New Zealand National Stuff
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 06:59:04 GMTDaughter of March 15 victim says leaked script is 'unethical and immoral'
The planned They Are Us film about the March 15 attack would be 'worse than the livestream', daughter of victim says.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 05:18:51 GMTBleeding man drove himself to hospital after being shot
Daniel Mears was bleeding and slipping in and out of consciousness before he drove himself to hospital to get help after being shot, a jury has heard.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 01:41:20 GMTCorrections fights to keep freed Mongrel Mob member under supervision
Harlem Turi killed a man in a Lower Hutt house in 2012. He has been released from prison and is believed to be at high risk of reoffending.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 08:17:36 GMTGrave concerns for Christchurch woman Shirley Warrington missing in freezing conditions
Concerns grow for the 85-year-old who relatives believe disappeared in freezing conditions after she went to get help for her unwell husband.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 04:40:06 GMTCovid-19 NZ: More than 50 trans-Tasman travellers caught without pre-departure test in last week
Despite dozens of passengers arriving without a test, Government is not checking every traveller's test.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 06:44:40 GMTPeople after MIQ rooms offered booking slot code for thousands more
A website is trying to capitalise on the difficulty of booking a managed isolation room by offering to do so for $2415 per person.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 04:36:51 GMTSurface flooding, rapid river rise, as 'significant' rainfall hits Northland
People should prepare for flooding up north, and streams and rivers will rise "quite rapidly" as close to half a month’s worth of rain falls in a day.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 01:58:11 GMT'I just saw them go': Photographer's wild ride as balloon crashes near Queenstown
As the hot air balloon hurtled to the ground, Rob Pine held on with just one hand to protect his camera as it's “worth more than me”.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 01:10:55 GMTTwo dead after car crashes into house in Porirua
Niraj Prasad and his daughters were just heading off to bed on Sunday night when the car crashed into the side of their lounge where they had been sitting.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 03:32:37 GMTAuckland helicopter manhunt after man allegedly brandishes hammer at road worker
The man is facing a raft of violence and meth charges after the chaotic incident near north Auckand's Warkworth.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 06:48:55 GMTCovid-19 NZ: Airport and port workers brought under vaccination order
About 1800 airport and port workers will soon need to have the Covid-19 vaccine in order to do their job.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 08:52:08 GMTCovid-19: 'I just want to get home now', says 80-year-old woman stranded in Sydney
Stranded and running out of medication, Shona Pritchard just wants to get home - but she has heard little about the new flights.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 08:51:14 GMTCovid-19: More cases expected on ship now berthed in Wellington
The best-case scenario is just two Covid-19 cases on the Viking Bay but more are expected.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 08:28:52 GMTRecord number of patients at Christchurch Hospital as visitors asked to stay away amid rise in RSV
As cases of RSV continue to rise, visitors are urged to stay away from two Christchurch hospitals unless for "essential purposes" to help reduce its spread.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 08:02:14 GMTPM one of the ministers who approved $2.75 million funding for Mongrel Mob-led rehab programme
Jacinda Ardern has defended the funding of a Mongrel Mob-led meth rehabilitation programme.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 07:44:05 GMTHunt for stranded orca's family off Wellington coast continues by air and sea
More than 100 people, three boats and a plane have been involved in the effort to reunite a baby orca found stranded north of Wellington with its pod.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 07:33:55 GMTDefence lawyer: Client did not have murderous intent
A defence lawyer in a murder trial in Invercargill says strangling does not always signal an intent to kill.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 07:33:30 GMTSharpshooters watch farms through the night for feral dogs in Northland
There about 100 feral dogs estimated to be roaming the Far North, with sharpshooters keeping vigil over one farm where dozens of animals have been mauled.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 07:33:27 GMTAir Force carries out night-time medical evacuation from Antarctica's McMurdo Station
The Air Force landed on an icy runway to carry out a night-time rescue from the US-run station in Antarctica.
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 07:18:48 GMTPerson critically injured in 12-car crash on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway
A trapped person has now been freed. Three affected lanes would likely be would be closed “for a couple of hours”.