Police investigating Gisborne fire
Police are investigating just how a Gisborne house fire started last night.The blaze took hold at a flat in Alice Street, Kaiti, shortly before ten o'clock on Friday night. Four fire crews were needed...
View ArticleQuake relief unfair
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker has conceded it seems unfair not to offer full rates relief to homeowners whose quake-damaged properties are uninhabitable.Mr Parker this week voted against an amendment...
View ArticleMarch in Gisborne for rail link
Over a thousand people have marched in support of Gisborne maintaining a rail link with Napier.The protesters are campaigning to have the storm-damaged Gisborne to Wairoa section of the track repaired,...
View ArticleFeilding police hunting escapee
Police are hunting a 29-year-old man who escaped from their custody in Feilding today.Marc Rhys Tuffey is wanted in relation to several charges including his escape, Sergeant Grant Lawton of Feilding...
View ArticleFrom green to gold: Algae proves lucrative
A New Zealand research company has tapped into a potentially multi-million dollar market.Nelson-based Cawthron Institute has extracted minute quantities of organic compounds from algae, and onsold them...
View ArticlePolice investigate artist's death
The police are investigating the death of an artist who died in unexplained circumstances.Jan Nigro, who was 91, died at her home in Takapuna on Auckland's North Shore on March 28.Nigro's career began...
View ArticleMiracle escape as train collides with car
A crash between a train and a car has miraculously seen no one injured.The accident happened late yesterday afternoon on Turakina Valley Road just off State Highway Three between Wanganui and...
View ArticleMen rescued as boat sinks in Auckland
Two men had to be rescued when their boat started sinking in Auckland this afternoon.The men were rescued just off the beach in Mairangi Bay, on Auckland's North Shore, by members of the public on...
View ArticleMan airlifted to hospital during league match
A man has been airlifted to hospital after sustaining leg injuries while playing rugby league this afternoon.A local ambulance attended the incident near Reporoa but called the helicopter for...
View ArticleAll-girl team joins lads for Marine Trades Challenge
New Zealand's first-ever all-girl team joined the lads for today's Marine Trades Challenge, competing to build a boat in just two hours.Napier's Tamatea School entered two teams in today's contest -...
View ArticlePolice suspend search for missing swimmer
Police have tonight suspended the official search for Eroni Ravaga Gaunavou, the popular young Fijian rugby player who failed to resurface while swimming with friends off Akitio Beach on Monday...
View ArticleKawerau: Opportunity even knocks here
There're opportunities in Kawerau, even if it just boils down to a chance to get out of the Bay of Plenty town.Beaurepaires fleet service-man Terry Ngatai would agree with that.He got his kids out of...
View ArticleIt's location, location... if it's in Auckland
At well over $2 million, it could be New Zealand's most expensive bach - but the glorious untouched headland it sits on makes it worth the hefty price tag.The undeveloped 3369sq m property on...
View ArticleWatchdog demands $30m from six Hanover bosses
Groups helping out-of-pocket investors in failed finance company Hanover are delighted six former directors could be ordered to pay up to $5 million each if a new civil action against them is...
View ArticleShocking finds in your food
A high-tech tracking device embedded in a slab of chocolate is among hundreds of bizarre complaints about foreign objects found in food.Among the most unsavoury items was a condom found in a KFC meal,...
View ArticleTop real estate agent escapes penalty for website 'error'
One of the country's top real estate agents will not be punished despite a disciplinary body finding that he operated a website with his former firm's branding after switching to a new company.Martin...
View ArticleI am unwell: smash driver
A wayward motorist who smashed into three parked vehicles, crossed four lanes of a highway and drove on to railway tracks before crashing into a railway station platform in Waikanae last weekend blames...
View ArticleDriver's unusual sit in after towing protest
First it was car clampers earning the wrath of irate drivers; now a tow truck driver has fallen foul of an unusual sit-in.A stubborn driver sat in his car for more than an hour this week while he was...
View ArticleRental bond booty build-up
If you've ever shelled out for a rental bond you may be in for a windfall: almost $6 million of bond money is waiting to be claimed.The Department of Building and Housing manages the $362 million bond...
View ArticleAuckland city drowning in a deluge of rubbish
Four in the morning on a wet Saturday and Auckland's frontline troops have gathered at the Viaduct basin to battle the escalating deluge of rubbish.Entering a war zone is how cleaning supervisor Leon...
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