Tauranga man Scott O’Sullivan’s death ruled accidental after ‘unwitnessed fall’ in Welcome Bay
Despite what a coroner has today described as “maximal medical, surgical and nursing care”, O’Sullivan died on January…
Ray White agent sorry for ‘unauthorised’ use of his former jewellery store customers’ data
Yesterday, he sent a second email apologising and promising to delete the jewellery customers’ records. A customer who…
$1.2b Regional Infrastructure Fund: Which private companies have benefited so far
Speaking to the Herald, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones insisted that the financial health of such investments –…
Hamilton man Matthew Allen Knox asks for longer sentence on drug charges
While Knox wasn’t charged in relation to her death, he did face five drug charges, including supplying or…
Gang associate Jay Aranui admits manslaughter of Hawke’s Bay businessman Andy Winitana
Aranui had been denied entry to a waterfront bar and was hanging around the wharf area outside. He…
Inside Sir Peter Beck and Rocket Lab’s sub-$17 million mission to find life above Venus
Sir Peter Beck says the price tag for his mission to try and find life in the clouds…
From Redwoods crash to message of hope
He went over a drop-off at speed and suffered a devastating head injury. He has no memory of…
Father tells inquest he heard baby Poseidyn Hemopo-Pickering ‘gasping for air’ before death
Pickering was later charged with Poseidyn’s murder but acquitted by a jury in 2022. He didn’t take the…
Handguns and cocaine discovered in ‘unaccompanied luggage’ at Auckland Airport during investigation into corrupt Air NZ baggage handlers
Over the past five years, dozens of airport workers have been arrested and hundreds of kilograms of drugs…
Corrections ordered to pay officer Duane Farrell $94k after failures following prison hit threat
Farrell told his superior officers he believed he had suffered a significant injury and asked several times for…
Watch lost by Kiwi pilot during fatal WWII crash found in German forest eight decades later
The breakthrough came in a series of events stretching across the globe after Cologne‑based aviation historian Manfred Weichert…
HDC: Hospital’s missed referral criticised after woman’s death from severe brain bleed
A CT scan identified a suspected saccular aneurysm which was confirmed by further investigation, but no follow-up with…