20+ min ago  (787+ words) An 87-year-old resident of a Maryland assisted-living facility in the United States was shot and killed by a man authorities say was a 22-year-old staff member. The suspect later fired two shots at a state trooper during a traffic stop,…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago  (841+ words) Marine Parade businesses who lost tens of thousands of dollars in revenue since the fatal Mauao landslide have begged Tauranga City Council for rates relief. A group of 16 hospitality business owners directly affected by the cordon around Adams Ave and…...

3+ hour, 13+ min ago  (233+ words) An alleged fraudster accused of stealing more than $15,000 from an elderly person has been arrested by police. The person in the Far North had allegedly fallen victim to a phone scam in March last year, with the caller pretending to…...

5+ hour, 44+ min ago  (573+ words) Rotorua Lakes Council will trial free parking at the city centre's main parking building from next month. The council has also found a new provider for on-street parking machines and software. Parking at the Pukuatua St building will be free…...

5+ hour, 51+ min ago  (925+ words) Group secretary for the $1 billion-plus Northland Corporate Group, Julian Smith, says the North's infrastructure has a key role in New Zealand's economy and should not be sidelined in the Government's latest infrastructure plans. Te Tai Tokerau must not be taken…...

5+ hour, 53+ min ago  (527+ words) Moving houses? Ardern spotted inspecting Sydney beach homes Fly By Ms Magpie producer Daniel Betty and writer-director Stevie Goodwin on set. The producer of a short film set to be shot in Hawke's Bay believes it will showcase the region…...

6+ hour, 1+ min ago  (678+ words) Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says powers to order rough sleepers or beggars to move on are a "tool, not a "total solution to the problem. About 50 people packed into the Art Deco Trust Building in Napier on Wednesday for a…...

6+ hour, 53+ min ago  (665+ words) New Zealand's economic recovery is finally spreading beyond the southern regions that have led growth for the past year, according to Infometrics' latest monitoring of regional economies. Provisional estimates from the Infometrics December 2025 Quarterly Economic Monitor suggest economic activity rose…...

6+ hour, 58+ min ago  (919+ words) Russell Landcare Trust volunteers Arana Rewha (left), Deliah Quedec and Victoria Heta. The hanging baskets of Kerikeri In an initiative from the Kerikeri District Business Association, hanging baskets line the town's central business district. It's a blooming sight that started…...

7+ hour, 53+ min ago  (181+ words) Eight people have been taken to hospital after a two-vehicle crash in Rissington, Hawke's Bay. Emergency services, including a helicopter, were called to the serious crash on Puketitiri Rd, about 30km northwest of Napier, at 6.25am. The road was closed and emergency…...