The prospect of top Hawke's Bay wine, food, some bathing belles and an "amazing race" through Ahuriri were among the swaying factors which has seen ... More
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The mountain ranges along the North Island are only a few million years old, but once the island had its own ``Northern Alps''. Though the range of mountains long since ... More
The New Zealand dollar continued to climb overnight, ending the week on a stronger note than the start. By 8am today the NZ dollar was buying 71.44c from US71.28c at ... More
Eleventh hour talks aimed at averting strikes by radiographers starting from today appear to have failed. Representatives of the country's district health boards (DHBs) met with the radiographers' union Apex ... More
Local Government Minister leader Rodney Hide will spearhead a wide-ranging review on dog laws once his commitments to the Auckland super city are wrapped up. Mr Hide said in a ... More
Plans to stem the rise in the cost of funding free off-peak travel for pensioners under the SuperGold card scheme will affect transport operators, but Transport Minister Steven Joyce says ... More
A Greymouth couple is $15,000 poorer after falling victim to an internet scam involving Trade Me. The couple unsuccessfully bid on a car on Trade Me but were contacted soon ... More
August was cloudy, warm and very wet, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) says. Rainfall was 1-1/2 times greater than usual for all of the North Island ... More
Police have found no evidence Google committed a criminal offence by gathering personal wireless internet data during its street view operation in New Zealand. They have referred the matter back ... More
Police are combing central Auckland streets looking for a man who allegedly flashed his genitals at a woman on Tuesday.The woman phoned police this morning saying she recognised the man in Remuera.A police northern communications...
Another oil rig exploded and caught fire off the Louisiana coast this morning.But no, it's not another Deepwater Horizon -scale disaster.The explosion has spread a kilometre-long oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico west of the...
A request from New Zealand soldiers in Afghanistan to have spy drone planes was rejected despite their use by private companies and coalition forces.The informal request for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) was rejected by Defence...
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