1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (416+ words) The towering rate of failures for building inspections in the Mackenzie district is due to a range of issues rather than builders not being good with their tools, a leading industry expert says. The number of properties failing building inspections…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (326+ words) Police used pepper spray and a baton to stop a Mataura man and associates from assaulting them while they were making an arrest at a Mataura hotel. Jimmy-Joe Elers,[ 36, of Mataura pleaded guilty to one charge of assaulting police and…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (418+ words) Standfirst: The release of rare wading birds into the wild is a ‘massive’ achievement, Charley-Kai John reports. In a “vital” step for the survival of one of the world’s rarest wading birds, more than 100 black stilts (kakī) are being released…...

1+ hour, 35+ min ago   (464+ words) A Dunedin house fire has inflamed a year-long dispute between firefighters and their bosses after it broke out during a one-hour strike. The fire in Thomson St, Caversham started at 12.40pm during strike action by Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz)…...

18+ hour, 48+ min ago   (311+ words) A police officer has pleaded guilty to possessing objectionable publications. Auckland-based police officer Matthew Rogers appeared in the Manukau District Court on Friday before Judge Luke Radich where he pleaded guilty to a representative charge of possessing an objectionable publication....

10+ hour, 25+ min ago   (630+ words) Victorian poultry farms are being plunged into lockdown as new cases of bird flu continue to climb across Australia. The "proactive, precautionary measure" forcing producers to keep poultry temporarily housed in higher-risk areas comes as a new detection was discovered…...

15+ hour, 57+ min ago   (217+ words) A Rangiora-based group is calling on knitters, crocheters, and anyone who can sew to help them provide blankets for premature and newborn babies in Canterbury. Founder Julie Rose is always on the lookout for a few more to help her…...

12+ hour, 19+ min ago   (436+ words) A survey of more than 600 endometriosis patients found a third were advised by a doctor to get pregnant to relieve their symptoms. The findings come in two reports published as part of Barriers and Facilitators of Endometriosis Care in Aotearoa…...

21+ hour, 32+ min ago   (296+ words) Customers haven't been given enough information about Hello Fresh's latest price increases, Consumer NZ says. The company implemented a new pricing structure at the start of this month. A box containing food for five meals for six people increased by…...

15+ hour, 22+ min ago   (428+ words) A homeless woman who was found sleeping and “possibly hypothermic” on a Christchurch beach in freezing conditions has died in hospital. Hayley had been sleeping rough beneath the New Brighton Pier and was found by resident Justine Balcar on Saturday…...