Owner of Christchurch rental caravan threatened
'Merciless' landlords drive Christchurch rentals sky-high The owner of a caravan listed for rent in Christchurch has received threats following media coverage. The caravan in the Hill Suburbs was...
View ArticleBlogger denies uploading leaked EQC email
The blogger facing legal action by the Earthquake Commission has denied uploading a leaked email containing information on 83,000 Christchurch homeowners' claims. Former EQC employee Marc Krieger...
View ArticleSchools gets $9.5m breakfast funding boost
The Government will put up $9.5 million over the next five years to allow Fonterra and Sanitarium to expand school breakfast programmes to five days a week for all schools that need it - but the...
View ArticleGovernment’s response to the Children’s Commissioner’s Expert Advisory Group...
Government's response to the Children's Commissioner's Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty The National-led Government has a proud record of putting children and their families first,...
View ArticleFunding boosts to help vulnerable children - PM
Prime Minister John Key today announced Government funding to expand Fonterra and Sanitarium’s KickStart Breakfast programme, and a grant to KidsCan to boost a variety of the charity’s initiatives. "By...
View ArticleTattoo wrangle Air NZ cutting off its nose to spite its face
Claire Nathan says her ta moko depicts her children and her heritage. Photo / Maori TV Prime Minister John Key says he is surprised by Air New Zealand's refusal to hire a woman with a traditional Maori...
View ArticleSnow brings Dunedin to a standstill
Photogallery: Snow falls in South Island Dunedin has felt the brunt of the bitter cold snap sweeping up the country, with more snow expected. Snow has fallen down to sea-level in the city, leaving...
View ArticleVictims wait months to see rape counsellors
Govt to crack down on online child sex abuse Young rape victims are among those being forced to wait up to three months to see a counsellor, as sexual violence support services are stretched to...
View ArticleResearchers link coffee drinking to weight gain
Source: Fair Go Researchers who set out to show how coffee benefits the heart instead ended up demonstrating how it could make people gain weight. The study from the Western Australian Institute for...
View ArticleChinese meat blockade Guy under attack
Just days after lambasting his own officials over the Chinese meat freeze, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy is himself under attack as the blockade continues. Last week Mr Guy announced a three...
View ArticleSir Eds house not ready for 60th
Sir Edmund Hillary's home, gifted to an Auckland school bearing his name, will not be opened in time to mark 60 years since the explorer conquered ...
View ArticleBreakfast programme part of the solution
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett believes the Government has struck the right balance by supporting the KickStart Breakfast expansion. "This is a genuine partnership between the Government,...
View ArticleFiordland jolted by 4.1 quake
File photo / Getty Images Fiordland was rocked by a 4.1-magnitude quake just after midday. The quake, which struck at 12.18pm, struck 45km west of Te Anau, at a depth of 16km, GeoNet said. ...
View ArticleDrink-driving killers chilling disregard for the law
Gavin Hawthorne was jailed in 2003. File photo / Sandy Parkinson A drink-driving killer who will be released from prison next week shows "a chilling disregard for the law" and threatened to cut off an...
View ArticleDot Kiwi internet address secured
Source: Dot Kiwi A group of New Zealand expats has secured final approval from Icann, the global body that administers the internet's addressing system, to offer website addresses ending in ".kiwi"....
View ArticleArt thieves like look of projector
Potential art thieves in Auckland have ignored valuable works by local and international artists and tried to make off with a projector hung from the ...
View ArticleNZ to sign landmark arms treaty
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says New Zealand will be among the first countries to sign the Arms Trade Treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly last month. The Treaty, which is...
View ArticleNew Sport NZ board members appointed
Sport and Recreation Minister Murray McCully today appointed former Silver Ferns and Black Ferns manager Jackie Barron to the board of Sport New Zealand. "Mrs Barron is a seasoned educator and sports...
View ArticleKiwis spending millions to trek outer space
Whether they’re keen on making history or ready to travel to new heights (literally), Kiwis are showing a definite interest in space travel, with more than NZ$1.8 million already forked out to join...
View ArticleScotland to have new rugby head coach from New Zealand in 2014
The Scottish Rugby Union on Monday announced that New Zealander Vern Cotter will become the next head coach of Scotland next summer.The 51-year-old Cotter's term would start in June 2014, when his...
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