5+ hour, 15+ min ago   (232+ words) The Department of Conservation says it is unlikely it will ever know how a dolphin found decapitated on a Coromandel beach died. DoC are investigating after the marine mammal was found on Pauanui Beach on September 7. In a statement to…...

7+ hour, 32+ min ago   (119+ words) A man suffered serious injuries and a dog was hurt after an assault at a Kaikohe home on Sunday. Police encouraged people to come forward with information, Detective Sergeant Bart Graham from the Northland criminal investigation branch (CIB) said. Emergency…...

9+ hour, 31+ min ago   (252+ words) An iconic Napier lodging, The County Hotel, has been put on the market amid an ongoing receivership process. Two companies associated with the five-star hotel went into receivership in mid-August, The Barons Ltd and Barons Operations Ltd. They are owned…...

9+ hour, 57+ min ago   (708+ words) New Year's Eve Fireworks in Taupō. Taupō residents will have to make other plans this New Year’s Eve after the cancellation of the town’s annual Big Bang fireworks display. A change in protocols from the lake’s owner means the show…...

10+ hour, 56+ min ago   (507+ words) A Taranaki iwi has signed a resource management agreement with its local council despite a looming Government ban on such deals. Ngāti Ruanui and South Taranaki District Council signed their Mana Whakahono ā Rohe on Wednesday, just ahead of Resource…...

11+ hour, 51+ min ago   (312+ words) A “safe place” where people can hear and practise te reo Māori is offering $2 kawhe and kōrero (coffee and conversation) during Māori Language Week. Te Wiki o te Reo Māori runs today to Sunday. Rotorua’s new te reo Māori immersion…...

14+ hour ago   (173+ words) A leopard seal which drew hundreds of spectators has died, a Hutt City councillor says. The female leopard seal was spotted two weeks ago lounging on Petone Beach, with some concerns that members of the public were harassing the animal....

12+ hour, 56+ min ago   (96+ words) A police investigation is underway after a man turned up at an Auckland hospital with a gunshot wound overnight. Detective Inspector Karen Bright said the injured man presented at Middlemore Hospital last night with an unexplained gunshot wound. “He received…...

15+ hour, 39+ min ago   (533+ words) Kiwi triathlon Olympic medallist Hayden Wilde has survived the pursuit of Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt to claim a maiden Ironman 70.3 world title in Nice. Wilde became just the second New Zealander to win the event, joining 2008 champion Terenzo Bozzone, after finishing…...

15+ hour, 57+ min ago   (728+ words) Liam Lawson creates Kiwi F1 history with points finish in Spanish Grand Prix I’m an Aucklander and I don’t agree with Wayne Brown on everything, but I want him to succeed. A successful mayor is good for Auckland. And he is…...