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Mixed views as Gisborne unveils new city centre revitalisation plan
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (472+ words) Residents spoken to at a community korero on options for Gisborne District Council's city revitalisation plan were split in their opinions. A four-week community consultation process started last week on the three-option proposal for city centre upgrades of an area…...
NZ Herald Morning Headlines | Tuesday, June 16, 2026
11+ hour, 30+ min ago (821+ words) NZ Herald Senior Correspondent Katie Bradford speaks to Richard Martin on The Front Page about National's attack on Labour's policy costings over the weekend. It will be funded through a capital gains tax. Video / NZ Herald NZ Herald Afternoon Headlines…...
NZ Herald Afternoon Headlines | Tuesday, June 16, 2026
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (821+ words) NZ Herald Senior Correspondent Katie Bradford speaks to Richard Martin on The Front Page about National's attack on Labour's policy costings over the weekend. It will be funded through a capital gains tax. Video / NZ Herald NZ Herald Afternoon Headlines…...
Can Labour afford its election promises?
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (821+ words) NZ Herald Senior Correspondent Katie Bradford speaks to Richard Martin on The Front Page about National's attack on Labour's policy costings over the weekend. It will be funded through a capital gains tax. Video / NZ Herald NZ Herald Afternoon Headlines…...
Warning after student offered lollies by stranger in van on way to school
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (260+ words) A school principal is warning parents after a young student was approached by a stranger in a van on their way to school. The Snells Beach School student was walking to class this morning when they were approached by a…...
Give us a chance: Pharmacist's last-ditch plea to save his post office
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (402+ words) Suresh Rama, owner of Lambs Pharmacy. A K Rd pharmacist has made a last-ditch plea for NZ Post to reconsider closing the pharmacy's beloved post office. Lambs Pharmacy has operated on Karangahape Rd since 1894 but its post office is set…...
Love Island USA producer dies while filming in Fiji
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (358+ words) Truck fire blocks lanes on Auckland motorway, major delays expected An executive producer on Love Island USA has died aged 40 after "an unexpected medical emergency" while filming in Fiji. James Barker joined the Love Island USA team in 2020 as a…...
'A very good achievement': Council signs off 6. 9% average rates rise
4+ hour, 44+ min ago (663+ words) Residential ratepayers will pay Whanganui District Council an extra $265 on average in 2026-27. The council signed off its annual plan at a meeting on Tuesday. Overall, there will be an average rates increase of 6. 9%: residential up 6. 7%, lifestyle 9. 9%, farming 4. 5% and commercial 8. 5%. A…...
One seriously injured after West Auckland slug gun incident
4+ hour, 56+ min ago (75+ words) A person has been seriously injured after a slug gun was believed to have been used in West Auckland. Police were called to Moire Rd, West Harbour around 10. 50am, a spokesperson told the Herald. A person was in custody, they said....
People urged not to fall for latest bank card letterbox scam
4+ hour, 56+ min ago (422+ words) People are being warned about a new bank card scam targeting the elderly around South Auckland, with scammers coaxing them into leaving bank cards in the mailbox so they can investigate fraudulent behaviour. The scammers then retrieve the bank cards…...