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Southern Lights return to New Zealand skies for a second spectacular night
Night sky watchers have been treated to a second night of the stunning Southern Lights.Sightings were reported in Wellington, Christchurch, rural Canterbury and Central Otago last night.Rose Mary Mellado watched the Aurora Australis,...
Mystery surrounds woman's death
A 75-year-old woman admitted to Hawke's Bay Hospital with a significant brain injury on April 15 died on Friday morning. The woman was a resident of Camberley in Hastings and lived in a block of flats alongside other mainly-elderly...
Barefoot boy, 11, missing from Thames
Police say they are "very concerned" for a barefoot 11-year-old boy missing from Thames since yesterday.Tematau Wilson lives in Te Aroha but was with family in Thames when he walked off, Waikato police said in a media statement...
Person in hospital after shooting in South Auckland, gunman on the loose
Police are hunting for a gunman after a person was wounded in a shooting in South Auckland overnight.Auckland Inspector Jason Greenhalgh said police were called to Dunaff Pl, Flat Bush following reports of gunfire just after midnight.One...
No charges laid after horror festival attack in Christchurch
No charges have been laid after a central city attack that left a woman in an induced coma with a crushed windpipe.On February 25, Amelia Rayner, 29, was punched in the throat when her and her boyfriend were leaving the Electric...
Northland conviction rates drop but jail risk rises as courts treat some offences more seriously
The number of convictions has dropped in Northland courts, but the chance of going to jail has risen.More people in Northland were sent to prison in each of the past three years than any other years since records began in 1980.This...
Eight-year-old sole survivor of crash that killed New Zealand mum speaks
The young girl who was the sole survivor of a horror crash into a river in which her Kiwi mum and two siblings died has broken her silence for the first time.New Zealander Stephanie King tried to save all three children when their...
New resident convicted of sex offending twice, won't be deported
A man who emigrated to New Zealand has been convicted twice for sex offending since his arrival in 2012 - including while on bail - but will not be deported if his record stays clean for the next five years.The decision by immigration...
A new life without methamphetamine: Nathan Rakuraku's story
Most seven-year-olds can tie their shoes. They can brush their teeth on their own and catch a ball pretty well. They can balance on one foot, but might still need some food cut up for them. They get dirty and they're usually just...
Mystery of missing WWII airman Ian Wilson solved after 72 years
For more than 70 years, Angela Caughey never knew how her brother died. Late one brisk autumn night in 1944, the postmaster knocked at their Remuera Rd door with a telegram. Her father slowly came back down the hall, his footsteps...
Deborah Hill Cone: On immigration we're looking in the wrong queue
If you don't want to seem like a mean-spirited knob it is hard to have a conversation about immigration where you say anything other than la-la-la more the merrier, c'mon over, the welcome mat's out babes because you start sounding...
18-year-old admits shooting six people in Whangarei with paintball gun
A Whangarei man who pulled out a paintball gun and shot "rapid fire" at six people in a drive-by attack will be sentenced next month.One woman suffered a serious eye injury in the incident.Shane Paraha, 18, has admitted in the...
Barry Soper: People who suffered at Gallipoli couldn't forget
As we pin our poppies to our lapels this morning we should reflect on the young men who landed at ANZAC Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula more than a hundred years ago.As the barges dropped their doors to release them into the water...
Janet McAllister: Struggle behind the bookcases
I've been rather uncomfortable these past few months, visiting and writing about the cheerful surfaces of Auckland's 55 community libraries knowing that all the while, behind the bookcases, many librarians are fed up or even despairing.The...
Geoff Thomas: Pest-free by 2050? Not without bounty hunting
• Geoff Thomas writes on fishing for the Weekend Herald . Somebody must have told Sir Richard Branson about the Government's plan to rid the country of exotic pests by the year 2050. Because when he visited recently he referred...
Red Mini Cooper crushed by tree branch in Domain's Lovers Lane
A red Mini Cooper was damaged by a large branch which fell on it as it was parked in Auckland Domain's Lovers Lane this evening. The Fire Service was called by the woman owner of the car about 8.30pm. Spokesman Jarron Phillips...
Dog owner devastated pet killed hours after it is rehomed
A woman is devastated after giving up her beloved dog for a better home - only to learn it was euthanised hours later.Wellington residents Kathryn and Dan Cretney adopted female rottweiler Gem, 15 months, from Furever Homes.They...
Secrets of couple's lavish art garden and galleries to be revealed
After 12 years, a multi-million dollar art garden developed by an Auckland lawyer couple is finally opening to the public.Sculptureum is a 25ha site in Matakana developed by Anthony and Sandra Grant who have spent many more years...
Police hunt pair after armed robbery at Mt Albert TAB
Police are seeking witnesses to an armed robbery at a Mt Albert TAB, in Auckland this evening. Two people entered the TAB on New North Rd, near Carrington Rd, at 6pm. Auckland Metropolitan police inspector Kerry Watson said the...