Taranaki farmworker Ethan Webster has life sentence for murder of Jacob Ramsay quashed
They then dumped Ramsay’s body into a manmade rubbish pit at the dairy farm in Oaonui, South Taranaki,…
Napier’s overnight urgent health service has shut 13 times this year: ‘Not good enough’, Labour candidate says
That includes a walk-in service, known as Napier Urgent Care, from 8am to 8pm daily with doctors on…
Hospitality worker had front teeth broken in customer assault as research shows customer abuse has doubled in a year
It found that more than a third of Kiwi hospitality and tourism workers experienced bullying and harassment by…
April Nordstrom, of Whangārei, has teacher registration cancelled after sexual relationship with student
She was charged with serious misconduct for engaging in an inappropriate relationship with the student, identified as Student…
Gisborne farmer John Bracken, NZ’s biggest GST fraudster, has $16m of assets confiscated
Then, in 2022, police applied under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 to permanently seize property and assets…
Drink driver, 20, who filmed his verbal cop abuse before fatal crash has admitted killing mate
Reading the summary of facts, Crown prosecutor Mike Brownlie outlined how Templeton, then 19 and on a restricted…
Total lunar eclipse: New Zealand has ‘front-row seat’ to only lunar eclipse of 2026
The total eclipse – also known as a “Blood Moon” – will happen just after midnight on Wednesday,…
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…
NZ First leader Winston Peters has say after deputy Shane Jones makes ‘New Delhi’, ‘Uber driver’ Indian migrants remarks
“We can’t unwind that, but no, there will not be unfettered immigration from India. There will only be…
MUMA bullying allegations: CEO on extended leave, Matt McCarten says behaviour has changed
It has not changed its mind. “The board has full confidence in its CEO, Ms Tania Rangiheuea,” it…
Australian satanic child sex abuse ring has alleged links to NZ
A spokesperson said any questions needed to be directed to the New Zealand Police. RNZ asked the police…
Lindsey Vonn says she has ‘complex tibia fracture’ from Winter Olympics crash
“I sustained a complex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to fix properly,”…