6+ hour, 50+ min ago  (286+ words) Stanford made the pre-Budget announcement with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at Boulcott School in Lower Hutt this afternoon. They revealed 12 initiatives as part of the government's "generational reforms" in primary and intermediate school education. New maths initiatives include: There would…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago  (130+ words) An investigation has begun after a motorcyclist was seriously injured after crashing in Invercargill. Acting Inspector Mel Robertson, Southland Area Prevention Manager, said in a statement today officers saw the man riding without a helmet in Pomona St, Strathern, about…...

7+ hour, 29+ min ago  (959+ words) High Court jurors have been told they need to be sure the man who killed a Nelson police officer had murderous intent when he drove at her to find him guilty of murder. Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming and Senior Sergeant…...

12+ hour, 34+ min ago  (505+ words) The prestigious Pegasus golf club was put into voluntary liquidation in March and placed on the market for sale. A liquidator's report showed the clubowed around $9 million to creditors. The property includes a driving range, practice greens, pro shop, tennis…...

8+ hour, 10+ min ago  (484+ words) QR scams are on the rise, according to a global cybersecurity company. Known as 'quishing', a QR code's landing website is swapped out for another, where some sort of payment is sought. The scammers' aim is to get credit card…...

7+ hour, 27+ min ago  (585+ words) They were pilot Tim Brown and guide Sean Roach. Alpine Group Limited confirmed the two deaths in a statement about 2. 20pm today. The statement said an Alpine Group aircraft had been involved in an accident in the upper Te Naihi River,…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago  (603+ words) Winston Peters' threat to nationalise a major Australian-owned bank would send a "bad signal" to potential foreign investors, a veteran economic analyst says. Peters' party NZ First said if re-elected on November 7, it would merge BNZ and Kiwibank under state…...

8+ hour, 10+ min ago  (141+ words) The latest government data to midnight Wednesday show petrol and jet fuel both down by three days' worth of supply, and diesel up slightly. There are 56. 2 days' worth of petrol, 46. 3 of diesel, and 47. 7 of jet fuel either in the country…...

5+ hour, 23+ min ago  (75+ words) And this is only the beginning." As they move into their second year, even more exciting developments are planned for the Landscape HQ'bringing even greater value and service to their customers." Stay up to date with the latest from Forever…...

9+ hour, 49+ min ago  (430+ words) Carl Taylor, a builder and the head of Combined Building Supplies Co-operative, told Nine to Noon it was a problem he was seeing for himself in Christchurch and was likely also the case in Auckland. He said lots of builders…...