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Heron on Wairoa River............................................. Photo by: Allan Pickering
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- Fun police? Auckland Council looks to crack down on e-scooter safety November 14, 2018Auckland Council is looking to crack down on e-scooter safety with the hopes of introducing a speed limit, helmets and police enforcement.Addressing media today, Auckland Mayor Phil Goff said council did not want to be "the fun...
- One person dead after car drives off Moeraki River Bridge near Haast November 14, 2018One person has died after a car crashed off a bridge into the Moeraki River north of Haast.Emergency services are at the scene at the Moeraki River Bridge on Haast Highway this evening.A police spokesperson said emergency services...
- Man swallows 102 packages of meth, successfully argues in court they were for personal use November 14, 2018A drug mule who swallowed 102 packages of methamphetamine has had his jail term quashed after he argued they were for personal use.Andrew Mundell had been sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to importing the Class...
- Palmerston North man arrested on firearms-related charges November 14, 2018A man has been arrested on firearms-related charges in Palmerston North tonight following an Armed Offenders Squad operation in Kelvin Grove.The 27-year-old man was arrested following an armed incident in Palmerston North city last...
- Audrey Young: No dancing to the Bhangra beats just yet after RCEP pushed out to next year November 14, 2018A late burst of activity by hundreds of trade negotiators in Singapore, including about a dozen from New Zealand, has failed to finalise the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.And that will be a particular disappointment...
- Heretaunga College names teenager killed after being struck by train in Upper Hutt November 14, 2018The teenager killed when she was hit by a train in Upper Hutt this morning was Heretaunga College student Kayla Thompson-Toomer.In a statement on Facebook, principal Bruce Hart said it saddened him and the school to report Thompson-Toomer...
- Small oil spill at Marsden Point refinery caused by faulty fuel line November 14, 2018An absorbent boom was used to soak up an oil leak in Whangārei Harbour caused by a faulty Refining NZ fuel line.The leak discovered off Marsden Point around 10am today produced a surface ''sheen'' rather than a ''slick'' and...
- Would-be eighth three-strikes offender dodges hefty prison sentence after court botch-up November 14, 2018New Zealand's would-be eighth three-strikes offender has escaped a maximum seven-year prison term because of a court botch-up.Instead he will serve five months' home detention.Attul Kumar Patel was sentenced today in the High...
- Body found in search for Michelle Simpson November 14, 2018A body has been located in the search for missing Waitākere woman Michelle Simpson.The body was recently recovered at a property within the search area.While formal identification is yet to take place, the body is believed...
- Jacinda Ardern offers Aung San Suu Kyi NZ help to resolve plight of Rohingyas November 14, 2018Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has offered Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi any help New Zealand could give to resolve the Rohingya crisis. The pair met in Singapore today and began by acknowledging it had been a year since they last...