Boarding school headmaster on sex charges
A principal accused of committing sex crimes at a rural Manawatu school has been arrested and charged - three months after being cleared by an internal school inquiry....
Boarding school headmaster on sex charges
A principal accused of committing sex crimes at a rural Manawatu school has been arrested and charged - three months after being cleared by an internal school inquiry....
Man in ute prison break caught
An inmate who escaped from Hawke's Bay Regional Prison in a prison ute is back in custody after being found near his hometown....
Man in ute prison break caught
An inmate who escaped from Hawke's Bay Regional Prison in a prison ute is back in custody after being found near his hometown....
Unemployment falls to record low
LATEST: New Zealand's unemployment rate fell to a 20-year low of 3.5 percent in the September quarter putting New Zealand's jobless rate among the lowest in the world....
Health board inquiry finds fault
Auckland District Health Board has not fared well in an Auditor General's performance audit on managing conflicts of interest......
Unemployment rate drops to 3.5pc
New Zealand's unemployment rate dropped to 3.5 per cent in the September quarter from 3.6 per cent in the June quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today....
Nine die after Finland school massacre
LATEST: The gunman who took the lives of seven pupils and their principal during a shooting rampage at a school in Southern Finland has died from his wounds in hospital; the shootings took placehours after a video was posted on YouTube predicting a massacre there....
Perth papers put Maori at centre of race war
Maori community leaders are calling for calm in Perth as local papers declare a "race war" is brewing following the death of a New Zealand man in a street battle on Tuesday....
Finland gunman dies in hospital
A pupil who killed eight people this morning in a school shooting in southern Finland then turned the gun on himself, has died in hospital......
All Blacks coaches face reviews next week
The All Blacks coaching team who saw their Rugby World Cup campaign ended in the quarterfinals by France will face their own performance review next week....
'Hero' pilot admits flying unsafe planes (+pics)
A Tauranga pilot has admitted risking the lives of his passengers by flying on several occasions when his plane was not permitted to fly by the Civil Aviation Authority....
Prince moves to sue fan websites
Fan sites dedicated to Prince say they have been served legal notice to remove all images of the singer, his lyrics and "anything linked to Prince's likeness", and have vowed to fight what they said was censorship....
'Hero' pilot admits flying unsafe planes
A Tauranga pilot has admitted risking the lives of his passengers by flying on several occasions when his plane was not permitted to fly by the Civil Aviation Authority....
Fireworks baby family's double distress
The parents of a baby being treated for burns after fireworks exploded in her pram have suffered a second trauma - with their other daughter admitted to the same hospital....
One dead, child fighting for life in separate road smashes
A person has been killed in a road accident in Waikato while, in a separate incident, an infant has been seriously hurt after a car hit a pole in Papatoetoe in South Auckland....
Teen in court over fatal brawl
A teenager has appeared in a Perth court charged with assault over a street brawl between two rival groups that left an NZ man dead and two seriously injured......
NZ teenager killed in Perth brawl named
LATEST: A New Zealand teenager killed in a vicious brawl in Perth was on holiday and due to return home to Turangi this week....
Injured Fleming faces late fitness test
LATEST: New Zealand have named an injured Stephen Fleming in their 12-man squad for the first cricket test against South Africa beginning today in Johannesburg but will wait until the last minute to see if he is fit to play....
NZ teenager killed in Perth brawl named
LATEST: A New Zealand teenager killed in a vicious brawl in Perth was on holiday and due to return home to Turangi this week....