Rotorua Walking Festival: Sir Ashley Bloomfield walks for Barnardos youth helpline

Rotorua’s walking trails are the latest step in Sir Ashley Bloomfield’s campaign to improve young people’s physical, mental ...

Family distraught after Rotorua roadside memorial for Paige Johnson taken

A memorial tribute to a deaf and blind man killed after a hit-and-run in Rotorua last year has been stripped less than a year ...

Netanyahu says Iran decimated as Tehran warns of ‘zero restraint’ in energy attacks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel’s military attacks had “decimated” Iran and that the Middle East war could ...
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Hatchet buried over China deal? Not yet, say Cook Islands and New Zealand

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters in Auckland today. Photo / Supplied Officials from New Zealand and the Cook Islands met at Winston ...

BB gun fired at Auckland’s Waiake Medical Centre, glass fragment found on patient bed

An SUV has had its window smashed in what appears to be a BB gun attack, in a series of complaints from Torbay locals. Video / Supplied An Auckland doctor’s surgery has been targeted in a suspected ...
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Missing teen Tracey: Police launch urgent search after Conifer Grove disappearance

A 15-year-old girl has vanished from a South Auckland suburb after she was last seen in February. Photo / NZ Police Police are urgently searching for a 15-year-old girl who vanished from a South ...

Hawke’s Bay cheesemakers Craggy Range Sheep Dairy and Origin Earth score big wins at national awards

Two boutique Hawke’s Bay dairy companies might just be among New Zealand’s biggest cheeses. The nation’s top cheesemaking talent paraded a record-breaking 267 entries of their best coagulated milk ...
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White Ferns v South Africa live updates: Third Twenty20 International, from Eden Park

Cam McMillan and Nathan Limm join Herald NOW to talk future of T20, and whether this is the Warriors' year. Video / Ryan Bridge TODAY The White Ferns have lost the second match of the Twenty20 series ...

Foodstuffs’ petrol stations continue with discounts despite stores running dry

Foodstuffs’ petrol stations say they will continue to offer discounts despite stores running dry and operating day to day. Petrol stations across the country are experiencing a ...

Alcohol ads shape how children think about drinking, Waikato study finds

University of Waikato researchers say a new study shows alcohol advertising is shaping how New Zealand children think about drinking and could be pushing them towards alcohol earlier. The research was ...

Gang associate Jay Aranui admits manslaughter of Hawke’s Bay businessman Andy Winitana

A gang associate who killed a respected businessman with a single punch later told police his victim “looked like a good fella”. Jay Bronson Aranui, 21, pleaded guilty today to the manslaughter of ...

Du Val Build to Rent investors to get 41c in the dollar after sales

Investors in Du Val’s Build to Rent venture can expect 41c in the dollar after statutory managers sold two Auckland properties and terminated a lease with a tenant who refused to honour their ...