Whakatāne crisis recovery cafe gets Government funding boost
The additional funding would enable it to operate until 7pm on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and on Saturdays…
Christopher Luxon gets rates relief after challenging luxury Waiheke property valuation
Onetangi Beach on Waiheke Island. Residents have received a fast revaluation service from the council relative to other…
Waikato: Tīrau Starbucks and Burger King development gets resource consent with conditions
In 2023, Tahua Properties Limited, a New Zealand retail and hospitality investment company that operates Starbucks New Zealand,…
Dr Michelle Dickinson on keeping your family safe in an AI world – The Little Things
“None of those people I would leave alone with my children,” she says. Dickinson is staunch about not…
Violent Bay of Plenty hostage-taker Jade Mellow gets an extra 15 months added to jail sentence
About 10pm that night, Mellow was parked in a car near Edgecumbe with a cut-down .22 calibre rifle,…
Talley’s defamation case against TVNZ begins in High Court
“They crossed the line from factual reporting to exaggeration, misinterpretations, and outright falsities.” Both parties have employed high-profile…
Ringleader of Fiji’s biggest drug trafficking operation gets life sentence
They were David Heritage, Louie Logaivau, Jale Aukerea, Sakiusa Tuva, Ratu Aporosa Davelevu, Ratu Osea Levula, Cathy Tuirabe…
Hawke’s Bay Expressway gets $600m: Four-lanes for ‘busiest’ stretch, ‘fewer deaths’ and flood protection
Work on the project will include 7km of four-laning between the Links Rd and Pākōwhai Rd intersection and…
Auckland family feud: Sione Tupou gets life for Texas Doctor murder
As they were loading the alcohol into their car, a VW Golf, Texas Doctor, known to family as…
NZ passport fraud: Man gets record sentence for 25-year identity deception
Alam’s 45-year-old wife, Taj Parvin Shilpi, who was sentenced to 12 months’ home detention, was “fully aware” of…
Auckland inmate Toutai Loto’ahea gets more prison time for officer attack
Toutai Loto’ahea was serving time at Auckland’s Mt Eden Correctional Facility when he attacked an officer. Photo /…
Ex-American Airlines attendant gets 18 years for filming underage girls on flights
Prosecutors said that Estes Carter Thompson III set up ‘a secret recording studio’ in the plane’s lavatories. In…