New Year Honours: Fashion on fire
The New Zealand fashion industry's growing influence has been recognised with three longstanding leaders named in the New Year Honours. Trelise Cooper has been made a dame companion of the New Zealand...
View ArticleSix trapped after van crashes down bank
Six people who were trapped in van which crashed 40m down a bank off the Napier-Taupo Rd have been rescued. Police said the six passengers were winched up the bank by helicopter after being extracted...
View ArticleAntarctic evacuation under way
Passengers aboard the Akademik Shokalskiy are now being evacuated from the research ship that has been stuck in Antarctic sea ice for more than a week. Expedition leader, Australian professor Chris...
View ArticleEight injured after van crashes down bank
Eight family members, including a six-month-old boy and two young girls, were injured in a horrific van crash on the Napier-Taupo Rd after the driver is believed to have fallen asleep. Three of the...
View ArticleCrash driver 'asleep' at wheel
The driver of a van that plunged 15m down a sheer cliff is believed to have fallen asleep at the wheel. Eight members of one family were last night in hospital, some with life-threatening injuries,...
View ArticleThe bach on wheels
The love affair started with "Lil". The Haynes family bought the tiny, 3m Lilliput caravan from a relative about eight years ago. Ashleigh Haynes says they couldn't bear to let the little beauty, built...
View ArticleFears cage diving is increasing shark risk
Cage diving operations may be changing the behaviour of great white sharks off Stewart Island, a shark expert says. Experienced fishermen have warned sharks are now approaching and following boats,...
View ArticleCurry house worker awarded $30k in unpaid wages
A restaurant worker has been awarded more than $30,000 in unpaid wages after she was underpaid for the hours she worked, and not paid at all for 11 weeks. The Employment Relations Authority found the...
View ArticleElderly woman's broken hip left untreated for days
Rest home staff who left an elderly woman's broken hip untreated for several days have been ordered to apologise and will be reviewed by the Nursing Council. The Health and Disability Commission said...
View ArticleMcCoskrie resigns as marriage celebrant
Bob McCoskrie says he's not alone in resigning as a marriage celebrant over concerns about gay marriage, but other celebrants say they're not aware of resignations over the issue. Mr McCoskrie, the...
View ArticleHealth insurers target young people
Young people are being targeted by health insurers, with New Zealand's biggest player offering an affordable cover targeting everyday health costs, paired with a new mobile app. Almost three quarters...
View Article20-year-old man dies in police custody
A man has died in police custody after being arrested and taken to a police station to sober up. The 20-year-old man was arrested for breach of peace about 1am on Sunday morning, Counties Manukau...
View ArticleEscort wins landmark case
A sex worker has been awarded $25,000 compensation after being sexually harassed by a brothel operator. The Human Rights Review Tribunal found the sex worker was made to feel scared and degraded by...
View ArticleAutumn arrives with cold, stormy weather
Autumn is making itself known in south and central New Zealand with cold, stormy weather, and even snow flurries predicted in some places. A deep and slow-moving area of low pressure to the east of New...
View ArticleSchool set to hammer safety message
A principal says her college will keep promoting safety messages to young people after seven teenagers - three of them former students - were involved in a serious crash. Two were seriously injured and...
View ArticleMan in fatal crash off bridge probably fell asleep - coroner
A distinguished mathematician who died when his car crashed off a bridge in south Westland probably fell asleep at the wheel, a coroner has found. Charles Edward Miller Pearce, died on June 8, 2012,...
View ArticleThousands turn out for Round the Bays
Eight-year-old Jamie Zyza had a free ride around Auckland's 8.4km Round the Bays fun run today. He was being pulled by dad Steve Zyza in a home-made 'truck' - although brothers Taylor, 12, and Joshua,...
View ArticleProperty values climb
A suburb-by-suburb comparison of the property market in the North Island shows values have climbed the most in Rotorua's Fordlands, Tuakau - south of Pukekohe, and the Hamilton suburb of Rototuna...
View ArticleFires in Timaru, Christchurch overnight investigated
Fire investigators are looking into the causes of fires in Timaru and Christchurch overnight. Fire crews were called to a house in Aynsley St, Timaru, about 7.45pm after a car caught fire inside a...
View ArticleAnadarko won't say if Otago well dry
Oil company Anadarko won't confirm claims its exploration off the Otago coast has been unsuccessful. Greenpeace said leaked information showed the company had found only hard rock granite, schist and...
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