Surfing in Wairoa .................................................................................. Photo by: Allan Pickering
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- Rest home resident dies from heart attack, nurse makes no attempt to save him July 16, 2018A man under rest home care died from a heart attack after a nurse made no attempt to save him. The Hokitika nurse has been found in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights for failing to attempt resuscitation...
- Waikato fraudster ripped off 'customers' $3m July 16, 2018Police are urging any further victims of financial crime to come forward, after a man pleaded guilty to fraud charges. Joshua Johnston pleaded guilty in the Wellington District Court to three charges of obtaining by deception. Police...
- Ballance Agri-Nutrients fined $82,500 for sulphur dioxide leak July 16, 2018Ballance Agri-Nutrients has been fined $82,500 for an unauthorised discharge of sulphur dioxide from its Mount Maunganui plant.Ballance pleaded guilty to the charge, which relates to an incident on May 22, 2017 where a build-up...
- Political Roundup: Where are the protests over the Government's new 'submarine-killers'? July 16, 2018What's happened to the protest movement in New Zealand? Weapons conferences are met with blockades, but when the new Government announces the purchase of their $2.3 billion "submarine-killing" combat planes for the Air Force, there's...
- David Cormack: The politics of civility July 16, 2018How did you celebrate National Day of Civility on Thursday? Did you reel in that finger when that car cut you off and just gave a polite shrug instead? Maybe you took a big breath walking behind that group of people spanning the...
- 'Soft Power' index says PM Jacinda Ardern a factor in NZ's international sway July 16, 2018New Zealand has held 18th place in a global ranking of the "soft power" countries yield internationally, pointing to the impact of "Jacindamania" internationally.The Soft Power 30 Index ranks the top 30 countries judged as having...
- Tramper who survived night lost on Ruapehu keen to buy rescuers a beer July 16, 2018A young man who feared he would not survive a night alone on Mt Ruapehu says he wants to buy his rescuers a beer to thank them.Scott, 21, who did not want to give his last name, was hiking alone to the summit of the mountain from...
- Phone ban breach lands man back in jail - after he used phone to call police July 16, 2018A child sex offender has been sent back to jail for illegally using a cellphone in breach of prison release conditions.Michael John Kight, who turns 26 in September, used the phone to call police last month and inquiries revealed...
- Two people have died after being swept off rocks at Muriwai Beach July 16, 2018A man and woman have drowned after being swept off rocks at Muriwai Beach in West Auckland. Police were called to the beach about 2pm after reports two people had been swept off rocks in the area. Initial police reports said both...
- Further slip along Thames Coast Rd closes SH25 until tomorrow July 16, 2018A traffic warden stationed on the corner of the 309 Rd and SH25 is advising motorists that there has been a further slip along the Thames Coast Rd near Raumahunga Bay and the road will be closed until tomorrow morning.Parts of SH25...