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Air NZ set to reduce domestic price

Air New Zealand's domestic flights are reducing in price by up to 50 per cent. It's expected that price decreases will be implemented straight away across 40 routes... Read More

Eels die from unknown pollution cause in Bethlehem

A storm water pond near Beaumaris Boulevard in Bethlehem has been polluted following the rainfall on Friday. Images sent into SunLive from Tauranga resident... Read More

Temperatures plummet as snow falls in NZ

Snow in summer. Sounds like something out of a movie, but yet it's a reality in New Zealand. With a just a few days left of summer, half a metre of fresh... Read More

Plea from lifeguard following drowning

When a 68-year-old English tourist was being pulled to the shore by surfers, local lifeguards hadn't been told a man could be in trouble. Beachgoers... Read More

Car smashes into power box near Aongatete

A vehicle crashing into a power box caused a power outage near Aongatete overnight. Around 70 properties were without power for several hours as a result of the... Read More

Fit, young and ready to work

It was a cracking endorsement - a proof of performance report that any company would welcome, let alone a college student start-up. 'They were the politest young... Read More

One killed in SH1 crash

One person has died after a crash involving a truck and a car on State Highway 1. It happened about 1km north of the town just before 4.30am, near Taihape. "The... Read More

Second Queensland fruit fly found in Northcote

A third Queensland fruit fly has been found in Auckland in a surveillance trap in the suburb of Northcote. In total, five fruit flies have been found - three... Read More

110kg of meth, handguns seized

Customs officers in Auckland have seized 110 kilograms of methamphetamine with a street value of $55 million, along with two handguns, and arrested two men. The... Read More

Standards to make homes warm and dry released

The new healthy homes standards to make rental properties warmer and drier has been announced by Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford. The standards... Read More

It’s a wild world out there

Part of her heart still lives in the jungle, where she let her hair grow wild and survival became her new best friend. Wendy Garvin is the real life Jane Porter... Read More

Ambo, preacher and firemen turned funeral director

Fergus Keith is well acquainted with grief. 'My first experience of death was as a pre-schooler when my grandfather came to live with us,” says the Omokoroa... Read More