New Zealand National Stuff
Tue, 24 May 2022 05:55:18 GMTIdentities of the artists who dropped 'threatening' flyers around Nelson revealed
Two Pākehā artists who tried to force a police investigation into two men by donning disguises and delivering "threatening" flyers can now be named.
Tue, 24 May 2022 07:30:00 GMTCouncil 'put people's lives at risk' with information obscured from councillors
Parts of Civic House have under 10% of the New Building Standard for earthquake safety, and despite the council having this information for months, neither elected members nor the top dog had any idea until last week.
Tue, 24 May 2022 04:31:19 GMTDilworth School: Drunk boy piggy-backed to house where he was abused, court hears
A man says he was a school boy at Dilworth when his music teacher got him so drunk he couldn't walk, and later his teacher sexually abused him.
Tue, 24 May 2022 04:36:56 GMTMongrel Mob members organise fight for gang patch in leafy Blenheim suburb
But it didn't go down as planned, when one allegedly used a weapon and the brother of the other needed “20-odd stitches” after punching a glass door.
Tue, 24 May 2022 05:44:15 GMTStrike called off as allied health workers go to vote on new pay offer
Further strike action by 10,000 hospital workers has been called off after district health boards put a new pay deal on the table.
Tue, 24 May 2022 02:28:45 GMTEighteen metres of Wellington's highest point carried away by helicopter
The top section of a radio transmitter that once revolutionised television broadcasting has been removed from Mt Kaukau's summit after being deemed redundant.
Tue, 24 May 2022 03:12:27 GMTLarge swells expected to hit coasts, but where's the big snow storm?
Damaging waves that hit the coast on the weekend are set to return, while the country is still without a major snow dump a week out from winter.
Tue, 24 May 2022 04:00:34 GMTAir force crew finds survivors, including child, on two missing boats near Kiribati
All seven survivors were found in good health.
Tue, 24 May 2022 04:45:56 GMTPerson dies on Auckland's Hibiscus Coast after crashing into cars and building
A person has died after the car they were in crashed into two others and a building in Ōrewa.
Tue, 24 May 2022 03:59:15 GMTPeter Thiel's planners unconvincing on merits of Wānaka luxury lodge
The planner maintains the positive effects don’t outweigh the negatives of the billionaire's proposal.
Tue, 24 May 2022 02:09:31 GMTMini crime wave: Dunedin police detain 12-year-old over Demio thefts
The boy is alleged to have stolen eight vehicles overnight including seven Mazda Demios, New Zealand's most stolen car.
Tue, 24 May 2022 08:55:08 GMTPerson found dead on suburban Auckland street, police on scene
Police are trying to work out how the person whose body was found in a Mt Albert street died.
Tue, 24 May 2022 08:37:07 GMTInvestigation underway after delays to breast cancer screening may have affected patients' prognosis, treatment
About 52 breast cancer patients in the wider Wellington region may have had their treatment and prognosis affected by delays to a mammogram service.
Tue, 24 May 2022 08:30:00 GMTGreens worry latest democracy working group will delay electoral change
Before the Government announced a review of electoral law, Green MP Golriz Ghahraman introduced legislation which will lower the voting age.
Tue, 24 May 2022 08:00:00 GMTHealth NZ advertises for help transitioning health system 'for free'
Come and help give healthcare a makeover – but you'll have to give your time for free, Health NZ applicants told.
Tue, 24 May 2022 08:00:00 GMTDetails scarce on progress of remote Taranaki homicide investigation
Just how close police are to making an arrest following the death of a man at a remote Taranaki campground remains unclear.
Tue, 24 May 2022 07:57:34 GMTNext generation of cricketers to get runs on the board from new sports centre at Hagley Oval
More than three decades in the making, the Sir Richard Hadlee Sports Centre is the final piece of the Hagley Oval Cricket Precinct.
Tue, 24 May 2022 07:50:54 GMTCouncil project cost concerns, museum option scaled back
Invercargill city councillors have scaled back its museum plans with concerns raised about mounting costs at the council.
Tue, 24 May 2022 07:00:00 GMTFirst separated by WWII, then Covid, sisters finally reunite in Queenstown
The tears flowed as Amy Blommestein, 90 and Maria LaRooy, 82, embraced for the first time in three years. But Covid isn't the first crisis their bond as endured.
Tue, 24 May 2022 07:00:00 GMTHouse up for sale on stilts after owner's dream of two-storey conversion shattered
This four-bedroom house in south Auckland has been described as an amazing opportunity for bargain hunters. There's only one problem...