Celebs champion open marriage
New Zealanders in open marriages have found validation in headlines about celebrities who share their lifestyles. "Sharing" being the operative word. "OPEN MARRIAGE destroyed Ashton and Demi's...
View ArticleCommunity Hero: Open door to help kids grow
Every weekday in a tiny coastal town, after the school bell rings, pensioner Rob Reed opens the door to his humble workshop. Up to a dozen children pile in and together they get to work carving things...
View ArticleSharks swimming in for summer
Sharks are bearing down on bathing hot spots around New Zealand as summer warms up - and predictions are for more than ever.Marine scientist Clinton Duffy says the first days of summer have already...
View ArticleMoney comes second to Grammar ambitions
A few metres of asphalt can make a $200,000 difference to a home's price tag on the fringes of Auckland's desirable Grammar zone.Auckland property analyst Stephen Hart has crunched the sales figures...
View ArticleThieves busy with Christmas shopping
Thieves started their Christmas shopping by ransacking family homes and businesses, taking off with presents, food and alcohol.Vodafone Warriors star Shaun Johnson and All Black loose forward Adam...
View ArticleWedding bells ring out for NZ celebs
It's the summer of celebrity weddings. Barely three weeks after star All Black Dan Carter married Honor Dillon, another All Black and two TV stars will walk down the aisle - in separate ceremonies....
View ArticleTests to uncover HIV infections
Kiwi researchers are close to revealing how many people are undiagnosed with HIV after a sweep of gay clubs for saliva samples.It is thought that many infected people are unaware of their illness and...
View ArticleSingh family waiting for justice
A year has passed without justice for Vineshwar Singh or answers for his family.The Pukekohe man was struck down as he crossed the road in front of his home just before midnight on Christmas Eve last...
View ArticleSmokers choke on rise of price tag
A standard 20-pack of cigarettes will break through the $15 price tag on New Year's Day.The 14.6 per cent price hike, the result of the annual adjustment to the excise duty, is the third since June...
View ArticleQuestions over Waitakere vote
Evidence of dodgy voting has emerged in the battle for Waitakere. A judge has found nine people voted twice and 393 people voted despite not being on the electoral roll.The result has changed twice:...
View ArticleSlips close tourist routes
Busy tourist routes could be closed for up to three months after parts of the country were pounded yesterday with the heaviest rainfall in 40 years.Landslips made roads in and out of Golden Bay...
View ArticleZealot destroys church poster
Stunned passers-by watched as a scissors-wielding zealot slashed a billboard showing the Virgin Mary clutching a positive pregnancy test yesterday.The grey-haired man appeared to be alone as he...
View ArticleKiwi hitman sentenced to jail
A Kiwi hitman - who skipped the country 12 years ago to evade drugs charges - has been jailed for 11 years in Scotland for attempting to kill a senior legal officer. Robert Graham, 47, was sentenced on...
View ArticleKiller of undercover cop loses appeal
The man who shot one undercover police officer dead and tried to kill another has had his appeal against his conviction and sentence dismissed. John Ward Skinner was found guilty and sentenced to life...
View ArticleMore charges for house break-in accused
New burglary charges have been laid against a man accused of breaking into houses and making intimate recordings of women. Sione Falala appeared in the Auckland District Court this week accused of...
View ArticleNew Zealand's obesity rates climb
New Zealanders are not getting slimmer, with 63 per cent now overweight or obese.The recently released Roy Morgan State of the Nation Report 3 found that in September, only 35 per cent of New...
View ArticleDramatic rescue: Fishermen saved
Three men who abandoned their fishing vessel in rough seas off the Taranaki coast this morning have been winched to safety by a rescue helicopter.The men made a mayday call about 4.10am before getting...
View ArticleSparta still in precarious position
The Russian fishing vessel stranded in Antarctica remains in a precarious position as the crew battles to stop more water leaking in through its damaged hull.A rescue operation was sparked after the...
View ArticleNelson man claims $6m Lotto jackpot
Christmas has come early for a lucky Lotto player in Nelson who won $6 million in last night's Powerball draw.Lotto chief executive Todd McLeay said the win, from a ticket sold at Richmond Night N Day,...
View ArticleNasty spat over online tributes
A heated row erupted last night after the grieving mother of murdered Christchurch teenager Hayden Miles asked that online tribute sites from his friends be removed.A 27-year-old Christchurch man has...
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