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Girl on push scooter hurt in road crash
A young girl escaped serious injury after riding her push scooter into the path of an oncoming car yesterday. The 6-year-old…
Truckies awarded $6000 after employment dispute
A truck driver has been awarded more than $6000 after the Employment Relations Authority found he had been made redundant…
Big summer of surf rescues for Northland lifeguards
Northland lifeguards were involved in 74 rescues on the region's patrolled surf beaches over summer. A Northland surf lifeguard…
Politics
Trade Minister Tim Groser says his bid to become the…
Killed motorcyclist was wearing unapproved helmet
Police say a motorcyclist who died following a crash may have survived if he had been wearing a helmet that met New Zealand…
Bus crash in Bay of Plenty
Several people have been injured after a bus full of passengers crashed at Athenree Gorge in the Western Bay of Plenty this…
Air NZ to pay costs in overpayment case
Air New Zealand has been ordered to pay more than $13,000 in legal costs to an employee who was overpaid $70,000.
Tongan fishermen rescued from tiny tropical island
Seven Tongan fishermen have been rescued after their ship sank and they found themselves stranded on a small tropical island. The…
National
Listening service for victims of state care abuse extended
A confidential listening service for people who were abused, neglected or ill treated while in state…
Man charged with wounding baby appears in court
A Rotorua man accused of recklessly wounding a 9-month-old baby appeared in the Rotorua District Court today to make a bail…
Duck drop shortens shooting season
Mallard stocks are at an 11-year low as Bay of Plenty hunters prepare for the duck season's opening day. A Fish & Game…
Rest home gender pay imbalances to be examined in court
A court case to determine if male workers are unfairly being paid more than their female counterparts at an elderly residential…
Fatal crash factors a 'recipe for disaster' - coroner
A coroner has described texting while driving and other factors behind a van crash that killed one teen…
GP's relationship breached standards
A general practitioner who had a sexual relationship with a patient for almost a year has been found to have breached professional…
Weather presenter leaves job
3 News will replace its weather presenter Mike Hall with veteran journalist Ingrid Hipkiss at the end of the month. After…
Jury retires in schoolboy murder trial
The jury deciding whether Gavin Gosnell is guilty of the murder or manslaughter of schoolboy Hayden Miles has retired for…
Tindall video case in court
A ex-former bouncer who posted footage of rugby player Mike Tindall being kissed by an old flame on YouTube was after the…
'Port Hills groper' fears he'll be shunned
The family of the man accused of being "The Port Hills Groper'' fears he'll be ostracised by their Muslim…
Woman charged over boy's death
A 42-year-old Raetihi woman charged with the manslaughter of a 9-year-old boy has been granted interim name suppression.
'We lost some very special people'
The auditorium at Elim Christian College was standing room only during a special assembly to mark five years since the Mangatepopo…
Man dies after West Coast highway crash
A man has died in hospital after a highway crash near Greymouth. Luke Daniel Wilson, 30, was driving south on the Harihari…
Car smashes into Rotorua shop
A car has smashed through the window of a retail store in Rotorua. Witnesses say a white Mazda with two occupants hit a…
Carterton boy's bullying hell
A mother is warning of the dangers of bullying after her son, 11, tried to strangle himself with a skipping…
Memorial crosses ripped out
A field of 140 white crosses - symbolising Waipawa servicemen lost in war - was targeted by vandals on Saturday night with…
Anzac Day crash: Standard orders treated like guidelines
A military tribunal has been told an Air Force helicopter squadron treated standard orders like guidelines that gave good…
Man plunges 50 metres on excavator
A 56-year-old man has been flown to hospital in critical condition after being trapped when his excavator rolled 50-metres…
Wellington train hits concrete safety block, one injured
One passenger was injured this morning when a Wellington train hit a concrete safety block.
Power outage affects Eftpos terminals
A power outage has shutdown some Eftpos terminals in Auckland this morning.
Giraffe to be driven through Auckland today
A giraffe is expected to surprise a few gawking motorists today. Nakuru, a 15-month-old giraffe, is being driven from Auckland…
NZ at Noon: Tenants from hell
Stories making headlines across New Zealand at noon include a stunned landlord left with a damaged house costing thousands…
Dotcom will seek compensation
Kim Dotcom will be seeking compensation through a fresh court action against the Government Communications Security Bureau…
Christchurch schoolboy murder trial continues
A trial continues today for a man who allegedly bashed Christchurch teenager Hayden Miles to death before cutting him into…
Otago's Hyde St keg party a 'success'
Emergency services, the University of Otago and the Otago University Students' Association (OUSA) have…
Stag arrests after alleged racial abuse
A Korean woman visiting Queenstown was allegedly racially abused and robbed by members of a stag party on Saturday night…
Parks rangers' morale 'rocked'
Auckland regional park rangers' morale has been rocked by changes brought in by the Super City's central-style bureaucracy…
Ryder attack: 'Name and shame' attempt
The man accused of breaching a suppression order by posting a video online of Jesse Ryder's two alleged attackers says he…
Rain warning for motorists
A severe weather watch is in place for the top of the North Island with a heavy rain system from the north Tasman Sea reaching…
Fire rips through Palmerston North flats
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The fire that gutted two flats in Palmerston North this morning is being treated as suspicious. Fire…
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Politics: Spy scandal a bipartisan mess
Having finally landed some direct blows on John Key's credibility (after so many frustrated attempts) Labour now faces a…
Environment
Secrets of earth's plates
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Scientists from across the world have come here to examine how to unlock secrets hidden within our offshore…
Crime
Bridgecorp case going to Supreme Court
The receivers of failed finance company Bridgecorp have been given leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in a stoush over…
Education
Special: Lessons for cheats
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It's a subject schools and universities don't like to dwell on - the likelihood that students may be…
Health
Study: bra is a 'false necessity'
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Women don't need to wear a bra, a new French study suggests, saying the under-garment is a "false necessity."…
Sideswipe
Dining out on fishy tale
Alf Hoyle of Rotorua shares this story: "After 53 years in real estate in Rotorua one incident has stuck in my mind.
Maori
Talk of restarting Pigs' watch on cops
Reinstating the "Pig Patrol" may be the only way of fixing discrepancies in prosecution rates between Pakeha and Maori and…
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Video: Rain, glorious rain!
A low that we’ve been talking about, since the models in late March first picked it, is now finally about to make landfall…
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Property
Hot property market underpins service expansion
The service sector, accounting for around 70 per cent of New Zealand activity, is reporting steady expansion, underpinned…
Super City
Editorial: From the outset, one of the major worries…
Transport
Matt McCarten: Ministers without a clue
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It takes a lot to get Aucklanders riled, writes Matt McCarten. "When they do, governments fall."
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