Auctions popular in brisk market
House prices in the region also continued to rise and experts were citing a lack of supply in Auckland's choked housing market for pushing prices up. Photo / Chris Gorman Nearly 40 per cent of...
View ArticleStudent strugglers tighten belts
Stefan van Woerden. Photo / Brett Phibbs Low-grade mince is apparently still a staple of university life, with more than a third of students surveyed in new research saying lack of money has affected...
View ArticleYoung boffin reveals secret I just used ballcock sinker and string
Brad Martin hopes his bird stop innovation will take off. Photo / Christine Cornege The youngest competitor at this year's Fieldays innovation centre is hoping investors will get on board with his...
View ArticleHulse confident law will sort override provisions
Penny Hulse. Photo / Richard Robinson Auckland Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse says she is confident the Government will address concerns about provisions in new legislation allowing Wellington to take...
View ArticlePhilippines family attend gentleman crims funeral
Brian Curtis was a burglar, drug dealer and prison escaper on parole from a life sentence. Photo / Brett Phibbs Tears shed for a "gentleman" criminal yesterday included those from the new family he...
View ArticleAfghan interpreters getting to grips with new lives as Kiwis
Hussain Sayed with daughters Zakia, 4, (left) and Madina, 5, were welcomed to New Zealand at Government House yesterday. Photo / Chris Gorman Hussain Sayed's daughters were a long way from home as they...
View ArticleOrana Park to reignite oryx breeding programme
Source: Supplied Twenty year old scimitar-horned oryx sperm is being used on a female scimitar-horned oryx in an attempt to artificially inseminate her at Orana Wildlife Park today. The Canadian sperm...
View ArticlePatients very concerned after notes left on city bus
Source: Photos.com Sensitive clinical notes on 65 mental health patients are yet to be found after being left on a Wellington bus. A worker from Pathways left a satchel containing the details on the...
View ArticleMans drug conviction overturned on appeal
Source: Photos.com A man sacked from his job for stealing, and then convicted for selling drugs, is halfway to clearing his name. David Dumolo, 42, was found guilty of importing and selling mephedrone...
View ArticleNew Zealand unchanged for France
New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has named an unchanged starting XV for his side's second Test against France in Christchurch. Kieran Read continues to captain the side from number eight on what will be...
View ArticleAustralia v New Zealand match abandoned
Amid a storm surrounding David Warner's future in international cricket, a rained out match against New Zealand in Birmingham has put Australia's hopes of a Champions Trophy title defence on life...
View ArticleOne person hospitalised after Wellington fire
A person was taken to hospital having inhaled smoked after fire engulfed a block of flats north of Wellington early this morning. A Fire Service spokesman said two of the three flats in the block were...
View ArticleSuspicious fire engulfs block of flats in Wellington
A fire which engulfed a block of flats north of Wellington early this morning is being treated as suspicious. A Fire Service spokesman said two of the three flats in the block were "totally involved"...
View ArticlePolice name child who drowned on rural property
Police have released the name of a toddler who drowned in a rubbish hole on a Southland farm yesterday. He was 2-year-old Charlie Aaron Unwin. Police said Charlie had wandered from the house in...
View ArticleChild drowns on rural property near Gore
A two-year-old child drowned in a hole containing water on a rural property near Gore yesterday afternoon. Sergeant Greg Ballantyne, of Gore, said emergency services were called at 3.50pm after reports...
View ArticleCrisis meeting set for Chch Council over consents
Parker confident Chch Council will retain building consent powers The Earthquake Recovery Minister is warning the Christchurch City Council it has two weeks to speed up its building consent process,...
View ArticleEx-chairman defends sacked principal
The former chairman of Pamapuria School, where paedophile James Parker was a teacher, has come to the defence of the man who was principal at the time, saying he wasn't the only one to make mistakes....
View ArticleAll Blacks keep same team for second Test
The All Blacks starting team to face France remains the same but 239 caps worth of experience has been injected onto the reserve bench for the second Test in Christchurch.Despite the patchy nature of...
View ArticleGrey District Council mulls eco burials
Photo / Thinkstock A West Coast council is considering the creation of an "eco cemetery". The Grey District Council discussed the issue at a meeting on Monday after a submission from the Natural Burial...
View ArticleA gentleman - and old-time crim
Brian Curtis was a burglar, drug dealer and prison escaper on parole from a life sentence. Photo / Brett Phibbs Tears shed for a "gentleman" criminal yesterday included those from the new family he...
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