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News from NZ Police Police have arrested two young men in connection with the aggravated robberies of the Levin Discounter Store on Friday 3 August and Levin Thirsty Liquor on Saturday 4 August. Police have also located some of the property stolen during the robberies. A 14-year-old and a 17-year-old have been charged with both […]

by Mike Flinn In my last report, my comparison of peak-hour passenger loads in March with proposed trips in the new 15 July timetables showed that the Karori Road/Glenmore Street corridor could result in the highest average loads per trip within the city. On 6 August and 7 August I followed up with passenger counts […]

Tags: General Debate

Tags: General Debate

Residents at the Newtown Community Centre meeting last night protesting against the new bus service. Photo: RNZ / Emma Hatton Report from RNZ Fed up Wellington bus passengers should consider not paying their fares in protest at the capital’s revamped public transport network, says a community organiser. Kara Lipski, organiser of last night’s Newtown meeting […]

The planning for light rail to the North West is only in its early stages and many details and decisions have yet to be decided. One of the most important decisions will be the location of stations and how they interact with their local environment – e.g.…

I thought this was a made up story when it was first told to me. Who would believe that hat a lawyer would face a complaint to the NZ Law Society because he referred approvingly of Jordan Petersen in an article. Surely in the legal profession of all places, where courtroom arguments are about forceful […]

Press Release – Flying Out Music The Others Way Second Line up Announcement: Anthonie Tonnon, Eno X Dirty, High Beams, Purple Pilgrims And More… With three weeks to go, excitement is brewing in Auckland, ahead of The Others Way on Friday, August 31. For the fourth year running, Aucklands …THE OTHERS WAY ANNOUNCES SECOND LINE […]

News from NZ Police Police are urging people to take extra care following an increase in thefts from vehicles in Petone. The thefts have occurred from vehicles parked in public car parks on The Esplanade and at Percy’s Reserve over the past month. “While Police patrol these areas regularly, we encourage owners to keep vehicles […]

Press Release – Mediaworks Three won the night three times last week and The Block NZ hit its highest rating episode of the series so far this year. Last night, Three reached an overall share of 30.9% in the commercially important 25-54 demographic, winning the night with …13/08/18 Three Wins Monday, Wednesday And Sunday Nights,The […]

Wellington.Scoop Attendances at this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival in Wellington have reached another record. Festival director Bill Gosden announced at tonight’s closing night screening that admissions had totalled over 83,000. The previous record was 79,000 admissions, which was set last year. And this year the festival has scheduled a series of extra screenings, […]

At around 4pm today (Sunday 12 August 2018) Police from across Tamaki Makaurau successfully concluded an investigation into the escape of a prisoner.

The Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Bill is going through it's final stages, and will likely pass this week.
It is going to pass, and amendments - such as a sunset clause - or the exclusion of electorate MPs from its scope - or a delayed start - are not going to be agreed to by a parliamentary majority either.
But it is not too late for Parliament to make some minor changes to the bill to make a slightly better, and to slightly better protect principled opposition within Parliamentary parties. Читать дальше...

Queenstown, New Zealand (12 August 2018) – The New Zealand Alpine National Championships hosted by Coronet Peak , the official ski area partner of the New Zealand Alpine Ski Team, got underway in Queenstown today with a large international field of 59 ...

One of the world's most celebrated chefs has given some of our top young Kiwi cooks a day they'll never forget.

A further two 17-year old males are facing charges of aggravated robbery in relation to the Kennedy Road, Napier petrol station robbery yesterday morning.

Please attribute to Detective Sergeant Jason Earl: Police are searching for missing Hamilton woman Mi-Sook Yang, known as Annie, who has been missing since Thursday 9th August.

Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel have sent their captain Wendy Frew out on a dramatic high after coming from behind for a fairy-tale ANZ Premiership crown.

There has been much wringing of hands over Nauru’s ban on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for next month’s Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ summit. But, reports Sri Krishnamurthi of Asia Pacific Journalism, even more perplexing is Canberra’s relative silence.

Contrary to any popular perceptions of Australia’s legal system, a dislike of rights reigns with pious conviction on both sides of the political aisle. Rights are the stuff of nonsense and nuisance, revocable for those deemed undesirable. The Australian ...

Barry Soper writes: Jacinda Ardern would have wanted a better first week back at work. … Ardern was fustrated on many fronts, not the least that it was diverting attention away from other issues that she felt were much more important. Perhaps if she’d done what she said she’d be doing within days at the beginning of […]

Armed Police and the AOS are currently in Manurewa, South Auckland due to sightings of a man carrying a pistol.

A 17-year-old Napier youth will appear in the Hastings District Court next week facing a charge of aggravated robbery.

At around 9:45am this morning Police were contacted by a family who had found an old projectile from a World War Two era artillery round at their Paraparaumu property.

Karl du Fresne writes: If the furore over the Canadians Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux achieved nothing else, it at least destroyed the myth of the so-called liberal Left. Extremists on the Left have been misappropriating that honourable word “liberal” for decades, aided and abetted by news media that seemed not to recognise that “liberal […]