New Zealand National Stuff
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 03:48:50 GMTKeys to every car stolen from Hamilton car auctioneer
Police were investigating the break-in that occured overnight on Saturday.
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 05:14:49 GMTDrury to become ‘the size of Napier’ after appeal halting development dropped
Auckland Council will drop a court appeal that was stopping a massive development in Drury, as long as it gets more time to build infrastructure.
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 00:09:23 GMTTwo of 'queen of property's' businesses put into liquidation
A property services company and furniture business linked to Nikki Connors have been put into liquidation following action by Inland Revenue.
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 02:03:26 GMTSofitel shooting: Worker ducked for cover as bullets flew, court hears
Tensions between the Mongols and Head Hunters led to “a rally of gang violence, each gang using firearms back and forth”.
Sun, 06 Nov 2022 23:15:27 GMTDad warns others after daughter escapes abduction at fireworks event
The father of a 14-year-old girl says his daughter was left "shaken and hysterical" after a man attempted to abduct her at a Guy Fawkes event attended by thousands of people.
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 03:15:29 GMT'Awesome': National's by-election candidate on the Government's housing policies
National's Tama Potaka praises Labour's housing policies, in the second own-goal from a Hamilton West by-election hopeful.
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 05:05:55 GMTWorker fell at least six floors to his death at Auckland construction site
Filipino Michael Noche had just got his residency after realising a "dream of coming to New Zealand".
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 04:15:32 GMTJacinda Ardern says 'too early to say' for Christchurch Call after Elon Musk's Twitter takeover
Social media company's chief legal officer working on the anti-extremist content project was among those to lose their jobs in the mass axing since billionaire's buy-out.
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 02:21:24 GMT'High trust' Covid wage subsidy scheme abused by woman paid $63k for non-existent staff
Shannelle Hohipa-Kahuroa claimed thousands under the scheme, but didn't have any staff. She bought a car instead.
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 03:39:52 GMTTwo men accused of falsifying details in alleged fatal hit-and-run
Sean William Russell Innes, 45, died two weeks after he was knocked off his bike. Now two men are accused of conspiring for one to take the fall for the other.
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 01:00:00 GMTBaby left with brain injury from lack of oxygen due to midwife's 'failures'
A baby was born was in "very poor condition" and suffered a "severe" baby injury, after a midwife failed to continually monitor the baby's heart rate.
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 02:31:55 GMTCovid-19: Signs wave could be close to the peak, with 20,802 cases in past week
For the past six days, community Covid-19 cases have been lower than the same day the week prior, signalling we could be at the peak of this wave.
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 02:15:10 GMTFund planned in memory of champion snowboarder to help others follow their dreams
The parents of Samuel Finnemore, who died after falling through his university bedroom window, want to support other young people who shared their son's passion.
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 04:14:09 GMTTreasured whale fossil recovered by police
Police recovered the fossil from a home in Granity, with relieved locals questioning whether it can be returned to its original spot.
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 01:01:55 GMTWoman to get apology after overworked radiologist missed cancer in scan
A growth on a woman's lung was visible in a 2016 scan, but it wasn't picked up. In 2020 she was diagnosed with cancer.
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 04:39:30 GMT'Locked out of the Canadian market': Dairy dispute with Canada takes another step
The Government has asked for a panel to hear its case against Canada, who it says is keeping New Zealand dairy exports out of its market.
Mon, 07 Nov 2022 04:11:40 GMTRoads reopened, trains resume after fatal crash in Wellington
A person has died after a crash involving a car and a motorcycle in the Wellington suburb of Khandallah on Monday morning.
Sun, 06 Nov 2022 22:30:42 GMTWayne Brown rules out 12% rates increases but warns of $270 million 'budget hole'
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown says $270 million needs to be found “quickly” to cover a growing budget hole.
Sun, 06 Nov 2022 16:00:00 GMTWe left 'crazy' Queenstown to make this tiny town in the deep south our forever home
Jill and Richie Wilson loved Queenstown, but now they've found their forever home in the "Riviera of the south".