Bill English: Another housing boom unlikely
Bill English is confident we're not about to see another housing boom.Property prices have been rising...especially in Auckland...with real estate agents saying there aren't enough houses on the...
View ArticleAnti-smoking groups want a smokefree NZ by 2040
New Zealand anti-smoking groups want to see the world become smokefree by 2040.Delegates from our National Tobacco Control Working Group are heading to Singapore next week to submit a proposal to the...
View ArticleUrewera jury to resume deliberations tomorrow
The jury tasked with deciding the fate of the "Urewera Four" will continue their deliberations tomorrow.Tame Iti, Urs Signer, Emily Bailey and Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara are on trial in the High Court at...
View ArticlePlanes grounded after cracks found
Air New Zealand is inspecting its ATR fleet after hairline cracks were found around the cockpit windows of one of its planes.The cracks were found during a routine inspection of the 68-seat aircraft in...
View ArticleTwo critical in Wellington crash
Two people are critically injured after a car crashed into a bank and flipped in a BP service station carpark on State Highway Two north of Wellington.A north-bound van rolled and left the road, a...
View ArticleRound the Bays slows fire service's ability to get to boat fire
Firefighters were called to the Okahu Bay marine this morning after a fire was reported on a boat. Flames were reported on board a 5m runabout at 9.45am. Fire communications spokesman Jaron Phillips...
View ArticleMcCaw: Hobbs 'genuine good bugger'
Hundreds have gathered for the funeral of former All Black captain and New Zealand Rugby Union chairman Jock Hobbs in Wellington today.All Black captain Richie McCaw is among the New Zealand rugby...
View ArticleWoman critical after train slams into tractor
A 19-year-old is fighting for her life after a freight train collided with her tractor as she crossed the tracks this morning.The incident happened on a private farm near Marton in Manawatu about 11am...
View ArticleMusician scalded by water during Womad performance
A Mongolian musician was scalded by boiling water at the opening night of the Womad festival in New Plymouth on Friday.Nars, the band leader of Anda Union, was playing music in front of the stage where...
View ArticleRound the Bays: 70,000-strong
New Zealand's largest fun run, the Ports of Auckland Round the Bays, attracted an estimated 70,000 walkers, runners and wheelchair athletes today as they made their way along the 8.4km route from Quay...
View ArticleBad weekend on the roads for the South Island
It's been a bad weekend on the roads around the south.A middle-aged man is dead after his car ended up in the Poolburn dam lake in Central Otago. It's believed the vehicle went into the lake about 1am...
View ArticleMissing pilot's employers head to Indonesia
Staff from the aviation supply company for whom a New Zealand helicopter pilot works are heading to the province in Indonesia where he is missing.Shri Krishnan of Auckland was flying a six-seater...
View ArticleNew Tongan king: A lifetime in politics
Tongans will soon welcome their new king, Crown Prince Tupou To'a Lavaka Ata, after the death of King George Tupou V.The King went into an intensive care unit in a Hong Kong hospital about 10 days ago...
View ArticleBryce Edwards: Political round-up: March 19
The lack of meat in David Shearer's political positioning speech last Thursday has not stopped commentators picking over the bones in the last few days. A tentative but definite move to the centre...
View ArticleCriticism of new abuse law rejected
Child abuse prevention network Jigsaw Family Services has rejected criticism by Chris Kahui's lawyer of a new law which comes into effect today making it an offence to not report known child abuse The...
View ArticleCity revellers' mess 'disgusting'
It wasn't orders for Big Macs, but complaints about a big mess that a central city McDonald's had to contend with on Saturday night.The manager at McDonald's Quay St said keeping up with clearing...
View ArticleMan charged after toddler left outside pub
A member of the public who acted after seeing a baby alone in a car in a pub carpark did the right thing and raised the alarm, police say.Detective Sergeant Tony Heathcote said police were called to...
View ArticleLimited search for Easy Rider sinking victims
A limited search for four people still missing from fishing vessel Easy Rider, including a child, will continue today.Skipper Rewai Karetai, 47, of Bluff; Paul Jason Fowler-Karetai, 40; Odin Karetai,...
View ArticlePolice seeking axe-wielding robber
Police are looking to CCTV footage to identify a man who robbed a Porirua dairy with a tomahawk.The man demanded cash and cigarettes at the Daji Foodmarket Dairy in Titahi Bay, about 4.30pm on March...
View ArticleMost Mount Cook Airlines passengers to fly tomorrow
Most people booked to fly on Air New Zealand's ATR fleet tomorrow (Tue) will be able to travel, the airline says.The airline's 11-strong ATR72-500 fleet, operated by Mount Cook Airlines, was grounded...
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