Ponsonby fatal shooting: Suspect Hone Kay-Selwyn found dead near Taupō, victim had no links to Killer Beez shooter
The body of the Ponsonby Rd gunman has been removed from the rural Taupō address to a rousing haka. About 12 cars full of men dressed in black, some with their faces covered, arrived at the Broadlands ...
Enchanter Trial: Discrepancies arise in testimony of Three Kings weather on day of the tragedy
Evidence is being heard about the weather conditions three days into the three-week trial for Enchanter skipper Lance Goodhew. Goodhew faces a single charge of breaching his dutie ...
Hunter Valley wedding bus crash driver: Manslaughter charges dropped against Brett Button
Driver Brett Button has pleaded guilty over a bus crash in the NSW Hunter Valley that left 10 people dead and many more injured. The driver responsible for the deadly NSW Hunter Valley bus crash has ...
School lunches: Seymour announces new funding to keep free lunches in schools
What we are going to do is cut expenditure elsewhere, put money into the school lunch programme and then do it better, smarter and cheaper.” NZME’s BusinessDesk reported at the time that this “smarter ...
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Risky treatment: Hair salon offers $650 ‘vampire facial’ with no evidence of medical qualification
Kim Kardashian's Instagram post after undergoing a 'vampire facial' in 2013. A hair and beauty salon in Auckland is performing “vampire facials” without the required medical qualifications putting ...
Hastings teenager dies suddenly on holiday in Cook Islands
A teenager from Hawke’s Bay has died in his sleep during a family trip to Rarotonga. Fifteen-year-old Drazei Kerehoma’s family is now preparing to bring his body back to their home in Hastings on ...
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Cambridge pool wins architecture award
Cambridge's Perry Aquatic Centre, Puna Kaukau o Te Oko Horoi. It wasn’t all plain sailing for a new pool complex for Cambridge but, once completed, the Perry Aquatic Centre - Puna Kaukau o Te Oko ...
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Gen Z woman says millennials should stop saying these ‘out of date’ slang words
If you think you’re getting the hang of the “hip” workplace slang - think again. A Gen Z woman has revealed you may be slightly behind when it comes to your in-office vernacular. Allegra Miles has ...
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Letters to the editor: What is the ‘real plan’ for Rotorua emergency housing?
Last year the Rotorua MP announced a National government would stop motels being used as emergency housing within two years, yet six months later the MP has power and a pay rise – but his Government’s ...
NRL: Kiwis star Joseph Manu outlines All Blacks hopes after sealing Japanese rugby union switch
Joseph Manu is making no promises he’ll return to the NRL despite Sydney Roosters fans desperately hoping the one-time world player of the year will be back as early as next season. Manu admits he ...
Auckland cafe owner mum in $420k fraud said she was confused and ‘incompetent’ with tax returns
It will take at least 160 years for a jailed mother-of-six to pay reparations ordered for $420,000 of tax evasion. Court documents show Elizabeth Juilian Tangikau had no known prior convictions and ...
Listen to The Country online with Jamie Mackay: Alliance chair Mark Wynne on farmers’ response to capital raise
Christopher Luxon, Mark Wynne, Emma Higgins, Jim Hopkins.