Rodney Hide has had a change of heart.
November 8, 2009, 9:03 amA report for the Cancer Society says skin cancer costs the country more than $120 million a year.
November 8, 2009, 9:07 am
A scrub fire near Wellington overnight is out after fire services spent about 10 hours at the scene.
November 8, 2009, 8:34 amRemembrance services are being held throughout the country today, for Armistice Day.
November 8, 2009, 7:34 amA huge iceberg is floating in waters southwest of New Zealand and could be moving closer.
November 8, 2009, 7:06 amIt is not clear what action, if any, the Maori Party will take over Te Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira's controversial remarks.
November 8, 2009, 7:03 am
Shock new figures have put a dollar figure on what one of the most preventable diseases is costing the country.
November 8, 2009, 6:27 amA domestic flare-up has left a man seriously injured, after he was thrown from the bonnet of a car, and then run over.
November 8, 2009, 5:02 amIt is not known if fireworks had anything to do with a scrub fire north of Wellington.
November 8, 2009, 5:00 amTwo people trying to bring peace between gangs in the Bay of Plenty township of Murupara are being warned by police to be very careful.
November 8, 2009, 4:57 amThe Prime Minister will attend a special memorial service in Auckland today, for those who lost their lives in the recent tsunami in the Pacific.
November 8, 2009, 4:49 amA cheque for $315,000 will be handed to the Samoan government today, all of it donated by the New Zealand public.
November 8, 2009, 4:47 amA public fireworks display turned into a bit of a nightmare in Whakatane last night.
November 8, 2009, 4:23 amResidents of Waihi on the Coromandel are being assured there was no tsunami threat after a problem with the local fire service's alarm system.
November 8, 2009, 4:22 am
Maori Party Mp Hone Harawira's "offensive" email did not breach the Human Rights Act, the Race Relations Commissioner says.
November 7, 2009, 9:37 pmA French woman studying in New Zealand has been ordered to leave the country because she is pregnant, despite medical insurance picking up all of her costs.
November 7, 2009, 7:06 pmThe life of Sir Donald Beaven is likely to be remembered formally by Canterbury University.
November 7, 2009, 6:29 pmHone Harawira's future with the Maori Party remains uncertain.
November 7, 2009, 6:21 pmThe body of a 26-year-old man has been recovered from the base of a popular rock-climbing area in the Dart River Valley north of Glenorchy.
November 7, 2009, 6:16 pmA 26-year-old rock climber has been found dead in Central Otago this morning.
November 7, 2009, 5:54 pm
As the long weekend beckons, it's time to take a light-hearted look at some of this week's quirkier news...
John Key must wake up every morning and worry.And I'm not talking about what the economy is doing or if climate change has become irreversible.I'm confident in saying that I bet he wakes up and worries about what the people who make up his side of...
Before I begin this blog, let me offer a disclaimer: I HATE musicals. So don't worry, I'm no singin', dancin', high-kickin' pusher of all things 'High School Musical' and 'Fame'. I've never seen 'Cats', or 'Starlight Express', and I don't whistle along...
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