A top firefighter says a Northland man saved his partner`s life by dragging her out of a burning house.Kaikohe fire chief Bill Hutchinson said the couple was `very, very lucky` and doubted either would have survived if they had... Read...
A man who murdered a Dunedin woman while her toddler was next door has been refused parole, although the reasons remain slightly hazy.Gareth Lawrence Smither (50) has been behind bars since he killed Karen Jacobs in 1997.The man... Read...
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Canterbury plane spotters and space enthusiasts wanting a final look at NASA`s flying telescope, SOFIA, should get their chance on Thursday.The B747 and its crew are set to take off from Christchurch Airport at noon bound for California,... Read...
Police won`t be making any arrests relating to a man who tapped on a child`s bedroom window in the early hours of the morning at a Tikitere property near Rotorua.Senior Sergeant Mike Membery confirmed to the Rotorua Daily Post this... Read...
`It`s a recipe for disaster` is how `petrified` health experts have described record low childhood immunisation rates - including for measles - which they fear will fuel deadly new epidemics.For Māori just 47 per cent of those... Read...
OPINION The countdown is on for who will `run` the garden city.Not literally - because CEO Dawn Baxendale and her four executives lead the thousands of council staff at council HQ in Hereford St.But who will be the face of... Read...
New Zealand Army engineers were sent to Niue to help upgrade the facilities of the nation`s only high school but the humanitarian exercise ended in disgrace for one Kiwi soldier.The trooper, who was part of a team of 30 from the... Read...
Embattled National MP Sam Uffindell was put on notice for living in one of North Dunedin`s filthiest flats, described as a haven for vermin and disease by health inspectors.The Dundas St flat, inhabited by Uffindell and five other... Read...
Sam Uffindell`s political future is in serious doubt as National`s leader refuses to confirm the new MP will stay on if allegations about his behaviour at university are substantiated.It comes amid a revelation Christopher Luxon`s... Read...
RUGBY South Africa will start with hooker Joseph Dweba in Saturday's second Rugby Championship Test against New Zealand after Bongi Mbonambi withdrew due to a knee injury picked up in training More...
BUSINESS Kiwis with itchy feet are taking the chance to see the world again More...
