8+ min ago  (236+ words) Police are searching for a man after he assaulted an 11-year-old in Whitby, Porirua. On Wednesday at 5: 45pm, a man ran up to two children on Albatross Close, assaulting the 11-year-old child. "Another child intervened and the offender fled on foot,…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago  (615+ words) A Safata MP says compensation for the sinking of HMNZ Manawanui is on its way. Nearly two years on from the sinking of the New Zealand Navy vessel on Safata reef in Smaoa, residents say compensation has still not been…...

5+ hour, 11+ min ago  (1005+ words) Details of how a defendant was coaching others to explain the death of Chinese woman Shulai Wang have been heard in recordings made at the house at the centre of the police investigation. Wang's body was found wrapped in rubbish…...

41+ min ago  (343+ words) Formula 1's governing body has announced agreement on a package of rule changes to reduce the electric power element in the cars' engines in 2027 and 2028. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement on Wednesday that the current 53-47 split…...

38+ min ago  (405+ words) A loaded pistol was found in a backpack inside a child's bedroom as police searched homes across Northland and Auckland in a crackdown on methamphetamine manufacture and supply. Operation Phoenix was led by the National Organised Crime Group with assistance…...

2+ hour, 49+ min ago  (760+ words) People living near a road crash hot spot on State Highway 2 in the Bay of Plenty are pleading with drivers to report any accidents. Locals were working with the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) on safety improvements after seeing too many…...

1+ hour, 41+ min ago  (380+ words) Students of the new Waikato medical school will be placed in five regions around the country from 2029. According to Health Minister Simeon Brown: "We know that where doctors train often influences where they practise. By embedding students in regional and…...

5+ hour, 42+ min ago  (533+ words) Sea level rise caused by climate change is set to expose areas like Wellington to more frequent coastal flooding, climate scientists say. Human-caused sea-level rise has made coastal sea-level extremes four times more frequent since the start of the 20th century....

1+ hour, 28+ min ago  (458+ words) Climate change-fuelled landslides have wiped out nearly one in 10 of the world's rarest great ape species on Indonesia's Sumatra island, scientists say. A single weather event last November pushed the Tapanuli orangutan - of which there are fewer than 800 left in…...

5+ hour, 20+ min ago  (779+ words) By Peter Murphy with Peter Hutchison in London, AFP Northern Ireland is bracing for a potential second night of violence directed at immigrants, following unrest that UK authorities say was stoked by far-right activists on social media after a brutal…...