesterday, the Royal Humane Society recognised 140 people with Christchurch Earthquake Awards for heroism and service. Here are the stories of some who were honoured. Chris Nutsford Being a risk-taker,...
View ArticleNZ pupils shine in Cambridge exams
Eight of the 10,000 New Zealand students who sat exams in the internationally recognised Cambridge Examinations are celebrating a rare feat - receiving 100 per cent in a subject.So the fact that four...
View ArticleQuake - a year on: US rescuer returns to bring closure
In 20 years of rescue work spanning about 80 countries, Al Dwyer had never seen devastation as bad as in Christchurch in the hours after the February 22 quake.Mr Dwyer, from the United States Agency...
View ArticleArtist eyes Albert Park for 'living sculpture'
Environmental artist Chris Booth wants to create a "living sculpture" under Albert Park as a central Auckland tourism attraction, if he can get financial backing.His idea is for a 250m-long tunnel that...
View ArticlePregnant Kiwis' drug use higher than in US
An international study has suggested pregnant New Zealand women drink more, take more drugs and smoke more cigarettes than counterparts in the United States.The study compared 540 woman from Auckland,...
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