Motorcyclist nearly twice the limit after fleeing Police

Source: New Zealand Police A motorcyclist’s decision to flee saw his wheels impounded and a variety of illicit drug items seized this morning. The Papatoetoe man was also allegedly found to be nearly twice the legal breath alcohol limit. A unit located the Harley Davidson on Great South Road, Papatoetoe at around 1.38am. Counties Manukau … Read more

NRL; NZ Warriors stars Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Kurt Capewell enter final season of contracts

Source: Radio New Zealand Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Kurt Capewell begin the final year of their current contracts with the Warriors. Andrew Cornaga/Photosport NZ Warriors veterans Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Kurt Capewell have fended off speculation about their future with the Auckland-based club, as they prepare for the NRL season. The 2026 campaign will begin this weekend … Read more

Taupō school fire: Firefighter climbed onto roof of burning building after truck breakdown

Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters could be seen on the roof at Taupō-nui-a-Tia College during the fire. LES WILLS / SUPPLIED A firefighter clambered on to the side-roof of a burning building at Taupō’s largest school after the ladder-truck that hoses down fires from height broke down. The fire that gutted a two-storey block of … Read more

Salvage operation begins to recover wrecked Black Cat tourist boat from Akaroa Harbour

Source: Radio New Zealand The catamaran was stuck on rocks near the heads but swells last week dislodged part of the boat, leaving it broken up on shore. Environment Canterbury A two-week salvage operation has begun to recover the wrecked Black Cat Cruises boat from Akaroa Harbour on Banks Peninsula. More than 40 people were … Read more

Police arrest group over vehicle crime

Source: New Zealand Police Police have caught up with a group of young people likely involved in a wave of vehicle crime across parts of Auckland. Frontline units deployed across the North Shore and west Auckland in the early hours of this morning. It all began just before 3.30am in Hillcrest. Inspector Jason Edwards, of … Read more

Military panel retires to deliberate on navy official accused of seeking kiss from junior officer

Source: Radio New Zealand The hearing is at Devonport Navy Base in Auckland. RNZ A panel of three senior military officers have retired to deliberate on the verdict for a senior navy officer accused of encouraging a junior officer to kiss them on the cheek at a bar during an overseas operation. The senior officer … Read more

Third US lawsuit against author Neil Gaiman dismissed by judge

Source: Radio New Zealand Neil Gaiman at an event in 2024. Jamie McCarthy / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA All three US lawsuits accusing author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting his children’s nanny in Auckland four years ago have now been dismissed. Scarlett Pavlovich filed lawsuits against Gaiman and his wife Amanda Palmer in the US … Read more

Two students hit by cars before school on Monday morning

Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / St John Two Auckland students are in Starship Hospital after being struck by cars before school on Monday. Police said one intermediate-aged student was hit by a car at about 8.15am while crossing Whangaparāoa Road in Stanmore Bay. In a statement, Whangaparāoa College confirmed one of its students was … Read more

Fire crews battle blaze at workshop in Hawke’s Bay

Source: Radio New Zealand Five fire trucks and two water tankers are at a blaze in Eskdale. RNZ/Marika Khabazi Multiple fire crews are battling a blaze that’s engulfed a workshop in Eskdale, north of Napier. Emergency services were called to the rural Seafield Road property about 1.20pm. Fire and Emergency says it has five fire … Read more

Body recovered from Bay of Plenty river

Source: Radio New Zealand The body was recovered from the Waioweka River in Ōpōtiki on Tuesday morning. Police say they recovered a body from the Waioweka River on Tuesday morning after a search for a man who was swept downstream after falling from a boat in the Bay of Plenty town of Ōpōtiki last month. … Read more

New data shows record 2025 permitting activity

Source: New Zealand Government New Zealand’s exploration and mining pipeline is strengthening, with record levels of mineral permit applications received and decided in 2025, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. New data from New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals (NZP&M) shows the agency received 551 applications last year, up from 450 in 2024, and made 521 decisions, … Read more

VinFast Officially Enters Indonesia’s E-Scooter Market, Partners with Strategic Dealers

Source: Media Outreach HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 February 2026 – VinFast today officially announced its entry into Indonesia’s e-scooter market through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with strategic dealers in the country. The milestone marks a significant step in VinFast’s international expansion of its electric two-wheeler business and … Read more

Name release: Homicide investigation, Raumati Beach

Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Detective Inspector Jamie Woods, Wellington Field Crime Manager: Police can now release the name of the woman found deceased at a Matatua Road, Raumati Beach address on Monday 9 February. She was 56-year-old Lauraine Margaret Stewart of Raumati. We acknowledge this is an incredibly difficult time for Ms Stewart’s … Read more

Judge accused of disrupting NZ First event won’t resign over ‘something she did not do’

Source: Radio New Zealand Judge Ema Aitken is accused of disrupting a NZ First function at Auckland’s Northern Club in 2024. RNZ Insight/Dan Cook The defence for a District Court Judge accused of disrupting an NZ First event has told a judicial conduct panel the affair has been blown “out of all proportion”. Judge Ema … Read more

‘Very dangerous’ electrical rule change to be reviewed

Source: Radio New Zealand The change was introduced last year. File photo. Supplied / New Zealand Electrical Inspectors Association A rule change that electrical inspectors say elevates the risk of people being electrocuted is being reviewed. The change – made late last year – lifted a ban on inserting a switch, circuit or fuse into … Read more

Update 2: Serious assault, Christchurch

Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Detective Sergeant Ben Rolton, Christchurch Metro Crime: Police investigating a serious assault on Fitzgerald Avenue around 12.20pm yesterday are appealing to the public for information around the incident. The investigating team are looking for any photos, CCTV, or dashcam footage along Fitzgerald Avenue between Cambridge Terrace and Bealey Avenue … Read more

Body recovered, Waioeka River – Bay of Plenty District

Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Eastern Bay of Plenty Area Commander Inspector Nicky Cooney Police and teams searching for a man missing since January have located and recovered a body from the Waioeka River this morning at about 9am. This has been a long slow search, hindered at times by the weather as well … Read more

Christchurch mosque shooter ‘wanted to be called a terrorist’, ex lawyer says

Source: Radio New Zealand March 2019 massacres happened at Christchurch’s Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre. RNZ / Nate McKinnon The Australian white supremacist who massacred 51 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques was pleased to be charged with committing terrorism, the Court of Appeal has heard. Convicted murderer and terrorist Brenton Tarrant made the … Read more

Rugby prodigy ready to prove the hype

Source: Radio New Zealand Rico Simpson of Auckland during the 2025 NPC at Eden Park. Photosport Rico Simpson is no stranger to expectation. The schoolboy prodigy has been long tipped as the next star off the New Zealand rugby conveyor belt. Now in his first, full-time Super Rugby season, Simpson is looking to become a … Read more

Forestry sector calls for rates cap after bill increases 570 percent

Source: Radio New Zealand File image. Nick Monro The forestry sector is calling for a cap on rates increases after one forestry blocks rates bill went up 570 percent in a year. The 1100-hectare block near Wairoa managed by agri-advisory firm Lewis Tucker was originally farmland but was bought in 2019 and planted in pines … Read more

New Zealand gets a seat at Standards Australia

Source: Radio New Zealand BusinessNZ director of advocacy Catherine Beard. Supplied / Business NZ Standards New Zealand has been invited by Standards Australia to take a seat at the table following many years of being unable to pay the price to join. The change follows an agreement by the Australian and New Zealand governments to … Read more

Foxton Police taking dangerous bike riding complaints seriously

Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute the following to Acting Sergeant Mike Skates, Foxton Police: Police in Foxton and Foxton Beach are proactively dealing with reports made over bad driving on dirt and quad bikes in the area. Three bikes have already been impounded, and several young people have been spoken to in relation to … Read more

Shaking the marae grounds at Waitangi

Source: Radio New Zealand Black Comet’s Laughton Kora isn’t afraid of a little disruption — even at Waitangi. In 2024, he quite literally shook the foundations, he says, providing the sound design as Māori artist and activist Tāme Iti was welcomed onto Te Whare Rūnanga. “That’s a big thing for me because I was able to … Read more

Investor proposal to return Chateau Tongariro to hotel status should be considered – mayor

Source: Radio New Zealand Tongariro Mayor Weston Kirton wants the government to consider a proposal to return Chateau Tongariro to its former status as a hotel. Jimmy Ellingham / RNZ Tongariro’s mayor says the government should consider a proposal from an unnamed investor to return the Chateau Tongariro to its former status as a hotel. … Read more

Wuthering Heights is one of the year’s most controversial films

Source: Radio New Zealand Ever since whispers of casting choices began popping up on social media, Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights has been a lightning rod for controversy. Now days away from the movie’s highly anticipated premiere, fans and critics are still arguing. Fennell is not the first to attempt a screen adaptation of Emily Brontë’s … Read more

NZ First to campaign on ministers getting final say in fast track projects

Source: Radio New Zealand NZ First deputy leader Shane Jones addressing Fast Track protesters last year. (File photo) RNZ / Peter de Graaf New Zealand First will campaign on reinstating sweeping ministerial powers in the fast track legislation this election. The law, set up as a ‘one stop shop’ process for consenting infrastructure, initially proposed … Read more

Labour talking a ‘load of rubbish’ by labelling new liquefied natural gas terminal a tax – PM

Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says Labour is talking “a load of rubbish” when it claims the government is implementing a new “gas tax” on New Zealanders. But Labour has fired back with one of National’s own attack lines – “if it looks like a tax and it quacks like a tax, … Read more