More seek free flu vaccine this season
Influenza experts predict a high uptake of state-funded flu vaccination this year, following a big increase in demand for the vaccine.More than 500,000 doses have been distributed to clinics this...
View ArticleStudents on OE to start repaying loans earlier
People with student loans going on their big OE will have to start repaying their loans after just one year and provide Inland Revenue with a contact in New Zealand to help track them down.The previous...
View ArticleSkyCity to earn $42m a year in pokie deal
SkyCity will make up to $42 million a year from extra poker machines and other concessions in exchange for its $350 million investment in a national convention centre, a leading investment bank...
View ArticleIt's jailhouse rock as Shihad play for police
When a South Auckland police officer responded with "we deal with the meanest criminals" to a competition trying to find the "meanest workplace" they had the contest locked up.The organisers of the...
View ArticleFifth NZ soldier dies in Afghanistan
The official inquiry into the death of a New Zealand soldier in Afghanistan yesterday is understood to be focusing on the possibility that he took his own life.The soldier was serving in the Bamiyan...
View ArticleProtesters put their bodies on the line
Only 55 adult Maui dolphins are left in this world, and yesterday demonstrators took to the streets to try to get Parliament to save them.Adults and children alike took part in the peaceful rally for...
View ArticleMurder 'devastating' for family
Ranjeeta Sharma was a kind, beautiful and caring woman who had a warm smile and was friendly to everyone.But relatives noticed a change in her after she married a jealous Diwesh Sharma, who years later...
View ArticleCall for ban on rodeos ignored by city council
Calls for a blanket ban on rodeo-style events appears to have been ignored under a Hamilton City Council draft policy, to the dismay of animal rights activists.The Save Animals From Exploitation group...
View ArticleFire damages Salvation Army store
A charity shop north of Auckland has been "extensively damaged" by fire last night.Fire Service crews were called to the Salvation Army Family Store on Whangaparaoa Rd, Stanmore Bay, about 11pm.A...
View ArticleLegionnaires' outbreak prompts air-con alert
The Auckland region has been hit by a sudden increase in reported cases of a potentially fatal lung infection, prompting a health authority to ask for urgent chemical treatment in all buildings with...
View ArticleRena oil warning for Coromandel
More oil has leaked from the stricken container ship Rena and is expected to wash up on Coromandel Peninsula beaches today.Swells up to 7m high battered the ship yesterday and throughout the night, and...
View ArticleSchoolgirl murder-accused to stand trial
A man accused of murdering Christchurch schoolgirl Jade Bayliss has been committed for trial.Jeremy McLaughlin, 34, will stand trial at the High Court later this year to defend a charge that he...
View ArticleArrests in Upper Hutt over door-to-door art scam
An Israeli man and a Chilean woman have been arrested in Upper Hutt after being busted in a door-to-door art scam.The 23-year-old man and 33-year-old woman are accused of selling artworks door to door...
View ArticleRescuers return after pregnant woman trapped by flooding
A Ruatoria policeman and local resident have returned safely after tramping through flooded creeks and dense bush to get supplies to a pregnant woman trapped on the East Coast.Police said concerns were...
View ArticleYouth mental health system 'has weaknesses' - PM
The Government is to invest $62 million over four years in new initiatives and also into existing programmes to address youth mental health issues, including New Zealand's high youth suicide rate,...
View ArticleNZ soldier was not alone when he died
The Defence Force says at least one other person was present when a New Zealand soldier died in Afghanistan yesterday.Corporal Douglas Charles Hughes, 26, died after an incident while off-duty at the...
View ArticleBryce Edwards: Political round-up: Big gambling with big money
While SkyCity's clients almost always leave the casino with less money than they walked in with, according to Brian Rudman the casino itself has spotted a bargain - see: Lest we forget modern kamikazes .
View ArticleForestry worker's foot crushed by excavator
A forestry worker is in a serious condition after an excavator crushed his foot yesterday.The incident happened about 10.15am in a forestry area near Rotoiti, east of Rotorua.The Taupo-based Youthtown...
View ArticleArmed police search for youth seen with firearm
Armed police are still searching for a male youth in the Christchurch suburb of Avonhead after he reportedly pointed a firearm at another youth.Bevington St in Avonhead was closed as members of the...
View ArticleGovt offers to red zone homeowners expire soon
Homeowners in Christchurch's quake-hit red zones, who have offers from the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority expiring next month, are being urged to check that they have signed and returned the...
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