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Hilary Barry coming to Hastings for a cocktail and a good cause
Hastings Karamū Rotary’s annual cocktail evening and charity auction will be fronted by television’s mother-of-the-nation ...
Waikato Expressway crash blocks lanes at Tamahere
Police said emergency services received reports of a crash south of Cambridge Rd, Tamahere at 11.20am. “No injuries have been ...
Three plead guilty in High Court at Auckland to brutal torture, kidnapping
Three people involved in the kidnapping and brutal torture of a man after he slapped a gang member’s girlfriend’s bottom at a bar pleaded guilty at the High Court at Auckland on Wednesday. Harmon ...
Wairarapa Hospital machete attacker Fuatai Iona imprisoned after breaking wife’s lover’s skull
A man who smuggled a machete into Wairarapa Hospital and used it to fracture his wife’s lover’s skull and take a chunk of ...
Firefighters Union frustrated after having to call up truck from Hamilton
The New Zealand firefighter’s union are saying the major blaze in Auckland’s CBD should be a wake-up call for Fire and ...
On The Up: Dannevirke Strongman Jarna Mihaere claims the Pacific’s Strongest title in Samoa
Dannevirke man Jarna Mihaere can pull trucks and buses and is building towards the goal of pulling a plane. His goal may seem ...
Kraft Heinz to remove artificial dyes by 2027 amid health concerns
Kraft Heinz promised today to purge certain artificial food dyes from its products by the end of 2027. The move follows ...
Auckland prisoner Donovan Duff, already in jail for child murder, sentenced for inmate death
A Mongrel Mob member who killed his baby daughter - then used a prison kitchen-issued knife to fatally stab a fellow inmate ...
Head Hunters gang prospect Ricky Harder sentenced for Auckland kidnapping, torture
However, others shouldn’t expect the same result, a judge emphasised today as former Head Hunters gang prospect Ricky Harder appeared in the High Court at Auckland.