Calls to prevent repeat of RSA poisoning
A case in which a woman was served a cleaning chemical instead of lemonade has prompted calls for the Department of Labour to take action to stop it happening again.Instead of the refreshment she had...
View ArticleSmall protest against child abuse held in Wellington
As many Wellington workers made their way through Lambton Quay at lunch time today, six quiet protesters also walked their way down it with one message: "stop child abuse".The protest, organised by...
View ArticleSlaughtered horse in driveway - is it revenge?
A retired race horse was butchered and dumped on a driveway - and revenge or the horse's meat have been suggested as possible motives.The animal was found "fully gutted" on Old North Rd in Huapai, west...
View ArticleChild porn photographer sick in court
The sentencing of a man who took sexual pictures of a young Russian girl has been put off to next week after he became ill in court today.Glenn Roderick Holland, 67, was due to be sentenced in the...
View ArticleTeenager charged after Motueka house fires
A teenager has been charged after two houses were set on fire near Motueka yesterday.The houses were destroyed in the blazes yesterday afternoon.The 18-year-old man was found after a public tip-off and...
View ArticleRamsay warns: Girlfriends steal all your recipes
According to Gordon Ramsay, young Christopher Taylor shouldn't get a girlfriend because they steal all your recipes.The celebrity chef shared his words of wisdom with the 15-year-old during an...
View ArticleNZ surfer attacked by shark off Taranaki coast
A surfer was left with 10 bloody tooth-marks after being attacked by a shark off the coast of Taranaki at dusk yesterday.Peter Garrett suffered the cuts, each about 2cm deep, when a shark mauled him...
View ArticleWeekend forecast: More rain on the way
More foul weather is heading our way this Sunday, but conditions are not expected to get as wild last week. Weatherwatch.co.nz says another low is expected to move in from the Tasman Sea, and although...
View Article'It ain't over', port union warns
Striking workers have reacted with disgust at the Ports of Auckland's announcement that almost 300 workers will be made redundant and will contract out the work.However, this was not the end of...
View ArticlePorts of Auckland wharfies react
Striking workers have reacted with disgust at the Ports of Auckland's announcement that almost 300 workers will be made redundant and will contract out the work.However, this was not the end of...
View ArticleAngry Cairns: 'Sir, I am not a cheat'
Chris Cairns has denied offering teammates money to cheat in the Indian Cricket League, on the second day of libel action against the former chairman of the Indian Premier League in the High Court in...
View ArticleNo 'mates basis' for EQC hiring - Commission
Reports the Earthquake Commission's hiring practices were riddled with nepotism as it rapidly expanded its workforce following the Canterbury earthquakes were exaggerated or simply wrong, the...
View ArticleChristchurch port workers to strike in solidarity
Christchurch port workers are planning strike action in a solidarity move with their Auckland comrades.Unionised workers at Lyttelton Port are planning to boycott work on a docked ship but the move...
View ArticleWho owns this superyacht? The $120m question
A multimillion-dollar luxury superyacht anchored off Queen's Wharf is drawing extra attention to Auckland's waterfront.The Ocean Victory can be seen from the Viaduct and has been there for a number of...
View ArticleUrewera trial: Iti 'peaceful activist' - lawyer
Veteran Tuhoe activist Tame Iti has set about changing "hearts and minds'' through peaceful activism - not violence, a court has been told.Iti, Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara, Emily Felicity Bailey and...
View ArticleThousands of Chch sections coming to market
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority says 6000 sections should be coming to market for development in the devastated city of Christchurch next year.Cera chief executive Roger Sutton told...
View ArticleTokoroa toddler cold case: Garden dug up
Police have spent this morning digging up a back garden at a Tokoroa property in a search for clues into the disappearance of a toddler more than 40 years ago.The excavation work at the residential...
View ArticlePower still out for 1500 properties after weather bomb
About 1500 properties around Wanganui and south Taranaki remain without power after Saturday's weather bomb.Powerco operations manager Phil Marsh said more than 200 staff are working to restore power,...
View ArticlePolice pay rises will cost $470m - deputy commissoner
A three per cent wage rise and inflation rate would see police have to save $470m in the next four years, police bosses told Parliament today. The figure was given by Deputy Commissioner Viv Rickard...
View Article'Jesus heals cancer' billboard taken down
A Napier church has taken down a controversial billboard that claimed Jesus heals cancer and replaced it with one claiming Jesus heals all sickness and disease - a quote from the Bible.The Equippers...
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