The damage caused to the rugby field at Kumeū. Photo: Supplied A 19-year-old man has been arrested after burn-outs destroyed a rugby field in Kumeū. The Kumeū Rugby Club fields were found torn up on Saturday morning, covered in tyre marks. Police later identified a vehicle of interest after help from the public and arrested … Read more
Climate change scientists have written an open letter to Christopher Luxon warning that New Zealand government plans to introduce new agriculture methane targets will jeopardise existing agreements. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi The prime minister has dismissed international climate scientists as “worthies” for criticising the government’s approach to methane. But the Green Party says New … Read more
(from left) MPs Greg Fleming and Jenny Marcroft, and Animates’ Nathalie Moolenschot, with Frankie the golden doodle in the centre. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone More 90,000 humans – and tens of thousands of animals – have signed a petition in support of a ban on the public sale of fireworks. The Pawprint Petition was … Read more
Members of Ngāti Kahungunu protest the sale of Kahurānaki Station which includes the mountain of the same name. Photo: Supplied/Myra Lynn Barber Members of Hawke’s Bay iwi Ngāti Kahungunu have gathered on Monday at Kahurānaki Station to protest the recent sale of the station which includes the ancestral mountain of the same name. Kahurānaki Station … Read more
Police have launched a homicide investigation. File photo. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder, after a man seriously injured in Tokoroa last week died in hospital. Police were called to an Abercorn Place address about 4:15am last Tuesday, after reports a man had been injured by a male … Read more
File photo. Photo: Christine Rush / RNZ The New Zealand Transport Agency says a man sentenced to 10 months and two weeks home detention for fraudulently issuing warrants of fitness put vehicle owners, their passengers and other road users as risk. The owner of Newmarket Automotive Repairs, Imroz Taki, was sentenced in the Auckland District … Read more
The family of a pensioner caught in rogue waves while fishing near the mouth of Ōtaki River on the Kapiti Coast have reached out to thank the rescuers who saved his life. John Schofield, who is in his 70s, was laying face down in the water after apparently being knocked down by heavy swells on … Read more
Photo: Unsplash An Auckland woman charged $300 for a so called ” menopause consultation” says she feels denied the medical care she needs. Carla asked her doctor about hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and said she was shocked by the fee. She was told she either needed to pay or book up to four regular appointments. … Read more
Many homes and businesses in the Northland town of Dargaville went without running water during King’s Birthday weekend. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Water has finally been fully restored in Dargaville after a massive outage caused by four separate pipeline ruptures last week. Friday’s breakages in the 40-kilometre water supply pipeline all but emptied … Read more
Glen Kyne joins Duncan Grieve to discuss today’s announcement that Trade Me has purchased a 50% stake in Stuff Digital. Glen Kyne joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss today’s announcement that Trade Me has purchased a 50% stake in Stuff Digital, with an explicit focus on growing its property audience. Kyne and Greive … Read more