Trains are back up and running ahead of the Super Rugby final at Eden Park tonight.Auckland Transport this afternoon tweeted that there were cancellations to rail services on the southern and eastern lines because of the tornado…
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The Spinoff: The shape of Wellington's future is about to be decided
This story was originally published by The Spinoff A draft plan that increases by 50 per cent the amount of inner Wellington shielded from new dense housing is set to face a tough week in council, writes Justin Giovannetti. There’s…
Hastings wins big 1st XV match in Napier
The toughness of one of Hawke’s Bay’s greatest annual rugby matches was again there in truckloads as the Hastings Boys’ High School first fifteen won their big game against Napier Boys’ High School today.In rain and surrounded by…
Herald afternoon quiz: June 19
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Local Focus: The war on wallabies using GPS, drones and dogs
They may look cute and cuddly but Dama Wallabies are quite the opposite. The menacing marsupials are officially classified as an ‘unwanted organism’ in the Biosecurity Act. “We’ve had wallabies in the Rotorua area for over 100…
Man critically injured in crash, SH1 north of Auckland temporarily closed
State Highway 1 north of Auckland was closed after a crash that left one person critically injured.A car and truck collided about midday at the intersection of State Highway 1 and Welch Dr, Warkworth.A man in his 80s was seriously…
Police say 17th century paintings found in highway dumpster
German police are appealing for information about the possible owners of two 17th-century paintings discovered in a highway rest stop dumpster.
Police said a 64-year-old man found the oil paintings at the rest stop near Ohrenbach in central Germany last month.
He later handed them in to police in the western city of Cologne.
An initial assessment by an art expert concluded the two framed paintings were originals, police said.
One is a self-portrait by Pietro Belloti showing the Italian artist smiling and dating to 1665.
The other is a portrait of a boy by the 17th-century Dutch artist Samuel van Hoogstraten, date unknown.
It's unknown how valuable the paintings are.
Some auction websites suggest Bellotti paintings in the past have sold for more than $200,000, while van Hoogstraten has attracted prices above $400,000.
Police have also not said how they intend to prove any claimed owners are telling the truth.
Wānaka winter worker accommodation shortage an 'absolute nightmare'
Frustrated Wānaka businesses and workers are calling for a final answer to the town’s decades-old annual winter accommodation crisis.Hospitality worker Nicola Abbott is calling for national funding support for a high-density,…
South Auckland tornado: Papatoetoe residents share tales of a devastating morning
The tornado that tore through South Auckland this morning has affected more than 1200 homes with at least 60 uninhabitable. High winds tore off roofs, brought down power lines, uprooted trees and overturned vehicles.Civil Defence…
Chaotic scene as firefighters arrive at Marine Parade blaze
Fire safety officers and police are investigating a fire which threatened a popular, long-standing but closed backpackers lodge on Napier’s Marine Parade last night.The fire was reported at 9.09pm at the rear of an access lane between…