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Plan Change 33 Mount Maunganui: Residents ‘furious’ as commission rejects panel recommendation
Classic Group director and Mount Maunganui resident Peter Cooney says people are ‘furious’ about the Tauranga commission’s decision on...
Rotorua commercial building consent numbers worst in decades – developer
Rotorua developer Ray Cook says the lack of non-residential building projects is the worst he has ever seen. Photo...
Motorist critical after Napier crash
Emergency services at a crash scene this afternoon in Willowbank Ave, on the southern outskirts of Napier. Photo /...
TET Kings Theatre in Taranaki receives category 1 heritage status
The TET King’s Theatre in Stratford. It was a case of partying like it was 1917 in Stratford on...
Taranaki amputee Ed Dormon says life forever changed by crash that took his leg
A moped rider whose leg was amputated after a crash with a campervan near Hāwera says his life is...
Tinder swindler: Kiwi divorcee loses $580k in 14-month romance scam after falling in love with US oil rig worker
The scammer claimed he was a petroleum engineer named Scott Thomas working on an oil rig off the Canadian...
Newmarket pool incident: Two men found ‘motionless’ after holding breath under water
The two men found motionless at the bottom of a commercial Newmarket pool were holding their breath, the Herald...
Destiny Church youth group leader stood down, police investigation under way into allegations of sexual abuse
Warning: This story discusses issues of sexual abuse and may be distressing A Destiny Church youth leader has been...
Newmarket pool incident: Champion swimmer Joel Crampton pulled pair from water
The rescuer who pulled two “motionless” men from an Auckland pool has described the moment he realised something was...
Dozens of firefighters battling large blaze in two-storey building at Onehunga, Auckland
Emergency services are responding to a large fire at Onehunga in Auckland tonight. Photos from the scene near Onehunga...
