9+ hour, 21+ 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…...

12+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1243+ words) Trapped in a ravine on Mt Popomanaseu in the Solomon Islands, the ground shifting beneath him, Auckland teenager Luca Zylstra-Law had one thought: his parents. The nights were the worst. “There was so much going through my mind. Will I…...

7+ hour, 10+ min ago   (273+ words) The National Aquarium of New Zealand’s oldest resident, Terry the turtle, has died. He was believed to be about 50 years old. The beloved hawksbill sea turtle came to the Napier aquarium in the late 1970s. When he arrived from his birthplace…...

4+ hour, 55+ min ago   (187+ words) Armed police are searching parts of Auckland’s North Shore this evening after a firearm was allegedly pulled during a fight. Police were called to Ian Marwick Place in Birkenhead about 4.40pm after reports of a confrontation between people known to each…...

12+ hour, 7+ min ago   (794+ words) Generosity took flight Friday evening in Mount Maunganui for a lifesaving helicopter service, set against a backdrop of aviation history. The Aerocool Rescue Helicopter Gala, hosted by Westpac at Classic Flyers Aviation Museum, raised $100,626. Volunteers rolled out the red carpet…...

5+ hour, 52+ min ago   (707+ words) When the Tikipunga High School netball team won their final game, on the last day of the Zespri AIMS Games, they were humble, respectful and gracious. It had been a tough week for both teams; the 16-3 scoreline meant they’d beaten…...

4+ hour, 47+ 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…...

6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (871+ words) A controversial plastic-burning plant approved by the Environment Court has had five emergency call-outs in the past year, including a blaze firefighters say burned out of control. The latest incident at Warren Sinclair’s Whangārei-based plastic-to-fuel operation happened last week and…...

5+ hour, 48+ min ago   (247+ words) A Featherston hotel worker thought he was “dreaming” when an intruder allegedly burst into his room and put a gun to his chest during a “terrifying” early-morning robbery, the hotel’s owner says. Empire Hotel owner Tav Kaur said the staff…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (278+ words) A Havelock North Intermediate student has watched a character he helped dream up leap off the page and onto the sports field. Year 8 student Austin Garside met Moko, the newly launched Zespri AIMS Games mascot, for the first time at…...