Unions representing Auckland bus drivers were today talking to lawyers about the nature of industrial action they plan to take over their contract dispute.
September 29, 2009, 8:19 pmA man accused of defrauding unsuspecting New Zealanders of millions of dollars was further remanded when he reappeared in Oamaru District Court yesterday.
September 30, 2009, 8:49 pmAuckland bus drivers are unlikely to say exactly when they plan to take industrial action, and exactly what form it will take, until next week.
September 30, 2009, 5:23 pmA former MP has been committed to trial along with three others charged in connection with a $1.8 million pokie scam.
September 30, 2009, 1:21 pmA man who defrauded an Auckland company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a multi-million dollar loan scam is to be sentenced in November.
September 29, 2009, 7:16 pm
A freak gust of wind may have caused the crash of a small plane on Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf this afternoon, injuring two people.
September 29, 2009, 5:54 pmPolice are investigating whether the boom arm of a digger which badly damaged an Auckland motorway bridge was too tall.
September 29, 2009, 3:41 pmA pilot and a passenger have been flown to hospital in Auckland after a light plane crashed on Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf this afternoon.
September 29, 2009, 3:40 pm
The son of the man killed in an "appalling" road rage attack says the perpetrator has not shown true remorse.
September 29, 2009, 2:40 pm
A former New Zealand Commonwealth Games athlete was today sentenced to 13-1/2 years in prison after being found guilty of rape and other sex offences.
September 29, 2009, 11:47 am
A man who killed a motorist in a fit of road rage has been jailed for three years.
September 29, 2009, 10:51 am
A tornado ripped through Ramarama, south of Auckland, this morning, damaging buildings and uprooting trees.
September 28, 2009, 7:09 pm
Fire investigators say a family of five was lucky to escape a house fire on a Waitemata Harbour island as the home lacked smoke alarms.
September 28, 2009, 10:39 am
A cyclist remains critically ill in hospital today but police say it is far too early to consider charging a woman driver who apparently knocked down a group of riders on Auckland's waterfront during the weekend.
September 28, 2009, 9:04 am
Green MP Sue Bradford may have quit Parliament but she is not ruling out standing for the Auckland super city council.
September 28, 2009, 8:09 amA Middle Eastern man with New Zealand citizenship says he is repeatedly discriminated against by officials at Auckland Airport and subjected to "humiliating" searches.
September 28, 2009, 8:05 amLate night drinkers in suburban Auckland bars have been given a reprieve by Auckland Mayor John Banks.
September 28, 2009, 7:51 amA man remains in a critical condition this afternoon after a car and a group of up to 20 cyclists collided on a busy Auckland waterfront road.
September 27, 2009, 5:26 pmA fire at a south Auckland athletics club grandstand is being treated as suspicious.
September 27, 2009, 12:05 pmA grandstand at Massey Park in South Auckland was badly damaged by fire overnight.
September 27, 2009, 7:51 am
As the long weekend beckons, it's time to take a light-hearted look at some of this week's quirkier news...
The Oxford Dictionary defines racism as "1. Belief in the superiority of a particular race; prejudice based on this. 2. Antagonism towards people of other races."Since his expletive laced email tirade Hone Harawira has been called many...
Several stories this week merit a special mention in my mind-boggling news blog, but this first one will take some beating. Or shocking.A police officer called to a house in an small Arkansas town saw fit to use his Taser on the house's unruly...
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