NZ National News
- Greens push for 'water test' on foreign land sales in bid to stop bottling plants
The Greens are pushing for a “water test” to be included on land sales to foreigners, meaning the Government would be able to stop people buying land for water bottling. - Car hits tree on River Road in Hamilton
Police are attending a serious crash on River Road, Horsham Downs. - Cyclist injured in Ngāruawāhia crash
A cyclist has been seriously injured in a collision with a car on Great South Road in the Waikato. - Housing New Zealand family sleeps on living room floor to keep warm
A young family is sleeping on their living room floor to keep warm because Housing New Zealand has left them with a broken front door for eight weeks. - Unlimited sick leave keeping Kiwi employees more honest than not
New Zealand businesses are increasingly taking a flexible approach to work, including becoming more open-minded about how much sick leave is available for staff.
Auckland News
- Housing New Zealand family sleeps on living room floor to keep warm
A young family is sleeping on their living room floor to keep warm because Housing New Zealand has left them with a broken front door for eight weeks. - Former 'gangster' walks away from past and becomes homeless for 10 years
Mark Koha walked out of his home with only a backpack, some clothes, shoes and cash. - Metro magazine founder Warwick Roger dies
The founder of Auckland’s Metro magazine, Warwick Roger, has died. - Man stabbed in Manurewa, critically injured
A man has been stabbed in the Auckland suburb of Manurewa and is in a critical condition at Middlemore Hospital. - One person with serious injuries after bus crashes head on in Auckland
A crash between a bus and a car has blocked a major intersection in central Auckland and left one person seriously injured and three others with minor injuries.
Wellington News
- Obituary: Bryan Pepperell, battler for the underdog
Bryan (Pepp) Pepperell, Wellington city councillor; b October 15, 1952; d August 2, 2018 - Shelly Bay height debacle spurs Wellington City councillors to vote 8-7 against special housing areas
Fears of another Shelly Bay debacle in Wellington has seen city leaders reject special housing legislation, which they say the previous Government “bullied” them into accepting. - Restaurant review: Happiness does a great pork bun
The newly opened Happiness seems marooned in the oddest of locations, down the light industrial end of Tennyson St amidst a paint shop, an electrical contractor and Tony’s Tyre Service. - Director's cut: how Sir Peter Jackson's movie museum deal with Wellington's council collapsed
Three years ago, the announcement that a Sir Peter Jackson-backed movie museum would be established inside a new $180 million convention centre in Wellington was hailed a “game changer”. - Curtain falls on council-Sir Peter Jackson movie museum for capital
The pin has officially been pulled on a joint convention centre and Sir Peter Jackson movie museum in Wellington.
Christchurch News
- Men talk to men about being men
Christchurch men are getting a chance to rethink what it means to be a man, writes Philip Matthews. - Life story: 'Ice Cream Charlie', Santa's helper and magic man Ken Barnes dies
OBITUARY: Ken Barnes served ice cream sundaes dripping with lashings of homemade raspberry toppings from his cart in Christchurch’s Victoria Square. - Beck Eleven: Damn dung, terrible turds and the rule of stool
I sit at my laptop for some time. I think, “am I really going to do this?”. And yes, it appears I am. - The 88-year-old secret behind a restaurant's top sauces
âFrannie Black often skips the measuring, weighing part when she’s assembling a homemade vinaigrette for her restaurant employer. - Review: Gatherings, Christchurch
Is Gatherings using fish as bait? I don’t know, but if the restaurant that champions plant-based meals is serving up seafood to get more bodies through the door in winter, then good on it.
NZ Sports News
- Live: Manawatū Turbos v Waikato – Mitre 10 Cup
The Turbos take on the Mooloos at the Central Energy Trust Arena in Palmerston North. - Black Caps coach Gary Stead a master innovator from start
Even early in his Canterbury playing days, Gary Stead’s analytical cricket brain and forward thinking were on show. - Wallabies setback: 'Tongan Thor' Taniela Tupou ruled out of Bledisloe opener
The Wallabies have suffered a major setback ahead of their Bledisloe opener against the All Blacks, with high-impact tighthead prop Taniela Tupou ruled out of the contest. - Warriors braced for mental challenge in run to the finals
As the Warriors close in on a first finals berth since 2011, they would do well to forget about the premiership table. - Time running out for Australia-Tonga test after NZRL snub
The proposed test between Tonga and Australia may have hit one roadblock too many with the anticipated clash running dangerously close to falling through.