The COTY conversation: our judges and 2025’s top cars, the Kia EV3, Tesla Model 3 and BYD Shark 6
At crunch-time for the DRIVEN Car Guide 2025 New Zealand Car of the Year, we were down from…
Uber driver Satwinder Singh jailed for rape of teen passenger, says NZ women are ‘promiscuous’
His defence counsel, Nadine Baier, accepted she had no grounds to oppose name suppression. However, she did successfully,…
Tesla Model 3 is the best Passenger car of 2025: DRIVEN Car Guide AA Insurance NZ Car of the Year
We’ll admit we were a little late getting to the latest Tesla Model 3 sedan, aka “Highland” if…
Cruise ship Disney Wonder to arrive into Auckland after man lost overboard in Tasman Sea
Fellow passenger Mitch Talbot said cruise guests were informed about the incident over the ship’s intercom. “The captain…
Leapmotor plans high-performance hatchback and SUV models: we’re adding ‘extra vitamins’ says the company
Hot-hatch version of Leapmotor BO5 for 2026. Dual-motor 436kW C10 SUV launched in Europe. ‘Desert ready’ 4×4 also…
Auckland motorist Ashley Wilson sentenced for death of James Wyatt on Leigh farmland
“I’m required to sentence in accordance with the law,” he said, noting the charge Wilson was found guilty…
Audi A6 Avant e-tron launched in New Zealand: would you like a $10k coffee table with that?
Audi A6 Avant e-tron is the brand’s first pure-electric wagon. Collaboration with Kiwi designer Tim Webber includes three…
New Zealand’s newest car brands for 2025: they just keep coming
Haven’t we been here before? Yes, we published a major feature not so long ago, in April, digging…
Auckland ferry catches fire off Waiheke Island
She said the boat was new and had only started sailing a few days ago. “Before we’d even…
Airlines say food waste is excessive, want to cut use of plastic; Air NZ and EVA Air first carriers to get new sustainable rating
But Walsh today was also asked about food waste and use of plastics. He said in some jurisdictions,…
Rotorua taxi robbery: Driver forced to withraw money at gunpoint
“Thankfully, the taxi driver was uninjured but is understandably shaken by this incident,” Brady said. Just before 1am…
Auckland Transport bus driver Mikaele Ah Fook pleads guilty to killing passenger Peter Te Kira
Court documents state the two men crossed paths for the final time around 1.40pm on April 27, when…