Photo: supplied / Surf Life Saving New Zealand Surf Lifesaving New Zealand is urging beachgoers to take extra care as the summer’s beach surf lifeguard patrols wind down across the country. Paid surf lifeguards, who patrol beaches on weekdays from November to March, finished up on Friday. Volunteer surf lifeguards will continue patrolling beaches during … Read more
Descendants of Hugh Heber Cholmondeley at Cholmondeley Children’s Centre. Photo: Supplied / Cholmondeley Children’s Centre The services offered by a Canterbury children’s centre that marks its centenary this weekend are as important as ever, its general manager says. Cholmondeley Children’s Centre boss Darel Hall said the Governor’s Bay centre opened in 1925 as a rest … Read more
The star of Secrets at Red Rocks takes us through his life in television, including being duped by the Goodnight Kiwi and botching a song on Shortland Street. Whether he’s musing over a murder mystery as a cop in One Lane Bridge or in the midst of a surprise tandem pregnancy in Double Parked, Dominic … Read more
The highs, lows and silver linings of single-parenting a toddler. He lay there prone, unmoving, his dark eyes glassy and fixed on the ceiling above. My daughter looked at him, then at me. “Is that… Daddy?” I sighed. “No, darling, that’s not Daddy.” I grabbed the man to whom her question was directed and returned … Read more
A wide-ranging conversation with the opposition spokesperson on foreign affairs. Even before the second Trump term began, the world was a volatile place. But since January 20, across eight whiplash weeks, the pace of change has been astonishing. Donald Trump’s America First geopolitics, melding expansionist and isolationist instincts, has created a febrile, volatile atmosphere in … Read more
Poet Kate Camp learned to swim late in life. Now it’s a defining component of her identity. But why won’t she write about it? I learned to swim in a 15 metre pool in the backyard of Mandi’s place in Paraparaumu. That’s not true. I learned to swim in a 15 metre pool at Cashmere … Read more
Gabi Lardies for now, Mad Chapman next week. Despite allegations they’re filled with shit books, I cannot pass by a little library without having a peek inside. Two weeks ago, stretching my legs from a hard morning sitting on my non-ergonomic wheely chair, I spied two curious spines in the little library around the corner. … Read more
The review assessed coverage and complaints made to RNZ since Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups attacked Israel in October 2023. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A review of RNZ coverage regarding the conflict in Gaza has concluded RNZ has abided by its own editorial policy – as well as the standards and principles of … Read more
Waikumete Cemetery Photo: SUPPLIED Police have arrested another funeral director in relation to an investigation relating to inappropriate handling of burials at an Auckland cemetery. The man is the second person to be arrested as police investigate complaints that bodies were disinterred following flooding at the Waikumete Cemetery in early 2023. Police have also been … Read more
Aaron Coupe was sentenced to four years and five months in prison for two charges under the Companies Act at the Auckland District Court in January. Photo: RNZ/Marika Khabazi A jailed real estate business man – who has caused millions of dollars in losses to business partners and creditors – has given up his fight … Read more