Two charged over South Auckland shooting after police come across man with gunshot wound
The victim was taken to hospital in a moderate condition and has since been discharged. A large police…
Charlotte Grimshaw on the family dynamic that inspired her new novel The Black Monk
As I came up from the Bay, I thought about my novel and suddenly conceived it as my…
Wellington’s brown tide, Christchurch’s big stink, Auckland’s toxic beaches: Why our wastewater nightmare has just begun
My great-great-grandfather collected night soil, the historical euphemism for human excrement. He came after dark on his horse-drawn…
Cop-turned-novelist writes handbook on police procedures out of frustration over common crime-writer mistakes
The last straw for Angus McLean came while sitting at home in Pukekohe, reading an Auckland-set police procedural…
Bicep body pressure: Stop arm shaming my bingo wings
Society is in its arm shaming era. Unless you are the First Lady of the Immaculate Brachium you…
Tauranga woman searches for man who rescued daughter from alleged axe-wielding man at BP
However, the man was still vacuuming his car when she returned 20 minutes later. Chelsea noticed a pile…
T20 World Cup: South Africa pip Afghanistan in double super over, Motie spins West Indies to victory over England
A wide off the fifth ball meant Afghanistan still needed six to win but now a four would…
Auckland mum urges breast self-exams after TikTok lump check leads to cancer
French-born Coraline travelled to New Zealand six years ago on a holiday to visit her brother. She never…
Warriors targeting three-peat in Harold Matthews Cup with Albert Vete as coach
For Vete, it is a full‑circle moment. A product of the Warriors’ pathway system, he joined the club’s…
New Zealand win transtasman showjumping thriller in test relocated from Gisborne to Christchurch
Australia won the first day, posting 12 faults to the Kiwis’ 20 over the two rounds. The teams…
Auckland property developer Andrew Montgomerie on trial over wounding of Westmere partygoer
He said he had taken a “very small amount” of the drug and was on his second glass…
As Erica Stanford defends her rapid reforms in our schools, critics say they’re too experimental. Who’s right?
First, she came for cell phones in schools. Then she abolished open-plan classrooms, Treaty of Waitangi obligations for…