Policeman who tackled man doused in petrol speaks
A police officer says he barely thought about the risk as he tackled a petrol-soaked man who was threatening to kill everyone in the house with the flick of a lighter. Constable Gary Prescott, whose...
View ArticleTrueNet testing suggests Southern Cross Cable is roadblock on UFB performance
The latest testing by TrueNet suggests the Southern Cross Cable - or at least ISPs' willingness to buy bandwidth on our only major broadband connection to the outside world - is a bottleneck as UFB...
View ArticleQuestions and Answers - June 4
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View ArticleMaori Party has no plan for higher incomes and better jobs
Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 6:59 pm Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party Maori Party has no plan for higher incomes and better jobsMaori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples' admission in Parliament today that...
View ArticleImmigration advisers disgraceful actions
File photo / NZ Herald An Auckland immigration adviser's actions have been labelled "disgraceful" by the industry's watchdog after he reportedly conned a vulnerable woman out of $3000 and made...
View ArticleTuhoe settlement marks a new beginning - Finlayson
Government apologises to Tuhoe The Government has today addressed "some of the worst" breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi with a settlement which will see Tuhoe receive a redress package worth $170...
View ArticleBastareaud keen to apologise to Kiwis
France centre Mathieu Bastareaud is willing to apologise for lying about being assaulted in Wellington during les Bleus' 2009 tour to New Zealand. Bastareaud arrived in Auckland on Tuesday as part of...
View ArticleMothers warning after coroner links death to Christchurch quake
The Canterbury earthquakes have claimed another life after a coroner ruled they drove a man to suicide. Phillip Charles Cooke, 54, of Avonhead, a rail employee, died on January 17, last year. Shirley...
View ArticleAllan Hubbards widow gives evidence at crash trial
The widow of high profile businessman Allan Hubbard has given evidence at the trial of the man charged in connection with his death. Andrew Earl, 41, has appeared in Oamaru District Court on driving...
View ArticleChinas top political advisor starts official good-will visit to New Zealand
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, April 15 (Xinhua) -- China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin arrived in Christchurch of southern New Zealand Sunday morning for a 4-day official good-will visit, at the...
View ArticleRugby All Blacks unchanged for Wallabies clash
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Eddie Jones' Wallabies will face the identical All Black team that beat them 50-21 in Sydney three weeks ago in the Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cup rugby union test at...
View ArticleStruggling Lomu left out by Wellington
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Jonah Lomu's struggle to revive his rugby career while suffering chronic kidney disease stalled Thursday when Wellington left him off the team for the first round of the...
View ArticleAll Blacks reclaim Bledisloe Cup from Wallabies
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) -- Australia lost the Bledisloe Cup Saturday at Eden Park but it won back pride after a demoralizing thrashing by the All Blacks in Sydney last month -- and the knowledge it...
View ArticleBlackBerry Z10 smartphone reaches New Zealand
Source: ONE News BlackBerry today launched their flagship Z10 smartphone in New Zealand. The new handset sold above expectations when released earlier this year in the United Kingdom and North America....
View ArticleNew Zealand Foreign Minister to visit India
New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully will undertake a one-day visit of India on Tuesday. During his visit to the national capital, Foreign Minister McCully will meet with his Indian counterpart...
View ArticleMcCullum says Black Caps showed how good they can be after ODI series win...
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has expressed his happiness at his side's win in the just concluded one-day series against England, saying that his team has shown 'how good they can be'. Martin...
View ArticleKnackered out Guptills English ODI wonder plunder both blessing and curse
New Zealand opener Martin Guptill's wondrous plundering of England's bowlers for a series-winning 189 not out has turned out to be both a blessing and a curse for him after the exhausting schedule left...
View ArticleTakahe waddle into a brave new world
Birds of a feather flock together. And so it proved at Orokonui Ecosanctuary yesterday, as two takahe waddled off into a brave new world. Resident takahe Quammen and his new female friend from Kapiti...
View ArticleTeenagers appeal dismissed in dreadful murder case
Lori Leah Te Wini. Photo / APN A teenage girl sentenced to life imprisonment for the "dreadful" murder of retired Opotiki school teacher John Rowe has had her appeal dismissed. Lori Leah Te Wini was...
View ArticleThree more quit abuse inquiry
Incoming chief executive Kirsten Rei moved quickly yesterday to reassure staff that the inquiry would continue. Photo / Richard Robinson Three more key members of Sir Owen Glenn's inquiry into child...
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