Former All Black Steve Devine hits out at Fire and Emergency over ageing fleet, briefing to David Seymour

Speaking to the Herald, Devine – who has been a career firefighter for 14 years – said he’d been “pretty angry and frustrated for a long time”. Steve Devine (right) with the... Read more »

Foreign investors buy forests, lily bulb plant and meat plant stake

Oceana Gold purchased more than 5 hectares of land at Hauraki District small town Waihi. Photo: 123RF A lily bulb processing plant, production forests and land for a gold mine buffer zone... Read more »

Green shoots under the microscope: Looking for evidence of recovery – Inside Economics

“Green shoots” was a big phrase in 2009 as optimists looked for a rebound out of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). We didn’t really get a solid recovery for a couple more... Read more »

Nelson Hospital’s long-awaited emergency department upgrade finally complete

One of the treatment areas in Nelson Hospital’s upgraded emergency department. Photo: Samantha Gee / RNZ The upgrade of Nelson Hospital’s emergency department has been completed, increasing capacity for patients in need... Read more »

SkyCity annual meeting: Economy ‘challenging’, earnings guidance unchanged

The number of people visiting SkyCity’s properties in Adelaide, Auckland, Hamilton and Queenstown remained strong, Walbridge said. Jason Walbridge started as SkyCity CEO in July, 2024. Photo / Jason Oxenham Company restaurants... Read more »

Hundreds of men rounded up and shot

Fighters riding camels rounded up a couple of hundred men near the Sudanese city of al-Fashir at the weekend and brought them to a reservoir, shouting racial slurs before starting to shoot,... Read more »

Storms knocked out virtual farm fences

Craig Piggott and the ‘smart cow’ halter Photo: supplied Technology company Halter has replaced around 30 tall transmission towers vital to its virtual farm fencing systems, after they were knocked down by... Read more »

Crown challenges Christchurch murder-accused’s self-defence argument

By Adam Burns of RNZ Arguments that a Christchurch man was killed in self-defence are untrue and illogical, a Crown prosecutor says. Closing arguments in the murder trial of James Holder have been heard... Read more »

Jayden Mamfredos ‘hit’: Auckland murder trial begins for Zak Kameta, Matthew Snaylam and Hassan Al Fadhli

The 19-year-old, who also went by the hyphenated surname Mamfedos-Nair, would be reported missing by his mother days later. But his body wouldn’t be found until nearly nine months later, when police... Read more »

Details of Silver Ferns coach’s return kept from players – for now

The Silver Ferns “don’t have all the answers” about coaching saga. Photo: Jeremy Ward/ Photosport The relief that they had finally won was evident in Silver Ferns interim coach Yvette McCausland-Durie’s voice... Read more »