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Ex Corrections officer jailed for rape

Warning: This story deals with details of the sexual assault of a child, and may be distressing. A man who denied raping a primary-aged girl now accepts he... Read More

Multiple crews attending Minden garage fire

Firefighters from Tauranga and the surrounding area are responding to a large garage fire on a Minden property in western Bay of Plenty. A nearby resident... Read More

New Zealand to attract $6 trillion in investment

New Zealand will highlight its infrastructure projects and growth sectors to global investors managing $6 trillion in capital at next week's Infrastructure Investment... Read More

HPV vaccine effective in cancer prevention

A study has found the cost and effort to roll out the national HPV vaccination programme was "well worth it" and has had a "marked" effect on HPV-related cancer... Read More

Diesel fuel aboard Manawanui still unaccounted

New Defence Force figures show more than half a million litres of diesel fuel aboard the Manawanui when it sank has not been taken off it. The survey ship... Read More

Sixty-nine-year-old with winging "addiction"

'I've been winging for about four years, and I absolutely love it,” said Bay of Plenty's 69-year-old Simon McDonald. 'My family and I were in Fiji and... Read More

Police stop referring people to Man Up

The police have stopped referring people to Destiny Church's Man Up and Legacy programmes after members had disrupted a number of events at the Auckland... Read More

Grigg urges businesses to close gender pay gap

Businesses must use the Gender Pay Gap Toolkit to help address the 8.2 percent gender pay gap, Minister for Women Nicola Grigg said on International Women's... Read More

Govt seeks feedback on extending WOF

Onerous compliance requirements for vintage cars are looking to get a shakeup in a proposal by the Government. Vintage and classic cars don't drive the mileage... Read More

Rotorua Crankworx: Young riders excel

The winners of the crowd-pleasing Whip Off Championships were in high spirits as the sun set on day two of the Rotorua Crankworx World Cup. Thursday's gold... Read More

Half-hearted cuckoo is a hit

Near to the hour, people gather. And wait. And watch. Their gaze fixed on a clock on the wall. The time is immaterial. The moment not so. They're waiting... Read More

Stellar concert series

Baycourt Community & Arts Centre is set to come alive this Easter with a stunning concert series, part of sensational lineup of performances during the Port... Read More