HHeadlines Read More Optus to pay $100m fine, as crisis engulfing Australia’s second biggest telco continuesSeptember 24, 2025 Optus has been ordered to pay a $100 million fine over “appalling” sales conduct with hundreds of vulnerable…
HHeadlines Read More Rotorua teen who went viral for helping shoppers rewarded with job offer, donationsSeptember 22, 2025 Waiting for her taxi, she then watched as the 2.03 metre tall (6ft 8) teen dashed through the…
HHeadlines Read More Optus network failure impacted triple-0 calls in several states where patients died after ‘unacceptable’ lapseSeptember 19, 2025 Three people have died after a “technical failure” impacted hundreds of triple-0 calls on the Optus network, its…
HHeadlines Read More Apple iPhone 17 launch sees strong demand, telcos offer trade-in and plan dealsSeptember 19, 2025 Pre-orders for the new models opened on September 13, with first availability from today. The telcos won’t comment…
TTop stories Read More A popular L.A. sheriff touted reforms in a troubled system. Then a young FBI agent showed upSeptember 14, 2025 When Leah Marx began visiting Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles in 2010, it did not immediately…
HHeadlines Read More Armless Chinese man delivers food on unicycle, uses lips to navigate phone to call customersSeptember 8, 2025 A man in central China without arms delivers food on a unicycle and uses his lips to navigate…
HHeadlines Read More Rotorua fatal crash: Taupō truck driver was using phone when he killed oncoming driverSeptember 2, 2025 Tracey Hohepa said when they didn’t return immediately, her gut told her something wasn’t right. “Then I got…
HHeadlines Read More Truck driver Robert Clifford on phone when he crashed into van, killing RSE worker Kaiea Taubakoa in BlenheimAugust 31, 2025 There was no indication he even braked, the police summary of facts said. The impact shunted the van…
HHeadlines Read More Police use mobile phone locator technology to find two missing peopleAugust 29, 2025 “The person hadn’t been seen for 30 minutes and had left their Wandatrak at home; it was raining…
HHeadlines Read More Menendez family stunned by Erik parole denial; Lyle’s fate uncertainAugust 22, 2025 State parole officials had not yet publicly announced that Erik Menendez would remain behind bars, but word of…
HHeadlines Read More Marlborough teen’s fatal tractor crash prompts safety improvementsAugust 19, 2025 Paul Leslie, one of the owners, said Jones showed up to work early every day and was a…
HHeadlines Read More Abel Wira on trial for manslaughter after dogs kill landlord Neville ThomsonAugust 18, 2025 Three hours later, it was confirmed Thomson had been mauled to death by 23 dogs belonging to his…