Ask Phoebe: Rollerbladers best to take safety first approach
Could you please tell me if rollerblading on the road is prohibited by law, or simply by the laws of common sense? I saw a woman recently rollerblading along Ladies Mile in the early morning. As a...
View ArticleRugby's solvency crisis may spread
Otago rugby might be only the first victim in a solvency crisis affecting New Zealand's provincial rugby unions.A Herald survey of the financial performance of the 14 ITM Cup unions reveals a model...
View ArticleTourist car plunges over bluff on to beach
A pair of English tourists will have quite a story to tell at home after their car fell more than 10m down a bluff and landed on a popular Paihia beach.The accident occurred during rain about 5.45pm...
View ArticleInsurance fraud now big worry in ravaged city
Insurance fraud is emerging as a major issue in earthquake-ravaged Christchurch as some property owners try to take advantage of the disaster.Police are already dealing with several cases from the top...
View ArticleKeisha Castle-Hughes left house 'massively damaged'
Keisha Castle-Hughes' former landlord is taking her and on-off boyfriend Michael Graves to the Tenancy Tribunal, claiming $4000 of damage to his $1.4 million Mt Eden house while they were tenants.Roger...
View ArticleWet, gloomy autumn to follow grim, grey summer
The North Island's sun-starved summer will be followed by a wetter-than-normal autumn dominated by overcast days.The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research said cool sea temperatures and...
View ArticleSex-offence teacher trying to adopt child
A convicted sex offender who evaded checks to teach at several schools has been trying to adopt a child through an international website, the Herald can reveal.The man, whose identity is suppressed, is...
View ArticleFraudster principal still working as a JP
Former Hamilton secondary school principal Martin Elliott is still advertising himself as a justice of the peace, three weeks after he was convicted on two fraud charges.This has prompted another...
View ArticleDotcom: I will beat charges
Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom has broken his silence to talk about life inside jail, the difficulty he has had settling into the country he wants his children to call home - and how he will beat the...
View ArticleTeenage rapist's whanau under attack from judge
Sexual abuse, gangs, drugs and alcohol marked the upbringing of a Turangi teenager yesterday jailed for raping a 5-year-old tourist girl - a crime that shocked the country.Raurangi Mark Marino's past...
View ArticleWatchdog warns of Facebook offer
The public is being warned of an illegal offer claiming to help Kiwi investors buy Facebook shares.Facebook filed to become a public company last month and is likely to debut on the New York Stock...
View ArticleDecision on crash charges could take weeks
The driver of a four-wheel-drive vehicle could face charges over a collision with another vehicle in the Waikato on Monday which seriously injured two young boys.But police say an investigation into...
View ArticleNZ's oldest driver still motoring along
Far North resident Bob Edwards had three reasons to celebrate recently, turning 104 on February 15, renewing his driving licence a week earlier, and staking claim to being the oldest licensed driver in...
View ArticleQuake inquiry: Key witness fails to show
A key witness into the collapse of a building has not shown up to give evidence at the Royal Commission of Inquiry today.The inquiry was hearing evidence into the collapse of 738 Colombo St, tenanted...
View ArticleAffco meatworks lockout: 'Children will suffer'
The indefinite lockout of meat workers in the small Northland town of Moerewa will affect the entire community and children will be the ones to suffer, one long-time worker says.Laurie Nankivell has...
View ArticleEx-director admits $103m fraud
A former Datasouth Group director who spent more than $1 million on "various female companions'' has admitted a $103 million fraud.Gavin Clifford Bennett, 53, today pleaded guilty in Christchurch...
View ArticleKiwi to stand trial over Queensland fraud
Alleged New Zealand fraudster Joel Morehu-Barlow will stand for allegedly defrauding more than A$16 million (NZD$20.6m) from Queensland Health.Morehu-Barlow, 36, appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates...
View ArticleWarning over weather 'tempest' set to hit NZ
A weather "tempest" set to sweep across the North Island on Saturday could be damaging and dangerous, forecasters warn.Metservice said a deep and vigorous low is expected to pass quickly across the...
View ArticleKillers 'ticking the boxes' for parole
The three convicted killers of Auckland engineer Raymond Mullins are simply "ticking the boxes'' to gain parole, his family say.Natalie Fenton was 15 when she and elder sister Katrina, 19, and friend...
View ArticleGet-rich scam leads to $36,000 theft
Veteran equestrian Glenys Flora Foote stole more than $36,000 from the sports governing body in Northland to invest in an overseas scheme that guaranteed her a return of $1 million.She later discovered...
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