Former justice minister Kiri Allan has this morning pleaded guilty to failing to accompany a police officer, moments before her trial was set to begin.
The government has confirmed this year's Budget will include $24 million over four years for the I Am Hope initiative Gumboot Friday, providing counselling to young people.
A prominent winegrower who established vines from an Australian cutting he smuggled into NZ has been described as a "misguided romantic" whose fall from grace has been significant and painful.
Researchers are predicting aircraft to experience a doubling or trebling of severe turbulence in the coming decades "if the climate continues to change as we expect".
One passenger died and 30 were injured after a Singapore Airlines flight with 23 Kiwis on board hit severe turbulence, flinging passengers and crew around the cabin.