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63 Kāinga Ora tenancies ended in crackdown

Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka. Photo: RNZ

63 Kāinga Ora tenancies ended in behaviour crackdown

Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka has lauded a government directive to crack down on abusive Kāinga Ora tenants as a success, citing improved tenant behaviour.

Warmer winter a downer for Aussie ski slopes

Snow at Thredbo Resort in New South Wales. Photo: Facebook/Thredbo Resort

Warmer winter a downer for Aussie ski slopes

The first dustings of winter snow have arrived on Australian mountaintops but long-range weather forecasts suggest it could be slow start to the ski season.

Hamas demands changes to Gaza ceasefire plan

Palestinians gather at an aid distribution centre in Deir Al-Balah, in the Gaza Strip. Photo:...

Hamas demands changes to Gaza ceasefire plan

Hamas says it is seeking amendments to a US-backed proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Israel in Gaza

Fears deepfake adverts putting people at risk

Police reviewed more than 6000 records. Photo: RNZ

Fears deepfake adverts for medicines putting people at risk

People with Type 2 diabetes have been warned to be cautious about buying medicine online, after ads featuring NZ doctors selling treatments were found to be fake.

Passenger thrown from car in fatal Auckland crash

Police were called to the crash on Highsted Rd last night. Photo: Supplied

Passenger thrown from car in fatal Auckland crash

A man was killed and another thrown from a car after it flipped on to its roof in a late-night crash in Auckland, leaving four others injured.

Man arrested after three-hour standoff at Dunedin property

Heriot Row was cordoned off this afternoon while negotiations between police and a man behaving...

Man arrested after three-hour standoff at Dunedin property

A standoff with police in central Dunedin this afternoon ended in a man's arrest.

US to double steel, aluminium tariffs to 50%: Trump

US President Donald Trump visits US Steel Corporation–Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania....

US to double steel, aluminium tariffs to 50%: Trump

US President Donald Trump says he plans to increase tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminium to 50% from 25%.

Seymour sworn in as Deputy PM

David Seymour has taken over from Winston Peters as Deputy Prime Minister.

'What a load of crap': MP caught 'ranting' during singer's performance

Don McGlashan says he gave Chris Bishop a dressing down for what he called a rant by Bishop,...

'What a load of crap': MP caught 'ranting' during singer's performance

Cabinet minister Chris Bishop says he should have kept his comments to himself after saying "what a load of crap" during a performance at the Aotearoa Music Awards.

MAS*H star Loretta Swit dies aged 87

Loretta Swit, who played US Army combat nurse Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the hit TV series "M*A*S*H" for more than a decade, has died at the age of 87.

Wild winds cut power to parts of peninsula

Tree branches down on Doon St in Waverley after strong winds hit Dunedin overnight. Photo: Gregor...

Wild winds cut power to parts of peninsula

An electricity outage on Otago Peninsula is taking longer than expected to resolve after wild winds cut power to hundreds of people.

Warning new Covid wave could be coming

Prof Michael Baker says the new NB.1.8.1 is becoming dominant in a number of countries. Photo via...

Warning new Covid wave could be coming

A sudden surge in Covid-19 detections should be a warning to take action, an epidemiologist says.

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Night in custody result of an error

Climate activist Adam Currie (centre left) leaves the Dunedin District Court with supporters...

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Night in custody result of an error

An unfortunate typo left a Dunedin protester in a police cell for the night before he was cleared of wrongdoing by a judge.

Three-week ban ‘kick in the face’: victim’s family

Green Island prop Aifala Taelega was left with a nasty wound after he was stomped in the head...

Three-week ban ‘kick in the face’: victim’s family

The family of a Dunedin club rugby player who was stomped on during a match feel like they have been kicked in the face.

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Vandervis takes aim at $100m debt plan

"Buy heaps now, somebody else can pay later — brilliant!" — Cr Lee Vandervis. File photo: Gregor...

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Vandervis takes aim at $100m debt plan

City councillors have been accused by one of their own of saddling future Dunedin’s ratepayers with almost $100 million of debt.

Not going to police ‘matter of choice’

Mark Henaghan. File photo: Linda Robertson

Not going to police ‘matter of choice’

A Dunedin secondary school was likely right to not go to police after having $365,000 misappropriated by a staff member, a legal expert says.

‘Possible handgun’ was a plastic toy

‘Possible handgun’ was a plastic toy

A policeman talks to a group of secondary school pupils at the corner of Princes and Dowling Sts following an incident at the Great King St bus hub yesterday.