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'Mean as f***' comment: teenager charged
A teenager faces a court hearing for allegedly saying "this teacher is mean as f***" in a public place.
A teenager faces a court hearing for allegedly saying "this teacher is mean as f***" in a public place.
Ena Lai Dung died in a pool of her own urine and faeces, starved, dehydrated, neglected and in extreme pain. Today Cindy Taylor was sentenced for Ena's death.
Murderer George Baker was involved in a stand-off with police at Auckland's North Shore Hospital after he was uncuffed by Corrections staff and "smashed up his room".
Waitemata Police have stopped prosecuting small-time P dealers. Does the Government agree?
Up to 50 Palmerston North Boys' High School pupils and teachers were sent home on Friday.
A woman who got her teenage lover to murder her partner has been refused parole and will stay in prison for at least the next six months.
The Government will urgently pass quake recovery laws which allow landslips in the South Island to be cleared into the ocean without consent.
Plans for an expansion of the parliamentary complex in Wellington, which will involve two new buildings at a cost of at least $100 million, have been unveiled.
Central Hawke's Bay College is on lockdown due to the threat of toxic smoke from a fire at the derelict Waipukurau Hospital's nurses' quarters.
"Essentially you breathe life into something that is dead material" Puppeteer Norbert Hausberg exhibits his lifelong passion. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Gore's art gallery is the magnet, but other delights abound too, writes Eleanor Ainge Roy.
The Western Bay District Council has brought in a security firm to patrol camping hotspots such as Waihi Beach and Bowentown's Anzac
COMMENT: That a skipper with so much experience attempted to tackle that bar in such a huge swell just doesn't make sense.
Residents tell of fear after eight water eruptions of up to 30m on the lake this morning - the first geothermal activity in the area for about 15 years.
A survivor of the Kaipara Harbour disaster was too big for the lifejackets, and desperately clung to the flotation devices while he swam to shore badly injured.
Online descriptions of houses to rent are reaching remarkable heights, prompting questions about truth in advertising, and whether the law is being broken.
A member of the public stopped an armed robber yesterday afternoon in what police are calling a "brave action by a community minded person".
Everyone left with a smile on their faces after this year's annual Farmers Santa Parade in Auckland, an organiser said.
A motorcyclist has died in a crash with a car on State Highway 25, south of Tairua, this afternoon.
Greg Bruce goes beyond the cellar door for a winery tour with a difference.
All Black Aaron Smith has been pictured in public with his partner Teagan Voykovich for the first time after his toilet incident earlier this year.
Two more bodies have been recovered this morning following a fishing charter boat sinking on the Kaipara Harbour, taking the toll to seven with one person still missing.
Kakapo numbers have increased 20 per cent after the most successful breeding season in 25 years.
A growing number of New Zealanders believe convicted double murderer Scott Watson may be an innocent man.
COMMENT: The shaking may have shattered homes, dreams and livelihoods, but the spirit of the people remains unbroken.
Final demolition work is set to begin today on an earthquake damaged Wellington office block.
Justin Grace is determined to honour the organ donor who gifted him another shot at life - dodging death for a second time.
Five people are dead, three are missing and three others were rescued after a fishing charter turned to tragedy on the Kaipara Harbour.
Emergency services are at the scene of a major crash in rural Hawke's Bay tonight.
Nearly all routes in and out of Kaikoura are closed today as high winds across the South Island mean small planes and helicopters are grounded, Civil Defence says.