Head Hunters members sentenced for deadly assault on Samuel Curle over hoodie
Benjamin Gabriel during an earlier appearance in the High Court at Auckland, charged with the murder of Samuel…
Mouldy lunches: David Seymour blames Haeata Community Campus head for avoidable week of drama
One of the lunches given to students at Haeata Community Campus He also said he had been told…
Beef + Lamb NZ report: National lamb crop up as ewe performance lifts
Beef + Lamb NZ chairwoman Kate Acland said the lift in the lamb crop was a welcome boost…
NZ-made Spartacus TV series returns as bloody and sex-driven as ever
Russell Brown Columnist & features writer·New Zealand Listener· 3 Dec, 2025 05:00 PM2 mins to read Subscribe to…
Waikato tradie Jason Lambert was ‘in over his head’ when he ripped off victims
While the judge considered a sentence of either home detention or community detention, Lambert’s counsel, Kerry Hadaway, successfully…
Oceania Healthcare selling 11 rest homes for $75m, laid off 23 head office staff
She would not name any properties, indicating the company did not want to upset residents or staff. Oceania…
Man wielding hedge trimmer tasered three times after assaulting and chasing woman holding baby – were police justified?
She was reportedly bleeding and screaming as he was hacking at the wooden shelter with half of a…
New Zealand Cricket chair Diana Puketapu-Lyndon writes to International Cricket Council over ‘hostile takeover’ claims
“We are deeply concerned about the origin of any messaging that has the potential to undermine the reputation…
High Court trial for murder-accused Rakai Thompson begins after the Waitara, Taranaki, death of Te Omeka Akariri-Buckley
Rakai Jacob Thompson has been accused of murdering the 17-year-old promising rugby league player, with whom he was…
League: Former Warriors player Nathan Wood reveals suspected CTE diagnosis after repeated head knocks
“And he told me that I should get tested, and I was like, ‘I don’t want to know’,…
Eli Katoa ruled out of 2026 NRL season after repeated head knocks in Kiwis clash
“In consultation with our doctor and neuro specialists, Eli will not return to training this pre-season and won’t…
Life in Wimbledon: Locals reject pub owner’s claim their village is ‘evil’
Wimbledon, Tararua, not so much. The sleepy village of dozens rather than hundreds is a place framed by…