Ardie Savea reigns supreme at New Zealand Rugby Awards
Ardie Savea. Photo: Kerry Marshall / www.photosport.nz Ardie Savea’s performances across the year, in which he brought up…
House badly damaged by fire in Wellington’s Karori
The Hildreth Street house has been severely damaged. Photo: Bill Hickman / RNZ A home in the Wellington…
University of Auckland team uses umbilical stem cells to treat eye disease
If things went wrong, the stem cells could turn into other cells – like for hair or teeth…
High meth levels in water lead to Mongrel Mob arrests
Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon Two gang members and an associate have been arrested in Hawke’s Bay following…
Christchurch couple jailed for operating a $4 million Ponzi scheme
Alexander Kokouri Tuira and his former partner Aroha Awhinanui Tuira were sentenced at the High Court at Christchurch…
Businesses on busy road suffering as shops barricaded by roadworks for a year
Barriers surround the front of Avi’s Pies and Patisserie which the owner says has severely impacted business. Photo:…
Australian teens brag about staying online as social media ban comes in
By Byron Kaye, Reuters Australian social media feeds have been flooded with comments from people claiming to be…
Venezuelan opposition leader emerges from hiding after winning Nobel
By Paula Bustamante and Pierre-Henry Deshayes, AFP Maria Corina Machado. Photo: AFP / NurPhoto/ Jonathan Lanza Nobel laureate…
Hayden Wilde’s coach: ‘He was just like a total machine’
NZ triathlete Hayden Wilde. Photo: PHOTOSPORT A renowned coach, whose stable of runners has included British greats Paula…
Hawke’s Bay community moves to highest level of water restrictions
Photo: 123rf.com The Central Hawke’s Bay beach community of Kairakau has just been put under the highest level…
Weather: Large hail, torrential rain forecast as thunderstorm warning issued for South Island
Hail at Dunedin Airport. Photo: Supplied MetService has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Central Otago and Dunedin.…
Christmas comes early for fans of speed reductions
Some 80km/h sections are being reduced to 50km/h for Christmas. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf New Zealand…