![]() Stuff.co.nz | Two die in weekend crashes Stuff.co.nz On Friday night, 51-year-old Penelope Rae Phillips was killed by a young woman allegedly fleeing a police checkpoint in Blenheim. Police stopped the 20-year-old local woman about 9.45pm at a checkpoint, before she sped off and crashed about 400m away ... Woman dies as driver flees police One dead after driver flees checkpoint Police seek witnesses |
![]() Voxy | Weather warning for south, gales for north TVNZ Heavy rain and severe gales are expected to sweep over the country on Monday, with forecasters issuing a severe weather warning and advising people to keep an eye on the weather. Rain and thunderstorms are due to hit Westland and Fiordland on Monday, ... Heavy rain warning for West Coast Front expected to hit southern NZ Wild weather heading to South Island |
![]() Stuff.co.nz | Identity of skeletal remains to be confirmed TVNZ Police hope to confirm later this week whether the skeletal remains they found down a bank near Upper Hutt on Friday belong to Harold Skudder, who has been missing for over three years. Early on Friday evening, police removed the remains from the spot ... Some time before remains identified Body found by police hunting missing person Murder charge after three-year-old skeleton found |
![]() 3News | Over 60 drink drivers nabbed in Auckland Stuff.co.nz Drunk drivers have been targeted on Auckland's North Shore this weekend, with 69 people testing positive for excess breath alcohol. Operation Lockdown ran over Friday and Saturday nights and involved staff from North Shore, Waitakere, Rodney and the ... Scores caught in drink-driving blitz on North Shore Police: 7 teens arrested in drink driving crackdown Drink drive blitz on Auckland's North Shore |
![]() Otago Daily Times | Cultural arrogance shames Sharples Newstalk ZB The Maori Affairs Minister says he is shamed by the way Asian settlers are treated in New Zealand and by our country's cultural arrogance. Dr Pita Sharples has just delivered an address on Orakei Marae to mark Race Relations Day. ... National - Maori Party relationship 'sometimes difficult' Sharples talks of tensions with government Sharples advocates mass powhiri for Asian arrivals |
![]() guide2.co.nz | Labour chooses Waitakere candidate TVNZ The Labour Party has taken the first steps in its campaign to win back the Waitakere seat in west Auckland. List MP Carmel Sepuloni has been given the job of winning back the seat from National's Paula Bennett. Sepuloni was chosen ahead of fellow list ... Sepuloni gets the Labour nod Sepuloni to contest Waitakere seat for Labour Labour picks Carmel Sepuloni for Waitakere seat |
![]() 3News | Pressure on Kahui twins' family rises as reward hits $50000 Stuff.co.nz The reward for information leading to the conviction of the Kahui twins' murderer has been doubled to $50000 – a move the twins' aunt believes could crack the case. Denise King, half-sister of the twins' mother, ... Kahui reward could get result, says aunt Kahui case reward doubled Reward doubled for info on Kahui deaths |
Missing woman's car possibly seen in Waihi TVNZ Police worried about the welfare of a missing Auckland woman say there may have been a sighting of her car in the Bay of Plenty town of Waihi but the woman is still missing. Susan O'Brien, 36, from the Auckland suburb of Three Kings, failed to turn up ... |
![]() BigPond News | Three charged in mortgage and loan fraud ring Hamilton Spectator Hamilton police have arrested a man and two women in an organized mortgage and loan fraud ring worth $1.2 million. The women were arrested in February. The man was picked up Thursday. Police say the investigation is ongoing and they anticipate more ... High speed police chase abandoned Man charged after Hamilton police chase Jag hits 150kmh in chase |
![]() The Nelson Mail | Call for sightings of drifting yacht Stuff.co.nz Mariners have been warned the missing yacht Tafadzwa might be still be sailing but with no one at the helm, after it went missing on a voyage from Tauranga to Gisborne last week. The search for the 11-metre, steel yacht and its sole occupant Paul van ... Boaties still urged to report sightings of missing yacht Tafadzwa still missing Search for SA skipper called off |