A five per cent rates rise and charging for excess water use could be on the cards for Christchurch residents.These are two of the proposals released today by Christchurch City Council, which has completed its draft Long Term Plan.This…
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Tauranga activist Colleen Spiro remembered as 'warrior for the needy'
A “warrior for the needy and disadvantaged” and a “relentless” woman who fought for people who couldn’t fight for themselves.That’s how Tauranga activist and community volunteer Colleen Spiro is being remembered after her death…
Driver killed in crash with truck moving a house in Flat Bush, Auckland
A driver of a car has been killed after colliding with a truck moving a house overnight. Police and emergency services were called to Stancombe Rd in Flat Bush, South Auckland, after reports of a crash involving a truck transporting…
'It's a personal choice': Oamaru woman wants understanding of burka
A woman believed to be Oamaru’s first resident to wear a burka hopes to dispel common misconceptions about the religious dress.Originally from Egypt, Nesrin Ettia moved to Oamaru in October last year to join her husband Ahmed Elsaka,…
Cornrow row: Dunedin school's U-turn a relief for student Lewis O'Malley-Scott
A Dunedin teenager is relieved he is now allowed to wear cornrows to school, but still does not feel the cultural significance of the hairstyle has been understood.King’s High School year 12 student Lewis O’Malley-Scott, 16, who…
Search under way after mayday call from sinking yacht near Coromandel Peninsula
Search and rescue efforts are underway to find two yachties at sea around the upper North Island after they sent out a mayday call that they were sinking. The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand said it received the mayday via…
Covid 19 coronavirus: The University of Auckland has decided to hold its Semester One exams online
The University of Auckland has decided to hold its first semester exams online regardless of Covid-19 alert levels – before the term has even started. This week, the university had already shifted summer school examinations online,…
Covid 19 coronavirus: Australia extends pause on quarantine-free flights from New Zealand
Australia has extended its pause on quarantine-free flights from New Zealand, despite the announcement from New Zealand’s health authorities on Wednesday afternoon that the country would move down alert levels. It initially paused…
Father of abused boy speaks out: Home detention 'not enough'
The father of a boy whose leg was twisted so violently that his femur broke has spoken out about the sentence the child’s abuser received, saying home detention is “not enough”.The four-year-old Kāpiti boy used to cower in…
Isil Kiwi 'shook with fear' as she spoke of how she wanted to come home – to Australia
The New Zealand woman detained in Turkey as a “terrorist” spoke of how she had a last-minute change of mind about going to Syria but was bundled into a van and driven across the border.It comes as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has…