Truckie escapes as farm bridge shatters
A truck driver says he "hung on and hoped for the best" after his 24-tonne truck sank through a wooden bridge outside Te Puke yesterday while delivering maize to a local farm.Andy Newcombe from...
View ArticleFemale cop's nose broken at checkpoint
A Whangarei policewoman is nursing a broken nose after she was allegedly assaulted while trying to arrest a woman at a breath-testing checkpoint.A 28-year-old woman faces an assault charge after the...
View Article'Odd' house sells for $900k over QV
An architect-designed Grey Lynn house, scoffed at as odd by neighbours, has sold for $2.6 million - $900,000 more than its QV.The house at 28 Arnold St was sold by architect Richard Naish and Andrea...
View ArticleWitness: 'I'd never seen one take off at that angle'
A former Queenstown resident told the Queenstown District Court yesterday how he saw part of the underbelly and the cockpit of Pacific Blue flight 89 as it passed by him in "whiteout...
View Article'Bright Eyes' cruelty case on the mend
An abandoned emaciated dog, the subject of one of the "worst cases" of animal negligence the Auckland SPCA has seen, is on the mend.However the SPCA is no closer to finding who was responsible for...
View ArticleBaby Cezar's murder was 'brutal and callous'
Adam Clarke locked himself in his room and talked to photographs of his dead son before falling asleep with them.Baby Cezar was just six-months-old when his mother's new partner, James Hemana, picked...
View ArticleAuckland dog owners bite back over fee increase
Auckland dog owners are still barking mad after news the Auckland Council plans to increase dog registration fees from July 1.The issue, revealed in The Auckland
View ArticleNew private prison at Wiri given green light
The Government has given the green light for a new privately-run prison in South Auckland, to be run by the same company that manages Mt Eden Prison and was recently fined $150,000 for an escaped...
View ArticleBomb scare clears Palmerston North court
The Palmerston North courthouse has been evacuated because of a bomb scare.The threat was apparently phoned in sometime before lunch. Constable Paul Sheehan said police were inside the courthouse...
View ArticleTrio to defend Welcome Bay fatal crash charges
The three people charged over a Christmas Day car crash in Welcome Bay that killed two Tauranga sisters will defend the charges at trial.The girls' mother Phillippa Vanessa Morehu, 36; Haki Tepuere...
View ArticlePort dismissals 'unlawful' - Maritime Union
The Maritime Union says it will take legal action over the "unlawful'' dismissal of nearly 300 workers.Port of Auckland, the council-owned port company, faces an $11.5 million redundancy payout and...
View ArticleBryce Edwards: Political round-up: March 8
'Which side are you on?' asks the old union ballad, and that's the question commentators and activists on the left have been asking Len Brown and David Shearer throughout the ports dispute. Many have...
View ArticleMan admits making drugs in his garage
A Tauranga man who had been on trial on methamphetamine dealing charges and having a P-lab in his garage has pleaded guilty.Glen Nigel Stevenson, 34, whose trial began in Tauranga District Court on...
View Article'Change fatigue' in Defence Force
A major restructure of the NZ Defence Force has seen 655 fewer roles in less than two years, staff morale at an all-time low and a major challenge to keep the quality staff they have left, Defence...
View ArticleMan accused of Stokes Valley murder named
One of the men involved in the alleged murder of a Stokes Valley father-of-two can now be identified.Name suppression for William Axl Stark, 22, lapsed when he appeared in Lower Hutt District Court...
View ArticleNo resolution over who pays for deaf MP's funding
The next stop for deaf MP Mojo Mathers' bid for funding for a note-taker to allow her to participate fully in Parliament is the standing orders committee which oversees rules of the House and select...
View ArticleDiplomats urged by partners to resign over cuts
Overseas diplomats are being urged to leave their posts en masse by their partners amid a stoush over staffing cuts, a union claims.Ministry of Foreign Affairs chief executive John Allen last month...
View ArticleUrewera trial: Bush training helps Tuhoe retain values - iwi leader
Bush-based training and education of Tuhoe people helps retain their values, which cannot be taught in a classroom with a blackboard, says an iwi leader.Tamati Kruger gave evidence today as a defence...
View ArticleWaioeka Gorge to remain closed for a month
NZTA says Waioeka Gorge is expected to remain closed for about a month, possibly longer.It follows a series of large slips almost a week ago.NZTA said its priority is to get the gorge open as quickly...
View ArticlePike River Mine staff laid off
Nine staff involved in the recovery of the bodies of 29 men killed in the Pike River Coal Mine disaster, including the father of one of the victims, have been laid off.Receiver John Fisk said a...
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