Asbestos experts fear government move will see ‘watered-down’ safety system
Fire broke out at long-closed student pub The Fitz, on Ferguson Street, in Palmerston North, on Thursday 30…
Great Walk season delayed as tracks damaged by bad weather
View of Harris Saddle from the Hollyford face. Trampers traverse across this face to/from the Harris Saddle shelter…
Crash kills one, blocks SH3 near Hamilton
File photo. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi One person has died after a two-vehicle crash that has State…
The ‘voodoo’ flower that smells like ‘rotting flesh’ and is blooming just in time for Halloween
The voodoo lilies can be found in the foyer of Begonia House. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone ‘Voodoo…
Government announces new charter school for secondary students with autism
Associate Education Minister David Seymour. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The country’s first school for teenagers with autism…
Extent of measles outbreak will be confirmed over coming days, an epidemiologist says
Of the 14 confirmed cases, three had been hospitalised, Health New Zealand says. Photo: Supplied/ US CDC An…
Head of Whangārei’s NorthTec says its future is certain
Te Pūkenga’s Whangārei campus is due to revert to its previous name of NorthTec by the end of…
What we know about the 30-room mansion former Prince Andrew is losing
By Lianne Kolirin and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Royal Lodge, the sprawling property in Windsor Great Park, west of…
Farmers vote to sell Fonterra’s Mainland, Anchor brands
Photo: 123rf / Supplied images Fonterra’s farmer shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the sale of the…
What’s going on with Te Pāti Māori?
Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. Photo: RNZ Turmoil in Te Pāti Māori has been…
World War II bomb blast shakes Solomon Islands capital Honiara, injuring one
By Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong and Lice Movono, ABC The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force is investigating a bomb explosion.…
Christchurch man James Holder found guilty of murdering David Bridgwater
James Arthur Holder Photo: Stuff / Pool / Chris Skelton James Arthur Holder has been found guilty of…