NZ Transport Agency dumps Māori name first for English name
It’s now NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi. The road-building agency is believed to be the first government department to dump its te reo Māori name first in favour of its English name. The coalition ...
Christchurch man has been jailed for grooming, abusing boy
A Christchurch man who groomed and abused a teenage boy after he was given accommodation during lockdown has been jailed for more than two years. In July 2021, Callum Joshua Jones, 31, developed a ...
Angela Blackmoore cold case murder trial: Pair found guilty of murder
Two people have been found guilty of murdering Christchurch mother Angela Blackmoore 28 years ago. Former debt collector David Hawken, 50, and ex-stripper Rebecca Wright-Meldrum, 51, were on trial in ...
Canterbury street racing death: 18-year-old driver Adam Rapson pleads guilty to manslaughter
On Friday, Adam Michael Rapson pleaded guilty to several charges including manslaughter, two charges of dangerous driving causing injury, failing to stop for police, being an unaccompanied learner ...
Council inquiry after pōhutukawa trees on public land cut down at Paraparaumu Beach
Kāpiti Coast District Council has begun an investigation after established pōhutukawa trees on public land were cut down in Paraparaumu Beach. The trees were on the southern roadside corner of George ...
Rosewood Cape Kidnappers luxury lodge: What’s on offer for up to $30,000 a night
Around the main lodge building and its 22 suites and cottages, there are low-flying kerurū and tūī, sometimes kiwi at night, and nearby there’s a kākā rookery where this magnificent native parrot is ...
Chamberlain Park golf course motorway hazard to be reduced by $1.1m makeover
New Zealand’s most popular public golf course will undergo a $1.1m makeover to reduce the hazard of balls being hit onto a neighbouring motorway. Chamberlain Park Golf Course in the heart of central ...
PM Christopher Luxon visits weather-hit Wairoa
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is out of the capital today, assessing damage to Wairoa from recent rainfall in a region still suffering from the after-effects of Cyclone Gabrielle. It’s a departure ...
Karamea helicopter crash: Pilot rejects finding that Robinson broke up midair due to error
Returning to the West Coast town of Karamea after dropping two hunters in the bush, 71-year-old pilot Tony Ibbotson heard a severe bang from the rear of his helicopter. What followed was a ...
Auckland police investigate mystery powder, person taken to hospital
A person was taken to hospital after they found a mystery powder on the North Shore. Police investigations are continuing after a member of the public found an “unidentified powder” at an address in ...
Waiheke Island drowning: One dead, one rescued after boat capsizes
A person has died and another was taken to hospital after a boat capsized off Auckland’s Waiheke Island last night. A rescue operation was mounted around 7.20pm, with the Westpac rescue helicopter and ...