Ammo find sparks lockdown at Port Otago
Port of Otago. PHOTO: ODT FILES A specialist police unit was dispatched and Port Otago was in lockdown…
Record warm spring across country part of climate’s ‘new normal’
Earth Sciences New Zealand (formerly NIWA) is expecting above-average temperatures for most of the country heading into summer.…
Financial controller who spent $289,000 on travel, Uber Eats spared jail
Transactions described in the police summary of facts and a determination of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Disciplinary…
Supreme Court rules disabled family carers are homeworkers
Parents who care for their severely disabled adult children have been recognised as homeworkers and are entitled to…
Tower Insurance penalised $7m for a decade of overcharging
Tower Insurance has been fined $7 million for more than a decade of overcharging customers. Photo: RNZ /…
More arrests after man fatally stabbed in Auckland’s Mt Wellington
A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder. Detective Inspector Scott Beard says four arrests have now been…
Whangārei woman Jaimee-Lee Fawcett posted ex-partner’s private data online
They did refuse and Fawcett followed through by posting the victim’s home address and phone number on Facebook.…
Five things you need to know about the RMA replacements
RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The government unveiled its proposed replacement bills for…
Te Pāti Māori ‘high performing’ despite dismal poll result – co-leaders
Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Te Pāti Māori’s co-leaders deny the party is…
One person dies after getting caught in rip tide at Karioitahi Beach, south of Auckland
The Police Eagle helicopter also attended the incident. “One of the men was returned to shore safely by…
Westpac the first to move fixed mortgage rates up, although one short rate will dip
The Red Bank hikes some fixed home loan rates by 30 basis points citing recent swap rate movements,…
SunLive – Large police presence on SH2 Western Bay of Plenty
A large police presence is being reported in the Western Bay of Plenty. Several readers have contacted SunLive…