A new group will be formed to screen road names in Marlborough after councillors criticised developers twice last year for choosing names that were too English.Councillors first butted heads in March last year after a developer…
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Low rape conviction rate shows system is failing – Women's Refuge
By RNZ The rate of successful rape convictions in 2020 was the lowest for more than 10 years.The latest figures from the Ministry of Justice showed 31 per cent of all people charged with rape were convicted (89 people).For…
Coronavirus Covid-19: Could this 'smart sleeve' make borders safer?
Scientists have designed a “smart sleeve” they say could help reduce the spread of Covid-19 at New Zealand’s border – and now aim to test it in MIQ facilities.The smart garment, created by University of Auckland spin-out Elbaware,…
Coronavirus Covid-19: How 'super-spreading' fuelled NZ's outbreak
Researchers have reconstructed New Zealand’s main Covid-19 outbreak to find that one in five adults were responsible for up to 85 per cent of the virus’ spread.The new analysis, published in the journal PLOS One , has highlighted…
Covid 19 coronavirus: No new community cases, six cases in managed isolation
There are no new Covid-19 community cases and six new cases in managed isolation.The new positive cases are recent returnees from India, Egypt, the United States and the United Kingdom. The latest cases in MIQ all arrived…
Easter road toll at seven: One dead in Northland in crash involving motorcycle
A motorist, believed to be a motorcyclist, is dead after a two-vehicle crash in the Far North.The crash between a car and a motorcycle happened on Far North Rd in Te Kao, 70km north west of Kaitaia, just before middday today. An…
Avondale shooting: Man suffers serious injuries, taken to hospital
A suspected shooting in Avondale overnight left a man in hospital with serious injuries.Emergency services were called to an address in Blockhouse Bay Road, Avondale, just before 2:30am.”It was reported that a man had suffered…
'Scary': Woman whose sister died giving birth to triplets also fell pregnant with triplets
When Hyran Smith found out his daughter was pregnant with triplets, he could not help but think of his other daughter who died a few years ago giving birth to her own set of triplets. The second triplet pregnancy was another miracle,…
Parents sought court order to prevent disabled son travelling overseas to meet 56 yr old man
A desperate Auckland couple obtained a court order to stop their adopted disabled son travelling to America to pursue a romantic relationship with a mysterious man more than 30 years his senior who he’d met online. The son, who…
Heart attack drama: Nurse, Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter crew save man's life
It wasn’t hard for Jane Caldwell to think the worst, looking at her partner Graham Jones as he lay face-down on a remote walking track.”I’ve seen a lot of dead people. He looked like a dead person,” Caldwell said.At first, she…