16+ hour, 19+ min ago  (434+ words) More than 200 litres of diesel drained from tank at Waikato property, triggers police chase The New Zealand monk who went missing from a remote Scottish island monastery is presumed dead, and the search for him has been called off, the…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (267+ words) A lawn bowls team of 12 make up the first New Zealand athletes to be selected for this year's Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Tayla Bruce, the 2023 women's world singles champion, headlines the team, while Shannon Mc Ilroy will compete in his fifth…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (296+ words) A building fire has closed SH1 in Dunedin. Image / NZTA A building fire in Dunedin closed State Highway 1 on Saturday, shutting down a main road in the city. Fire and Emergency New Zealand received multiple calls about a fire on Great…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago  (183+ words) A central Auckland carpark has been cleared as a fire and emergency hazmat unit has responded to a strong smell of petrol at a supermarket. One witness said Woolworths Ponsonby "reeked of petrol, similar to a petrol station but stronger....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1287+ words) A man who fatally shot 21-year-old Jock David Grant Davies during a hunting trip on Rakiura/Stewart Island has been sentenced in the Invercargill District Court to five months" home detention. Paul William John Stevens, 39, of Ashburton, pleaded guilty last…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1159+ words) A man who tricked three prostitutes by faking online banking records showing he'd paid them thousands of dollars for sex has dodged a prison sentence and been granted permanent name suppression. One of his victims told a sentencing hearing she…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (124+ words) A Rotorua CBD street is cordoned off following a building fire this morning. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokeswoman said crews were called to Hinemoa St about 7. 18am. "The fire was located in the front of the building, which is…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (345+ words) An 18-year-old man has been arrested in Dunedin in relation to a bomb threat aimed at a Wellington mosque. Police said the threat was made against the Kilbirnie Masjid on Thursday. "An 18-year-old man has been arrested and taken into…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (149+ words) Millions of people in London are braced for a week of transport chaos as London Underground workers began a five-day strike today, shutting stations and threatening to paralyse the system. Several lines on the network were already at a standstill…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (419+ words) A fatal shooting outside a pub in inner Sydney is linked to a former bikie and a street gang. The Daily Telegraph has named Maradona Yalda, 31, as the man who survived the shooting in the suburb of Forest Lodge on…...