School must say no to senior pupils
A Far North school will be forced to shut its doors to senior students - a move its principal says amounts to bullying because of its previous anti-National Standards stance.However, the Ministry of...
View ArticleRena thieves lose $2300-a-day jobs
Two divers working on the salvage of the Rena have been fired after helping themselves to wine inside one of the ship's containers.Svitzer Salvage says the pair - believed to be Dutch - were "dismissed...
View ArticleVictim suspects shops take kickbacks
Mote Pahulu and his family no longer shop at businesses surrounding a Manurewa carpark patrolled by NZ Wheel Clamping after a run-in he says was vindictive in its absurdity.Mr Pahulu's wife Sela had...
View ArticleChace starts his trial on new drug
After two false starts, preschooler Chace Topperwien has finally begun a promising new drug trial his parents hope will help save their little boy's life.Ryan and Keri Topperwien were "excited and...
View ArticleCredit card scam targets burger joints
Victims of the card-skimming scam had their personal details stolen from under their nose as they used eftpos devices altered by thieves.More than $150,000 has been taken via ATM machines in Canada...
View ArticleSex industry likely to get boost from centre
The sex industry is looking forward to a big leg up from SkyCity's proposed National Convention Centre and the thousands of free-spending overseas conventioneers it would draw to Auckland.The...
View ArticleMinister says SAS won't return to Afghanistan
The SAS will not return to Afghanistan between now and 2014, Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman said yesterday.He made his comments after a Beehive meeting with Nato's Supreme Allied Commander Europe,...
View ArticleWheel-clamping complaints pour in
Wheel-clampers have been accused of intimidation and abuse - and the Government has admitted too little has been done to pull the industry into line.Yesterday more than 30 people contacted the Herald...
View ArticlePopularity of auctions for house sales soars
The number of houses being listed for auction is surging as limited supply gives sellers of even modest homes the upper hand.Real estate agents are touting auctions as offering the greatest...
View ArticleBallet tripped by power cut
A Royal New Zealand Ballet performance at the Aotea Centre yesterday was interrupted when a power cable fault affected several big buildings in central Auckland for more than an hour.The afternoon...
View ArticleHomeowner files injunction to stop V8 Supercars
Locked-in house owner Paul Smart says he doesn't want to be a killjoy for petrolheads but has hit a "blank wall" with the promoters of the Hamilton 400 V8s event and has filed an injunction to stop...
View ArticleSearch for swimmer resumes in Wairarapa
The search for a young Fijian man who went missing at a remote Wairarapa beach four days ago will resume today.Eroni Ravaga-Gaunavou, 22, was swimming with a small group of friends just north of...
View ArticleNZ at Noon: Gnomes, Hobbits, fracking and fanatics
Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon today include hobbits, fracking, flames shooting from Marsden Point, a fanatical Billy Connolly fan, Hamilton people being encouraged to walk around...
View ArticleGillies on new violence charges
Notorious criminal John Gillies faces fresh violence charges just one week after an application to have him recalled to prison was declined.Gillies, who has 106 convictions, 34 of them for violence,...
View Article15-year-old held in jail over Easter
An "unfortunate set of circumstances" resulted in a 15-year-old being held in a police cell at the Dunedin Central police station for four nights over Easter, police say.Child, Youth and Family (CYF)...
View ArticleAuckland driver's knifepoint car-jacking
A BMW owner was carjacked at knifepoint in Auckland early this morning, before his vehicle was crashed into a construction site during a police pursuit.The drama began about 1.20am on Richardson Rd in...
View ArticleNats and the Greens - no new deal
The National Government's lurch to the right has scuppered prospects of a new policy deal between it and the Greens, the smaller party says, but National claims the Greens wanted policies that were...
View ArticleDavid Farrar: Paid parental leave pains
The debate over paid parental leave may end up being painful for both National and Labour.Labour List MP Sue Moroney's bill to increase paid parental leave from 14 weeks to 26 weeks is likely to have...
View ArticleVietnam's deputy Prime Minister to visit
The Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, is about to visit New Zealand for bilateral and business meetings.He arrives on Saturday and will be here for a few days, meeting the...
View ArticleTruck crash on State Highway Two
A truck and trailer unit has rolled on State Highway Two near Otamarakau, Matata.Emergency services are at the scene.The driver is out of the vehicle but it is unknown at this stage if he is injured.
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