Official Cash Rate cuts: Mortgage arrears at two-year low after OCR cuts
More than $2.2 billion in housing loans was classed as non-performing in October 2025, compared to $1.4b in…
Person seriously injured after car crashes into Bay of Plenty river, SH2 blocked
The highway is blocked between Foster and Tāneatua Rds. Police said the Serious Crash Unit has been notified…
Former Covid response lead Alister Thorby stole $1.8 million from DHBs
As well as a holiday, he’d spent the money on a property in Foxton and multiple vehicles. Now,…
ESPN apologises after coverage cuts out before Australia’s buzzer-beater winner over Tall Blacks
ESPN is owned by the Walt Disney Corporation and after the match cut out, there were minutes of…
On The Up: Whangārei busker Mr T gets new scooter after second accident leaves him without wheels
The 66-year-old has been back on Whangārei’s streets since then, thanks to a scooter he was gifted two…
Wellington’s Gordon Wilson flats demolition confirmed after heritage status cut
The fate of the building, which was a Category 1 historic place, has been a point of contention…
KiwiRail fined more than $200,000 after worker injured in preventable fall
He fell in October 2023 near Whanganui. He was flown to Wellington Hospital and later transferred to Palmerston…
Christchurch school mouldy lunches: David Seymour labels principal a media ‘frequent flyer’, questions if food supplier is responsible
“I also note that this particular principal is a frequent flyer in the media, complaining about quite a…
Tall Blacks edged by Boomers after Davo Hickey buzzer-beater in Wellington
After a tightly contested period, Australia edged ahead, taking a 23-21 lead into the first break. The Boomers…
Maraekakaho parents hit out after Hastings school bus run cut by Ministry of Education
“We are not going to drop our jobs to be able to drop our kids at school.” Sanssar…
Brazilian teen killed after climbing into lion enclosure at zoo
“It got him. It got him,” visitors can be heard saying, with exclamations of “my God!” The government…
Food poisoning warning after Christchurch school children served mouldy lunches
Burrows said when the teacher opened their lunch, they realised the food looked like it had “gone off”.…