Missing Napier siblings: Police appeal for sightings
Napier teens Larelle and Rhyme were still missing on Tuesday morning.
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Rotorua emergency housing motel wind-down: Where will tenants go?
The commissioner highlights ministry 'assumptions' about Rotorua's housing pipeline.
Person critically injured in BoP house fire
Fire and Emergency received a call to the Arawa Rd fire around 4pm.
Opinion: Why supply control alone won’t solve New Zealand’s methamphetamine crisis
Seizures at airports capture only 20% of incoming meth shipments.
One dead in Kaipara crash
The highway was closed for several hours as emergency services attended the scene.
Attacked by wild dogs: Ultrarunner's record NZ journey disrupted in Far North
Karel Sabbe was attacked by wild dogs on his fourth day on the trail.
News briefs from the Far North - conserve water call, snorkel course, and reserve closed
News snippets from the Far North.
Far North councillor and waka ama champ leads Northland challenge
District councillor Hilda Halkyard-Harawira leads Northland's waka ama champs assault.
Far North’s huge ‘historic’ privet tree faces the chop
Privet is noxious pest, but NZ's oldest example is in the Far North.
Costly deception: Man’s crime spree with former bosses’ fuel cards, accounts
Judge: He took advantage of the kindness of a former employer and then stole from them.
Chefs gear up for a Hawke’s Bay meatball festival
Hawke’s Bay hosts NZ’s first meatball festival in Hastings.
Port pricing the remedy for ‘alarming’ decline in sector’s returns on capital: Forsyth Barr
Most ports are owned by local councils suggesting "public good" thinking over performance.
QV figures: How much has your home lost since the market peak?
We can't say 'peak to trough' because we don't yet know if we have hit rock bottom.
Best Beach 2025: NZ’s top 10 surf beaches – how to vote for the winner
The results are in for NZ's top 10 surf beaches – vote for your favourite now.
World-champ kiteboarder saves swimmer struggling in estuary
The young man got lucky when Marc Jacobs spotted him struggling to keep afloat.
Shane Reti says health portfolio in good shape for Simeon Brown
While he has lost health, Reti says he is still representing Whangārei at the top table.
Black Power member jailed after birthday celebration erupted into pub brawl
Four people were injured at The Butter Factory in Whangārei last year.
Serious crash closes State Highway 14 in Kaipara
Police said the highway will be closed for several hours while they investigate.
'Help': Body located after Taupō jetski accident, witness heard panicked cries
A rāhui will remain in place in the Acacia Bay area of the lake for the next few days.
‘Heartbroken’: Police ID biker killed in crash
Police have released name of man who died in Parkvale, Tauranga on December 24.
Person rescued from burning house in Whakatāne
Five fire crews, a rescue helicopter and an ambulance sent to the scene.
'Doggedness:' the key to record drug busts: Inside Customs operations
It's not every day that Customs finds 725kg of concealed cocaine... but it does happen.
‘Extreme care’: Thunderstorms, downpours bear down on Nth Island, wind warnings for harbour bridge
Civil Defence has warned people to keep watch on the incoming storm due from 3pm today.
‘Massive’ vegetation fire breaks out near Whanganui
Fire and Emergency said seven tankers and one helicopter are responding.
Kawakawa residents without water face long wait for its return
Water is being provided free of charge to residents from four tankers.
Coroner report into Tennille Levis Cunningham-Pohatu’s fatal crash released
The crash happened on January 2, 2022, at the intersection of Matawai and Bushmere roads.
‘Enduring legacy’: Cultural significance of 1000-Year Bridge
The 1000-Year Bridge in Gisborne is completed but not yet open to the public.
E-motorcycle firm collapse: Anxious customers, Crown agency owed $400k
Can the electric biker maker still go postal? Crown agency owed $400,000.
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels majority owner proposes full takeover
City Developments wants to buy the remaining 24% it doesn't already own.
‘King hit:’ Woman who tried to walk away from aggressive partner knocked to ground
Judge: 'No woman should ever feel unsafe when they are with their partner'.
‘A great social gathering’: Bridge Pā Wine Festival’s sunny success
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‘Stabilised on scene’: Critical rescue after Ngāruroro River incident
A man has been left in a serious condition after boating incident on the Hawke's Bay river
Beloved mum’s death not suspicious, police say
The woman was found unresponsive at a Moody Ave property on Saturday afternoon.