10+ hour, 4+ min ago   (232+ words) The Department of Conservation says it is unlikely it will ever know how a dolphin found decapitated on a Coromandel beach died. DoC are investigating after the marine mammal was found on Pauanui Beach on September 7. In a statement to…...

13+ hour, 54+ min ago   (329+ words) Grower T&G has launched its newest premium apple variety, the Joli, in Vietnam, ramping up its push into the lucrative Asian export market. T&G Apples managing director Shane Kingston said the new variety – a large red apple that…...

12+ hour, 21+ min ago   (119+ words) A man suffered serious injuries and a dog was hurt after an assault at a Kaikohe home on Sunday. Police encouraged people to come forward with information, Detective Sergeant Bart Graham from the Northland criminal investigation branch (CIB) said. Emergency…...

14+ hour, 20+ min ago   (252+ words) An iconic Napier lodging, The County Hotel, has been put on the market amid an ongoing receivership process. Two companies associated with the five-star hotel went into receivership in mid-August, The Barons Ltd and Barons Operations Ltd. They are owned…...

14+ hour, 46+ min ago   (708+ words) New Year's Eve Fireworks in Taupō. Taupō residents will have to make other plans this New Year’s Eve after the cancellation of the town’s annual Big Bang fireworks display. A change in protocols from the lake’s owner means the show…...

15+ hour, 38+ min ago   (75+ words) off-ramp NZ Herald State Highway 16 has been closed heading southbound following a crash. According to NZTA, the northwestern motorway is shut after the Lincoln Rd off-ramp. Emergency services are providing directions to motorists at the scene. Four-vehicle crash blocks lane…...

16+ hour, 40+ min ago   (312+ words) A “safe place” where people can hear and practise te reo Māori is offering $2 kawhe and kōrero (coffee and conversation) during Māori Language Week. Te Wiki o te Reo Māori runs today to Sunday. Rotorua’s new te reo Māori immersion…...

17+ hour, 1+ min ago   (94+ words) One person has been injured after an alleged stabbing on the main street of a Canterbury township. Emergency services were called to the incident on Main St, in Fairlie, about 2.15am on Saturday. Hato Hone St John responded with an ambulance…...

18+ hour, 49+ min ago   (173+ words) A leopard seal which drew hundreds of spectators has died, a Hutt City councillor says. The female leopard seal was spotted two weeks ago lounging on Petone Beach, with some concerns that members of the public were harassing the animal....

17+ hour, 44+ min ago   (96+ words) A police investigation is underway after a man turned up at an Auckland hospital with a gunshot wound overnight. Detective Inspector Karen Bright said the injured man presented at Middlemore Hospital last night with an unexplained gunshot wound. “He received…...