Rare shoe is clue to skeleton found in empty house
Police are checking missing person files after a headless skeleton was found in the garage of a vacant Auckland property.A limited edition shoe found with the bones was available for only a short time...
View ArticleSeal pup wanders into home and puts his flippers up
A wandering baby fur-seal wriggled through the cat-door of a Bay of Plenty house - and made himself at home on the couch.A stunned Annette Swoffer thought she must have been hallucinating when she...
View ArticleCouple sought in hunt for journalist's killer
Surveillance footage has shown two people walking along Boulcott St around the time Radio New Zealand journalist Phillip Cottrell was attacked.However police said the pair were not believed to be his...
View ArticleHouse explodes as cake goes in oven
A woman who lit a gas stove to bake a cake is in hospital with severe burns when the house she was in blew apart.Tia Ropitini, of Nuhaka, in her 30s, had just flicked the switch on a gas oven in her...
View ArticleSand storm engulfs Orewa streets
The Hibiscus Coast Highway has looked like a beach track in parts of Orewa as high winds blasted sand dunes, sending clouds of grit to cover homes and gardens up to 200m inland.Yesterday, along the 3km...
View ArticleNew Labour line-up to be unveiled next week
New Labour leader David Shearer expects to have his shadow portfolios organised by next week.The former aid worker took over as leader this morning, having successfully fought off David Cunliffe for...
View ArticleCrown prosecutor blames food theft on eating disorder
A Crown prosecutor has admitted stealing almost $200 of groceries from a supermarket while on a break from a court case, and has blamed the theft on an eating disorder.The 33-year-old pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleSmall earthquake near Tokoroa
An earthquake measuring 3.7 has struck south of Tokoroa this morning.It hit at 10.38am, and was centred 10 km south of the town at a depth of 160 kilometres.- Herald Online staff
View ArticleBurglars snatch All Black's precious Cup gear
Adam Thomson normally has a way with words but he was struggling to describe his emotions when he discovered some of his most prized possessions - including All Black World Cup jerseys - had been...
View ArticleMystery insect causes concern
A Tauranga family spent two days wondering if they had a deadly mosquito in their home after failing to get a proper response from the mozzie hotline.Omanu resident Peter Fowler said his wife noticed...
View ArticlePleas for sightings of man hit by car
Police want to hear from anyone who saw a man walking along a rural Taupo road last Tuesday evening before he was hit by a car.Wairangi Luke Maika, aged 29, died after being hit by the car on Forest...
View ArticleBryce Edwards: Political round-up: December 13
In making David Shearer the new leader, the Labour caucus has taken a fairly bold step. Shearer is not well known by the public, largely unproven, and didn't perform well in the media and candidate...
View ArticleMan on indecent assault charges bailed
A Trentham man accused of two indecent assaults has been further bailed on his second appearance at Lower Hutt District Court today.The 45-year-old has continued name suppression and will be back in...
View ArticleVictim's body left behind at crash site
Emergency services missed the body of a man killed in a car crash - he was discovered 45 minutes later by a schoolbus driver after police had left the scene.The mother of George Porter, 40, is planning...
View ArticlePower outages across North Island
Reserve power generation has been brought online, after a fault at the Huntly power station caused major outages in the North Island, including Auckland and Wellington.The fault in the connection...
View ArticleDHB offers help for redundant lab staff
Canterbury District Health Board is promising to help staff at Medlab South find new jobs after 145 employees were told yesterday they would made redundant from April.The news follows the loss of a...
View ArticleFive-time bail breacher to spend xmas in jail
A nightclubber who punched a man and left him brain damaged will spend Christmas in prison after breaching bail five times.Sitaleki Langi Koloamatangi has pleaded guilty to punching Trevor Kaukau and...
View ArticleJohn Armstrong: Shearer 'brave, but right' choice
A very brave choice, but absolutely the right choice. That has to be the verdict on the Labour caucus's election of David Shearer as the party's new leader.Shearer may lack David Cunliffe's silky...
View Article$21m fraud case: assets frozen
The Queensland government has frozen paintings, a baby grand piano, jet skis, luxury cars and almost $4.5 million in cash from a man accused of fleecing $16 million (NZ$21m) from Queensland Health.The...
View ArticleDisappointed Cunliffe ponders party future
Defeated Labour leadership contender David Cunliffe says he and running mate Nanaia Mahuta were not surprised by the result of this morning's secret ballot that installed David Shearer as leader and...
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