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Harry delighted with stand-in, stand-in nana for school grandparent day
A Kerikeri boy has gone from having no nana to having two stand-in nanas to choose from.When 9-year-old Harry Fox didn't have anyone to take to his school's annual grandparents day his mum, Nicola George, put a plea on Facebook...
Winter-like temperatures in store as snow coats southern New Zealand
The first major cold snap of the year is set to blast the country with snow, rain and gales, plunging the country into the middle of winter.An Antarctic blast is just 48 hours away and snow is expected to fall on southern towns...
Ex-Napier councillor Peter Beckett awaits new trial date in Canada on wife-murdering charge
A court in Canada was early today expected to set a new date for the second trial of former Napier City councillor Peter Beckett, who is charged with murdering second wife Laura Letts-Beckett seven years ago.A jury was unable to...
Lab tests confirm teacher's cannabis use
A teacher who initially denied smoking weed has been brought before the Education Council after laboratory tests confirmed he had cannabis in his system.Daniel Bruce McMillan has been teaching at Kingslea School (Te Puna Wai o Tuhinapo)...
Man shot by police jailed after stand-off with imitation gun
The man who was shot by police in central Whanganui last year after brandishing an imitation pistol at officers has been sentenced to seven years in jail. At sentencing, the High Court in Whanganui heard Wattie Adolf Kahu had spent...
Convicted fraudster Vicki Letele dies of cancer following prison release
Vicki Letele, the woman sick with cancer who fought for compassionate release from prison, has died overnight.David Letele told the Herald his sister battled to the end but succumbed to the deadly disease surrounded by family.But...
Havelock North bore complaint email 15 years before gastro outbreak
Former public health officer Ian Inkson confirmed that no one responded to his concerns over the potential contamination of Brookvale 2 Bore in 2002.Now, 15 years later, his complaint about an "insecure control cable duct" if actioned...
Tradie army gets nod to save Edgecumbe's uninsured and under-insured flood-hit homes
Uninsured and under-insured homeowners in flood-damaged Edgecumbe have been thrown a lifeline. Whakatane district councillors have unanimously approved the Liveable Home project, which will provide the labour, expertise and funding...
Financial squeeze: Tertiary students go hungry as living costs outrun grants
Tertiary institutions are being forced to feed many of their students, with a new survey finding that one in six students at one Auckland institute are going without food regularly because they can't afford it.Unitec, the country's...
Business loses thousands in 'University of Otago' fraud
A small Canterbury business has been swindled out of more than $32,000 after its owners fell victim to an elaborate fraud involving fake emails from a New Zealand university.Jackie Marquet and Murray Marquet operate Canterbury Power...
Affco defending charges after second serious meat-hook injury
AFFCO New Zealand has been accused of a raft of health and safety breaches after a second workplace accident in which a worker was seriously injured by a meat spreader hook.Affco New Zealand Ltd was on trial in the District Court...
Threat of rent rises blasted as 'scaremongering'
Renters are celebrating Labour's promise to close a property tax break.The party has announced a policy to phase out negative gearing, the tax break which allows investors to claim tax deductions on other income if their rental...
Audrey Young: Ngaro comments warrant the offer of a resignation
The stupidity of Alfred Ngaro's judgment at the weekend was so gross it warranted at least his offer of a resignation from the cabinet to Prime Minister Bill English.None was forthcoming, English confirmed at his post cabinet press...
Harassment claims part of 'nightmare' campaign, says Colin Craig's wife
Colin Craig's wife has called a blogger's claims of sexual harassment by her husband "appalling" and a "triumph of lies over truth".Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater, in a series of posts in 2015, claimed former Conservative Party...
Editorial: Ending rental tax breaks a brave move
Labour's plan to remove tax breaks for property investors, announced by leader Andrew Little on Sunday, is a risky but welcome move.The party is proposing to end negative gearing, which allows investors to claim losses on their...
Angela McCarthy: History proves 'refugee crisis' is largely a myth
• Professor Angela McCarthy of the University of Otago's Department of History and Art History is director of the new Centre for Global Migrations Global migration is becoming a deeply contentious, even toxic, issue, especially...
Barry Soper: FTA with Japan would be good start for Bill English's visit
Bill English flies into Tokyo this afternoon as the United Nations Security Council prepares to meet over the latest missile to be provocatively fired by North Korea's Kim Jong-un in flagrant defiance of the nuclear test ban treaty.The...
Survivor Hannah has no regrets
Gutted but no regrets - Whangarei Kindergarten teacher Hannah Gough has been eliminated from TV's Survivor NZ show, but hopes the publicity she received will act as a springboard on her new quest to be known as the face of the country's...
Watch NZH Local Focus: Tarnished Frocks and Divas returns
Thousands of people from around New Zealand are expected to vie for tickets to the iconic Tarnished Frocks and Divas - the latest show is entitled 'Zoetica'."Zoetica is able to actually travel into a lot of different spaces this...