Two people die after truck crash on SH57 near Levin, road remains closed
He referred all other inquiries to police. A Hato Hone St John spokesman said an ambulance and a…
Serious two-truck crash closes State Highway 57 near Levin after six die on roads in past 48 hours
Fire and Emergency central shift manager Murray Dunbar confirmed firefighters were called at 2.29am to the two-truck crash…
Braden Jane discharged without conviction after Arrowtown bar assault
“There needs to be a message that violence in Queenstown will not be tolerated,” the judge said at…
Pakūranga shooting: Man charged with murder of Tuipulotu Vi allegedly flew from the United States for the shooting
Vi had no involvement in the criminal underworld. The new details about his death can be reported for…
Mother and schoolgirl badly injured after car smashes into Forrest Hill cafe on Auckland’s North Shore
The owner said the daughter was wearing a Westlake Girls’ High School uniform and in “year 12 or…
The sweet spot: Inside an iwi’s fast-growing berry enterprise near Whanganui
Te Rūnanga o Ngā Wairiki-Ngāti Apa tāhūhū rangapū/group chief executive Grant Huwyler says the operation near Kaitoke is…
New Plymouth District Council flies US flag for AmeriCARna festival amid Iran attacks, sparking debate
A vendor who had a stall at AmeriCARna said she chose to not decorate her cart with American…
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…
Ex-NRL star Matt Utai awake and talking as 15yo charged after Sydney shooting
Police have now charged a 25-year-old man and 15-year-old boy with shooting with intent to murder and participating…
Auckland Transport parking: Mount Albert man fined $70 for parking outside his own home
An AT spokesperson said the photo “clearly shows” the car parked on a footpath. “People using wheelchairs or…
Hawke’s Bay’s forgotten WWII gun factory: New book tells Charlton rifle story
The gun’s designer Philip Charlton, Phil to his friends, invented a small, one-cylinder gas-powered engine that drove a…
Hawke’s Bay night assault victim Andy Winitana remembered as ‘amazing man’
He was surrounded by his whānau as well as with waiata, karakia and “so, so, so much love…