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22-year-old man charged following fatal Penrose crash
The man has been charged with reckless driving causing death and reckless driving causing injury.

Speed calming measures for south Auckland roads an ‘insult’
Residents have complained about their roads being used like a race track, with "absolutely out of control speeding".

Police issued more than 30 infringements in crackdown on Feilding’s roads
Offences included speeding, excess breath alcohol, failing to wear seatbelts, lane violations, driving without the correct licence, and mobile phone use.

The man preserving flavours from the past
Nathan Lewis likes to make preserves and jams the old-fashioned way.

Auckland’s struggling local boards unite in letter to Wayne Brown
Auckland’s 21 local board chairs have united in a letter to mayor Wayne Brown, objecting to the expectation that they absorb a $17.6 million budget shortfall.

TEM - Transaction in Own Shares
The Company announces that, on 12 March 2025, it purchased for cancellation 531,801 Ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company ("Shares") at a price of 171.79 pence per Share

Car thieves steal, vandalise cars belonging to families of child cancer patients
The two thefts left charity staff feeling “sick”.

Neighbour heard raised voices and swearing before resident hurt in fight with home intruder in Wellington
A neighbour says he heard raised voices and swearing outside the house in the early hours of Monday.

Slice of Ramadan from Malaysia to Queenstown: 'Food always brings people together'
Normally, people can only find the best traditional Malaysian rice porridge during Ramadan, Habib Ali says.

‘Poor ref’: Hurricanes and Fiji rugby teams wear near identical uniforms in farcical kit clash
The two teams were hard to tell apart after taking to the field in strikingly similar strips.

Police find 70 bags of drugs in Beachlands car bust
A 20-year-old man has been charged after bags of cannabis, cocaine, and MDMA were seized.

Slice of Ramadan from Malaysia to Queenstown: 'Food always brings people together'
Normally, people can only find the best traditional Malaysian rice porridge during Ramadan, Habib Ali says.

‘Egregious breach of trust’: Former Destiny Church member jailed for sexual offending against six boys
Kiwa Hami Tamati Edward Hamiora-Te Hira, 29, has been sentenced to six years and four months’ imprisonment after abusing young boys at his south Auckland home.

Investigations underway after person killed by alleged fleeing driver, man charged
A 22-year-old man has been charged with reckless driving causing death following the crash.

Large enterprises scramble after supply-chain attack spills their secrets
tj-actions/changed-files, corrupted to run credential-stealing memory scraper.

‘Second fastest lap’: Christian Horner praises Liam Lawson’s pace
Hard to blame Liam Lawson for ‘roll of the dice’ crash, Christian Horner says, as he highlights Kiwi driver recording the second fastest lap.

‘Like a prisoner’: Man stuck in 'sweat box' emergency motel for almost four years
A few months after an accident left him paraplegic, Shane Emeny was placed in emergency housing, waiting for a place to call home. That was nearly four years ago.

'We'll keep our nerve': Winston Peters readies for Marco Rubio meeting
The foreign minister is keeping his cool in the United States ahead of the main event.

'Ko te ra tino whakamataku o toku oranga': E korero ana te wahine i muri i ta te motoka u i runga i a ia i te moenga
E ki ana a Sue-ann Venter ka whakaoho a ia i te pehanga i runga i tona poho, e whakaaro ana ka mate a ia.

Community in shock after suspicious fire at Hamilton marae
The meeting house at Hui Te Rangiora Marae was completely gutted by the fire on Sunday morning.

Watch: Kiwi double world champion wins gold at at the UCI Nations Cup
Ally Wollaston claimed the omnium title at the UCI Nations Cup in Turkey.

Fury in court as murder accused appears before packed crowd
A Hamilton man charged with murdering one man and badly wounding another has faced a barrage of abuse at his initial appearance.