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Cat-in-cavity keeps firefighters busy
It wasn't quite the cat-up-a-tree cliche, but it was something near-enough that gave a Wellington fire crew a memorable call-out for the long weekend.
It wasn't quite the cat-up-a-tree cliche, but it was something near-enough that gave a Wellington fire crew a memorable call-out for the long weekend.
Long weekenders rejoice - the sun is set to continue for the majority of the country over Labour Weekend.
COMMENT: A look at this week's new population projections should give Phil Goff and his council a sobering reminder of the massive task ahead of them.
Congestion north of Auckland and around Wellington has eased, NZ Transport Agency says.
There was no hidden evidence in the Gable Tostee trial, the acquitted Aussie's Kiwi lawyer Saul Holt says.
Police have revealed details of a dramatic incident that allegedly began with dangerous driving and ended with assault in downtown Wellington late this afternoon.
The Ministry of Education has put schools on notice: stop using cell-like seclusion rooms as punishment immediately.
Kiwi claimants are pressing on with their bid to have a hip maker punished.
Wellington people who are in the right place at the right time this weekend will get to see a flash mob dance in the lead up to the
There was no wrongdoing in the death of a soldier injured in a rugby league match, a coroner has found.
The man accused of murdering Kiwi woman Warriena Wright during a Tinder date on the Gold Coast has arrived in court to await the jury's verdict.
A terminally ill man has told Parliament he wants the right to choose to end his life when his pain and suffering becomes too great.
Skifield says the hazard did not exist when its morning inspection was done.
Wellingtonians can have a group of kittens brought to their home for an hour and a half of play ... at a starting bid of only $1.
An Auckland woman has been charged with abandoning two children, one of them aged 14 months old at the time. The woman is accused
Real world and digital worlds are combining more rapidly as technology becomes increasingly accessible to more Kiwis.
The leader of a methamphetamine importation ring - run from his prison cell - has been jailed.
John Frederick Ericson, 54, is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty in 2000 to the murder of his wife, Sandra.
High temperatures indicate Kiwis could be in for record-breaking highs this summer.
After Warriena Wright's death at the foot of Gable Tostee's apartment building, people on both sides of the Tasman asked why and how she got there.
Having the choice was what mattered to Lecretia.
Party-goers and concerned police will be given just 24 hours' notice of the venue for an unofficial school ball.
NZ Post has moved to reassure people their post is safe, following a number of incidents.
The Chief Ombudsman will investigate the use of seclusion rooms in schools, following reports that locked "time out" rooms had been used to restrain children.
A Wellington woman had to jam a carving knife in her front door to stop a man breaking in and assaulting her.
Tributes are pouring in for the former head of the Council of Trade Unions who died this morning after a battle with lung cancer.
Former union chief lived a rich and valued life characterised by a determination to fight for her beliefs.
The Ministry of Education is due to release a report into a cell-like seclusion room used by a Wellington primary school as punishment.
The Wellington postie who dumped thousands of mail items - including election voter packs - has been fired, and had his case referred to police.
A Wellington skier is critically injured after an accident on Mt Ruapehu which Peter Hillary witnessed from a chairlift before rushing to assist with the rescue.