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Home detention for role in defrauding Oranga Tamariki of more than $2m

Amandeep Sharma in court in May. Photo: RNZ / Tim Brown

Home detention for role in defrauding Oranga Tamariki of more than $2m

The husband of a former Oranga Tamariki employee who helped his wife defraud the agency of more than $2 million has been sentenced to 12 months' home detention.

New World fire believed to be accidental

The aftermath of the fire at New World Victoria Park, Auckland. Photo: RNZ/Marika Khabazi

New World fire believed to be accidental

Fire and Emergency believe the cause of the New World Victoria Park fire was accidental.

Arrest made after four-hour stand-off

Police at the stand-off this afternoon. Photo: Marika Khabazi / RNZ

Arrest made after four-hour stand-off

A man has been arrested following a four-hour stand-off in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill.

Missing Christchurch woman walked into hotel

Police have released CCTV footage of missing Christchurch 79-year-old Elisabeth Nicholls as they make another appeal for information on her whereabouts.

Commissioner supports exemptions for two police recruits

Richard Chambers. Photo: Samuel Rillstone / RNZ

Commissioner supports exemptions for two police recruits

The Police Commissioner says he fully supports the Assistant Commissioner's decision to sign off on exemptions from recruitment standards for two recruits.

Person dies in Christchurch family-harm incident

Person dies in Christchurch family-harm incident

One person has died and another suffered minor injuries after a family-harm incident in Christchurch on Wednesday.

Otago returns to top 200 in world university rankings

Otago returns to top 200 in world university rankings

The University of Otago has returned to the top 200 in the QS World University Ranking for the first time since 2022.

Three students hit by car outside school

Nelson College for Girls. Photo: Google Maps via RNZ

Three students hit by car outside school

Nelson College for Girls says it's working with police to understand how a car hit and injured three students, and if any changes are needed to improve safety around the school.

Private use of publicly-funded cancer drugs will widen inequities, doctors warn

Despite multiple assessments Mrs A's cancer went undiagnosed for months. Photo: Getty Images

Private use of publicly-funded cancer drugs will widen inequities, doctors warn

A move to allow private patients to access publicly-funded cancer drugs threatens to increase wait times for those in the public system, warn senior doctors.

Labour moves ahead in cost of living poll

Labour moves ahead in cost of living poll

Labour has overtaken National as the party New Zealanders consider most able to handle the cost of living, according to the latest Ipsos Issues Monitor survey.

Coroner takes aim at Runit after fatal league head injury

Coroner takes aim at Runit after fatal league head injury

A Coroner has taken aim at Runit competitions saying they should not be recognised as an official sport.

Kāinga Ora cans hundreds of new homes

Kāinga Ora CEO Matt Crockett (right) and Housing Minister Chris Bishop. Photo: RNZ/...

Kāinga Ora cans hundreds of new homes

State housing provider Kāinga Ora is halting hundreds of housing developments which would have delivered nearly 3500 homes, and selling a fifth of its vacant land.

Father of six jailed for violent rampage

An angry man struck his partner while she was holding a baby because she wouldn’t talk to him, before going on to injure six other people, including three children, in a fit of rage.

61-year-old does burnout in front of South D cops

A 61-year-old Dunedin man gave police an exclusive skid show as he revved his engine, fishtailed and did a burnout in front of them in South Dunedin.

Pair in Dunedin road rage as feud boils over

An ongoing feud bubbling away between two Dunedin men hit boiling point when they tried to ram each other off the road.

'Heavy hearts': Cafe goes into liquidation

'Heavy hearts': Cafe goes into liquidation

The owners of the London Canteen have let their customers know with "heavy hearts" the cafe at Oderings Garden Centre in Barrington has gone into liquidation.

Cook Islands funding frozen over China links

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters. Photo: RNZ

Cook Islands funding frozen over China links

New Zealand has paused its core sector support funding for the Cook Islands after its government signed partnership agreements with China earlier this year, Winston Peters office says.

'Unexplained' Christchurch car park death not missing woman

A woman who died after being found with critical injuries in a Riccarton car park was not Elisabeth Nicholls, police say.

Trump on Iran: 'Nobody knows what I'm going to do'

Smoke rises from a fire in Tehran, Iran. Photo: Social Media/via Reuters

Trump on Iran: 'Nobody knows what I'm going to do'

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected Donald Trump's demand for unconditional surrender and the US president said his patience had run out.

NZ embassy staff evacuated from Tehran

An excavator removes debris from a residential building that was destroyed in an attack by Israel...

NZ embassy staff evacuated from Tehran

Two staff and their families have been evacuated from the New Zealand embassy in Tehran.

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