How much of NZ’s tax is your region paying?
Auckland pays just under 38 percent of the country’s personal tax, and has just over 33 percent of…
Granny flat red tape changes shifts risk from councils onto homeowners – Bryce Wilkinson
In many families in the 1950s, the elderly lived with their adult children. Sometimes that meant a spare…
Barking dog row leaves owner afraid to leave home
Sam Hall with her two Jack Russells Frank and Percy. Photo: LDR Hastings District Council has agreed to…
Extra police on duty as parties ramp up
Police will be out in force in Dunedin’s student quarter as the tail end of Flo-Week approaches. Senior…
People ‘left shaken’ after stolen vehicle rampage
A 28-year-old Christchurch man has been arrested after stealing a vehicle he hit in a crash. Police were…
Scholarship planned to honour boy killed on Canterbury road
A fundraising page has been launched to create a scholarship in memory of 10-year-old Canterbury boy Alex Bennett.…
Police want to hear from anyone with information about disgraced ex-priest
Fr Rowan Donoghue outside the Christchurch District Court last month. Photo: Nathan McKinnon / RNZ Police are appealing…
New outpatients building expected to open on time, within budget: HNZ
By Phil Pennington of RNZ Health New Zealand says two of its flagship hospital rebuilds are on track…
Mahurangi River death: Police find car of man swept away near Warkworth
Inspector Nina Pedersen said the Police National Dive Squad was brought in to search the Mahurangi River yesterday.…
Government increases New Zealand space launch limit to 1000
Photo: Supplied / Rocket Lab A physics professor says he does not trust the New Zealand Space Agency…
US mother Tiffany Le Sueur accused of injecting faeces into baby’s hospital IV
Detectives interviewed hospital staff, who claimed they saw in surveillance footage Le Sueur entering a hospital bathroom with…
British coroner rules Texan father unlawfully killed daughter with gun
“To shoot her through the chest whilst she was standing would have required him to have been pointing…