Whangārei airport noise complaints remain steady despite 30% drop in incidents
Airport neighbour Neil Pemberton asked committee members to imagine being jolted awake at 2am by aircraft noise, house…
Talutoe Su’a jailed for West Auckland kidnap, torture despite mental health diagnoses
“You deny hearing voices, but … it’s most likely you were suffering from auditory hallucinations,” Judge Lance told…
City Rail Link neighbours lose sleep over Karanga-a-Hape Station vent noise
When night falls, the sound hums outside her bedroom, which she said she can no longer sleep in.…
Former Alliance candidate Mary O’Neill sentenced for harassment of Napier neighbours
However, Judge Russell Collins said the heart of the matter was not the physical damage caused but a…
New Zealand beer excise: Why the beer tax is squeezing pubs – Dylan Firth
New Zealand is running the same experiment in reverse. The high relative cost of beer poured from a…
'Nice, quiet people': Man faces double murder, attempted murder charges after North Shore stabbings – NZ Herald
‘Nice, quiet people’: Man faces double murder, attempted murder charges after North Shore stabbings NZ HeraldTwo found dead after…
Actor Terence Donovan dies aged 90
Celebrated Australian actor, and Neighbours and Home and Away star, Terence Donovan has died in Melbourne aged 90.…
Tribunal orders return of ‘Moggy’ after police called in over ‘cat conversion’ case
Tribunal referee Lucy Trevelyan reached her decision after applying the legal test of conversion, which happened when someone…
Iran strikes Gulf neighbours in retaliation for US attacks as Strait of Hormuz closed
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards force had earlier said it struck and stopped a vessel ignoring repeated instructions to use…
Shortland Street star Stephen Lovatt on life, sobriety and performance after midlife lows
I was raised in a mixture of Dad’s traditional heartland Baptist and Mum’s high Anglican. Two versions of…
Dangerous, unmuzzled dog, Hunter, attacks child, takes chunk out of neighbour’s leg
Now their owner, Maria Thompson, has appeared in the Hamilton District Court. Thompson was due to stand trial…
Former seismologist questions vibration testing at Fletcher development
“The walls were just running with water.” And when the 81-year-old climbs the scaffolding, put there to examine…