SH1 closed after oil tanker crashes off road
File photo. Photo: RNZ/ Marika Khabazi State Highway One is closed near Waikouaiti in the South Island this…
Is it fair to stop KiwiSaver contributions at 65?
Photo: 123RF Employers opting to stop contributing to their staff’s KiwiSaver accounts when they turn 65 may be…
Principals urge halt to NCEA change plans
Photo: RNZ A group of 89 secondary school principals are calling for an immediate halt to plans to…
Fewer people getting Covid-19 boosters
Immunisation Advisory Centre medical adviser Professor Nikki Turner says many people are “over” Covid. Photo: RNZ / Angus…
Mayday call for New Zealand’s sinking cruise industry
Cruise ships lie tied up at Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour during the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Photo: GREG WOOD…
Otago locals range from curious to staunchly opposed on giant gold mine
About 120 packed into the Cromwell Districts Presbyterian Church where plans to mine a vast gold deposit in…
Man dies in one vehicle crash in South Otago
Wellington Free Ambulance. Photo: Supplied / Wellington Free Ambulance One person has died in a single-vehicle crash on…
Waitaki mayor warns of huge rates hike after council leaves Southern Water Done Well
Mayor Gary Kircher. Photo: RNZ / Simon Rogers A ratepayers group in Waitaki backs its district council’s independent…
Morning Report: Nicola Willis to make ‘series of announcements’ on supermarkets
Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii Finance Minister Nicola Willis will make a “series of announcements” about supermarket competition…
Waikato man Ricky Davies has a ‘distorted attitude’ to sex, says sentencing judge
By Belinda Feek, Open Justice reporter of Ricky Davies, 60, was sentenced in the Hamilton District Court to…
Erin Patterson is a triple murderer – that’s no excuse for inhumane prison conditions
By Thalia Anthony* of Erin Patterson arriving in the back of a prison transport vehicle at Latrobe Valley…
‘All destroyed’: Fire engulfs Marshall Islands parliament complex
Marshall Islands firefighters try to contain the fire. Photo: Chewy Lin Photo & Film / Chewy Lin Fire…