Investors lose appetite for the obesity trade
Just as quickly, investors are losing their appetite for the trade. After a disappointing trial of a new drug last month and ...
Whakatāne pedestrian dies after crash; police appeal for information
Police are appealing for information after a fatal crash involving a pedestrian near Whakatāne. A crash involving a car and a ...
Police bust Hawke’s Bay meth operation, seize $57,500 cash, drugs and stolen items
Police have seized drugs, stolen items, and about $57,500 cash after targeting methamphetamine dealing in Hawke’s Bay. A ...
Trump, Musk and AI: What happened at Davos
Donald Trump grabbed the spotlight in Davos on Thursday, even if he wasn’t physically there, but other things happened at the ...
Mount Maunganui: How Beyonder’s Haley Saunders went from cleaning apartments to running ...
Mount Maunganui entrepreneur Haley Saunders went from cleaning apartments to establishing a “boutique” holiday home management business within 10 years. The 34-year-old established Beyonder in 2021 ...
Wayne Brown says work needed after Auckland pipe burst leaves 3000 without water
Auckland’s mayor says more work is needed to prevent faults after a burst pipe left thousands without water. A broken water main on Thursday caused up to 3000 people to go without water in Henderson, ...
Commissioner recommends inquiry into judge’s disruption of NZ First function
The Judicial Conduct Commissioner has recommended a Judicial Conduct Panel be established to inquire into and report on the conduct of acting District Court Judge Ema Aitken, who allegedly disrupted ...
Gisborne sheep sale postponed
There was no weekly sheep sale at the Matawhero Saleyards on Friday due to insufficient stock numbers. A PGG Wrightson stock agent said farmers were “holding off” on putting stock forward for sale ...
Gisborne Woolworths evacuated due to CO2 alarm
Photo / Mark Peters Staff at Woolworths supermarket were evacuated Friday morning after a Co2 alarm went off in the building. Fire and Emergency NZ were called to the premises just before 7am. “The ...
Medical supplies taken from Otago air ambulance recovered in ‘trove of stolen items’
Police investigating the theft of critical life-saving drugs from an air ambulance helicopter in Mosgiel have recovered a stolen medical bag amid a trove of items taken in other burglaries. An ...
Fire crews respond to scrub blaze in Tauranga’s Kairua
Fire and Emergency services are responding to a scrub fire in the Tauranga suburb of Kairua after receiving a report of smoke in the area. Firefighters arrived at the scene to find a scrub fire in ...
Auckland Anniversary weekend: Traffic set to worsen as commuters flock to holiday hotspots
Traffic is tipped to worsen travelling out of Auckland over the coming hours and into the long weekend as Kiwis flock to holiday hotspots in preparation for Auckland Anniversary weekend. And the ...