8+ hour, 43+ min ago   (138+ words) A Tauranga man has been charged in relation to damage to political hoardings in Pāpāmoa. Police say reports were received after hoardings were damaged on Parton Rd about 6.30am on Thursday. About 30 hoardings of various kinds were reported damaged across Pāpāmoa…...

4+ hour, 9+ min ago   (1205+ words) Separated from his six children and thousands of kilometres from the life he once knew, a 501 deportee says he fell in with other “501ers” who ultimately drew him into a major cocaine operation. Peter Uelese told the Court of Appeal he…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (692+ words) Mayor Wayne Brown and others gave speeches ahead of the official opening of the City Rail Link. Video / NZ Herald After floodwater undermined their West Auckland home, Rishi Buggaveeti and Sonika Ravula used the disruption as a catalyst to build…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (506+ words) Step by step, 9-year-old Rocco Green is climbing towards a 5000-stair goal, just over two years after taking his first independent steps. The Napier boy, who was born prematurely at 32 weeks and diagnosed with cerebral palsy at 16 months, is tackling…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (624+ words) Nicola Yvonne Perry died after a serious incident in Nelson. The two people found dead after a firearms incident in Nelson six days ago have been named. They were Brendon James Perry, 49, and Nicola Yvonne Perry, 48, police said today. The…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (278+ words) By Sammy Carter of RNZ In a new partnership, the Courtenay Place cinema complex will be a base for gym CityFitness, alongside the cinemas, retail stores, and hospitality outlets. The large earthquake-prone building on the city’s main nightlife road of…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (816+ words) Labour leader Chris Hipkins kicked off his election-year tour of public meetings to a packed crowd of about 150 people in Naenae, in his electorate of Remutaka on Wednesday evening – one man even brought a well-behaved cat, Belladonna, who sat in…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1498+ words) The family of a man fatally stabbed during a fight on a boarding house deck wants to know why a 501 deportee left the victim bleeding, dying and alone. A representative of Ivan Fifita’s grieving whānau questioned why, during a “mutual…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (522+ words) David Seymour is defending the Government’s low-cost school lunch programme after revelations “unknown” foreign matter was found in a brownie that came with the meals. The Associate Education Minister said there were similar issues with the previous Government’s programme and…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (479+ words) The teenage boy who died in an East Auckland e-motorbike crash has been named. He was Kyle Chen, 15, of Flat Bush. “Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this incredibly hard time”, a police spokesperson said. The crash happened…...