Police responding to an incident in Hamilton’s Beatty Street found one man dead and another critically injured, early on Saturday. Photo: Supplied/ Google Maps A man has been charged with murder after a body was found in Hamilton and another man was critically injured. Emergency services rushed to Beatty Street in Melville, early on Saturday … Read more
While hikers everywhere attempt to be the fastest to complete their journey, Venetia Sherson contemplates the joy of a gentle trudge.
(File photo) Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Fire and Emergency is investigating a fire that took hold at a commercial building in Hamilton overnight, close to where another blaze was put out last week. Firefighters were called to the Clarence Street property shortly before 1am Sunday, and remained there for more than three hours. At … Read more
The dead kiwi have been found at Wharengaere Bay in the northern Bay of Islands. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Kiwi carnage is happening in the Bay of Islands with nine of the strictly protected birds killed at one isolated bay during the past six weeks. RNZ understands the first dead kiwi was found … Read more
Bariz Shah and Saba Afrasyabi travelled from New Zealand to Afghanistan to establish 51 micro businesses in Kabul, honouring the 51 lives lost in the 2019 attack on a Christchurch mosque Photo: Davina Zimmer Project 51 changed lives in Afghanistan, in the name of the 51 victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks. Now a documentary … Read more
Kaiora (left) and Francis Tipene have posted a message on social media, after a second arrest of a funeral director in Auckland, saying the arrest was not from their firm, but their thoughts are with those involved. Photo: Tipene Funerals The directors at Tipene Funerals say the latest arrest of an Auckland funeral director as … Read more
The University of Otago campus. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon Enrolments have increased at Otago University, breaking three years of decline. The University of Auckland and Auckland University of Technology have also said their enrolments had increased. Otago said its full-time equivalent enrolments were 469 EFTS or 2.7 percent higher than the same time last … Read more
An injured man died at the scene, despite receiving medical treatment. Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller A homicide inquiry has been launched after a man was fatally stabbed south of Kaikohe. Emergency services were called to a property on Mangakahia Road, south of the town, just after 9am on Saturday. An injured man died at … Read more
Police said a car was seized this week, after events in Manawatū during the weekend of 8 and 9 March, 2025. Photo: Supplied/ NZ Police Police say they will crack down on spectators as well as dangerous drivers, ahead of an expected event on the roads. Inspector Ashley Gurney said police believe an event planned … Read more
Luxon says there is no place for Islamophobia in New Zealand. Photo: RNZ/Jessie Curran Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the country must continue to confront the forces which led to the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks. Luxon spoke at a Unity Hui in Christchurch on Saturday morning marking the sixth anniversary of the mosque attacks, which … Read more