Two women killed in fiery crash
Two women died and a 46-year-old man is in hospital after a car and utility collided on the main highway just north of Te Karaka, inland from Gisborne, late yesterday afternoon.One of the first on the...
View ArticleDeath warning over 'nasty road'
A West Coast trucking operator says another fatality on the twisting section of State Highway 73 at Arthur's Pass is only centimetres away each day, with no room for error from motorists travelling...
View ArticleNelson-Tasman council merger a no go
A Nelson Tasman council merger bid has been quashed by Tasman rate-payers.Eighteen months after the Auckland super city creation the Local Government Commission approved a proposal to merge the Nelson...
View ArticleTauranga woman jailed for stealing from employer
A Tauranga woman stole $689,000 from her employer to feed a shopping addiction built around lavish tastes in designer clothes, jewellery, beauty treatments and other luxuries.Karen Margaret Hodgson,...
View Article'Peeping Tom' arrested at The Warehouse
An alleged 'peeping tom' has been arrested in a Christchurch chain store.Police in Christchurch were called to The Warehouse this afternoon where a man was found by staff looking at women in changing...
View ArticleLost swimmer was 'living every Fijian boy's dream'
Eroni Gaunavou was living every Fijian boy's dream while playing rugby in Wairarapa, his family said yesterday after arriving at the beach where he disappeared.The 22-year-old Puketoi rugby player went...
View ArticleLast push to fix NZ's leakiest school
Work on a library and a multi-million dollar two-storey building will begin next week at the Western Bay school dubbed the leakiest school in the country.During the past four years, Tahatai Coast...
View ArticleOverseas convention centres operating at fewer staff
Overseas convention centres are operating with far fewer staff than the number being touted for Auckland's proposed venue.Sky City's convention centre will have a capacity of 3500 people.The...
View ArticleArmed Offenders call out in Gisborne
A man in his thirties is helping police with their enquiries after an Armed Offenders call out in Gisborne earlier this afternoon.Armed police took the man into custody after being called to what's...
View ArticleMajor blaze in Invercargill causes road accidents
The Fire Service is at the scene of a major blaze in Invercargill.A fire has broken out amongst tyres in a silo on Rockdale Road, at the eastern end of Invercargill.Reporter Malcolm Gayfer says...
View ArticleCharter school trials to take place across the country
The trialling of Act's controversial plan to set up autonomous charter schools is now likely to take in poor towns and suburbs across the country, rather than being restricted to south Auckland and...
View ArticleMinister dissolves school board after it ignores edict
Minister of Education Hekia Parata has dissolved the board of trustees of Moerewa School, which opened for term two today, despite a Ministry edict to enrol senior students at other schools.The school...
View ArticleCharities face more scrutiny
New Zealand's biggest charities could face more scrutiny under proposals released by the Government today.Commerce Minister Craig Foss has released a discussion paper proposing new auditing rules for...
View ArticleParents of fallen soldier receive NZ Memorial Cross
The parents of fallen New Zealand soldier Lieutenant Tim O'Donnell have today received the New Zealand Memorial Cross.The 28-year-old was killed in action when the Provincial Reconstruction Team patrol...
View ArticleRotorua woman pleads guilty to meth charges
A Rotorua woman who has pleaded guilty to methamphetamine-related charges is already in jail after being sentenced last year for similar offending.Tina Jessica Turner, 47, had been due to stand trial...
View ArticleMan arrested over violent assault on 14-year-old
A man has been arrested over the violent assault on a 14-year-old girl at an Auckland park in February.Police said a 21-year-old man would appear in Manukau District Court this afternoon charged with...
View ArticleFlaxmere man on trial over death of five-month-old
A man charged with manslaughter after the death of his girlfriend's five-month-old son in Flaxmere 15 months ago has gone on trial in the High Court in Napier.The trial started today with 23-year-old...
View ArticleWhangarei tree protesters' hopes felled
The battle in Whangarei to save the Mander Park trees saw protesters claim a victory as they saw off plans to chainsaw 11 large trees put off on Saturday, but yesterday their joy turned to grief as the...
View ArticleHeaphy Track open for mountainbikers this winter
The Department of Conservation says the Heaphy Track will be opened to mountainbikers again this winter, but only during daylight hours to protect nocturnal giant snails.After a successful trial last...
View ArticleMP scolded by ambassador for comparing NZ to Mexico
Labour MP David Parker has been given a lengthy scolding from the Mexican ambassador for saying New Zealand did not want to become "Australia's Mexico".Mr Parker made the comment after news that...
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