Relative of supermarket terrorist Ahamed Samsudeen says he was once kidnapped and tortured
Samsudeen had become radicalised by violent Islamic extremist ideas when he launched into a frenzied knife attack on…
Golf: The winnings and trimmings from Ryan Fox’s Open triumph
New Zealand’s Ryan Fox has zoomed up the world’s golf rankings after his Open Championship victory, while his…
‘It’s absolutely devastating’: Ruahine Animal Rescue evicted from council site
“We can’t see a future without a rescue in place.” The animal rescue is funded by donations from…
Te Anau earthquake unlikely to change Alpine Fault risk, scientists continue watching aftershocks
Fry said the earthquake appeared to have occurred in an unusual part of the Earth’s crust and did…
Kiwi teenager Loukas Rainger in Thai prison over watch incident at airport security
“He was told by immigration that there was a warrant out for his arrest.” Stuff reported that Loukas…
Fiji’s police minister clarifies ‘misleading’ NZ$3 billion drug statement
Fiji’s Police Minister Ioane Naivalurua walked back his assertion in parliament last week that more than NZ$3billion (FJ$4…
‘A very high-risk way to spend $1 billion’: Experts on NZ First’s oil and gas policy
New Zealand First’s oil and gas exploration policy is “a very high-risk way to spend $1 billion“, a…
#national: Creative New Zealand Restructure Signals Job Losses as Arts Sector Faces New Operating Model
Creative New Zealand has confirmed a new operating model that will reshape the organisation and is expected to…
Smaller town centres set to be cut from Auckland housing density plan
Auckland’s housing intensification plan would shrink to between 1.5 and 1.7 million homes, under a staff proposal to…
Netflix heads to New Zealand with first locally commissioned series Queenstown
Netflix has unveiled Queenstown, its first locally commissioned New Zealand series, with production now underway in…
Tauranga man’s petition challenges council’s Welcome Bay Rd roading plan
These are two aspects of a bigger project titled Keep Tauranga moving, involving improvements to Fraser St, Ohauiti…
Nine To Noon for Tuesday 21 July 2026 Nine To Noon
09:05 Conservation land could still be at risk through development Skyline Track near Wānaka. Photo: Department of Conservation…