Auckland identity theft: Kiel MacGregor sentenced for scams targeting Spark customers
“After the victim’s phone number is swapped to the offender’s SIM, they receive authentication messages from the bank,…
Horror 100km/h crash survivor joins former All Blacks to raise $125,000 in New York Marathon
Shane Thrower knows first-hand how quickly life can change. While training for his first New Zealand Ironman, he…
New Zealand Police spied on UK left-wing activist Helen Steel, Spycops inquiry reveals
Steel was a prominent social justice, environmental and anti-corporate campaigner, while Dines was a police officer tasked with…
Mangatangi and Maramarua rivers: Testing reveals 527 species, rare kākahi
Over the past two years (2024 and 2025), eDNA results have been encouraging and informative. In 2024, approximately…
Cape Kidnappers gate plan: Quadbiker claims council move is ‘crazy’
He said since retirement he had been riding to the cape on his quadbike every two or three…
Dreamer Light Exhibition brings indoor glow to Tauranga this July
Visitors can draw with light, play glowing games, create music on an interactive drum kit and step into…
Probe into norovirus outbreak at Valentines Manukau after 15 people fall ill
“Public health is currently investigating the possible source of the outbreak.” Multiple diners at Valentines Manukau have reported…
Trump visits his new luxury Air Force One, a gift from the Qatari royal family
Trump has said that the gift was made to the nation, not to him personally, but he has…
China sanctions four New Zealand MPs who visited Taiwan in political first
McClure told the Herald that, in her view, the travel ban was “a type of foreign interference”. “I’m…
Waikato flooding: Labour leader Chris Hipkins visits damaged Ōtorohanga school
“I remember the smell,” she said. Hipkins’ visit came on the tail end of Cyclone Vaianu, one of…
Auckland woman offered stranger’s ovary instead of her own breast tissue at Anatomic Pathology Service
Both patients caught up in the errors had the same first name, and surnames weren’t checked – even…
Auckland man who burnt down St Mary’s Catholic Church ‘to teach God a lesson’ was visited by police four times in prior month
“Not only have they lost their friendship base but they can’t understand why the church isn’t being rebuilt…