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Claims of vigilante action by Waiheke Island taxi drivers

24 Oct, 2018 7:54pm
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Auckland-based taxi drivers claim tyre slashings, bullying and racism by island drivers.

Up to eight drivers have been 'clogging up the rank' at the Matiatia Wharf ferry terminal at weekends.

BUSINESS

Taxi wars: Fury over 'pirate' drivers poaching Waiheke Island business

24 Oct, 2018 6:00am
3 minutes to read

The taxi drivers are "clogging the rank" and swiping a third of local drivers' incomes.

Sir Edmund Hillary's granddaughter Lily is planning a bold and poignant mission to climb Mt Everest more than 60 years after Sir Ed knocked the bastard off. Doug Sherring

NEW ZEALAND

In Sir Ed's footsteps: Hillary's granddaughter set to conquer Everest

21 Oct, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Lily Hillary plans to do Base Camp next year and summit in 2020 with her dad and brothers.

25 year-old Andrew Brough with his surfboard at Whangarei Hospital, where he was recovering from the attack. Photo / Brett Phibbs

NEW ZEALAND

'If the board wasn't there I wouldn't have an arm today': Shark attack victim

20 Oct, 2018 3:23pm
7 minutes to read

'If the board wasn't there I wouldn't have an arm today.'

Fiona Miller says that when families hit problems in other countries, girls often suffer most. Photo / Video grab

NEW ZEALAND

What it's like to sponsor three little girls less fortunate

12 Oct, 2018 5:00am
3 minutes to read

Fiona Miller has sponsored three girls from India and Africa in the past 16 years.

The idea is going viral with many Kiwis planning to make a joint effort to boycott individual petrol companies one by one. Photo / Facebook

BUSINESS

Take the power back: Nationwide petrol boycott to target companies one by one

10 Oct, 2018 8:17am
4 minutes to read

Tens of thousands of Kiwis interested in taking part in boycott later this month.

1 in 10 of Kiwis were victims of cyberbullying, says new report. Photo / 123RF

NEW ZEALAND

The true cost of cyberbullying to NZ: $444m each year

10 Oct, 2018 6:00am
5 minutes to read

A report finds 1 in 10 Kiwis are cyberbullied and a third do not ask for help.

NEW ZEALAND

Car-crash-related injuries in 2017 hit 16-year high

4 Oct, 2018 10:59am
2 minutes to read

Māori made up close to 70 per cent of those seriously hurt in road collisions last year.

The new testing regime was expected to be completed by late November or early December, with the results expected back by the end of January or early February 2019. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Could traces of Roundup be in a key source of New Zealand's drinking water?

2 Oct, 2018 4:28pm
4 minutes to read

An expert expects some Roundup to "definitely" be found in groundwater.

High Court has overturned the Human Rights Review Tribunal's finding of a breach of privacy in the Kim Dotcom case. Photo / Greg Bowker

NEW ZEALAND

Dotcom case: High Court overturns breach of privacy ruling

2 Oct, 2018 2:03pm
3 minutes to read

High Court also finds it would not have upheld the damages paid out to Kim Dotcom.

BPA, used in plastic packaging, has shown up in an aquifer that supplies Wellington drinking water. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Traces of plastics chemical detected in Wellington aquifer

2 Oct, 2018 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Chemical found in plastic detected in tests on Hutt City aquifer.

The bizarre moment a kayaker got slapped by a seal with an octopus in Kaikōura was captured on video and shared on social media.

NEW ZEALAND

'I don't know who got the bigger fright'

27 Sep, 2018 11:30am
2 minutes to read

Kyle Mulinder explains what it felt like to be slapped by a seal with an octopus.

Gary Ryan says he used to go home white from head to foot with dust from cutting up fibrolite, not realising the dangers of asbestos. Photo / Chemcare via YouTube

NEW ZEALAND

Asbestos-related cancer sufferer warning to others

25 Sep, 2018 8:51pm
3 minutes to read

Gary Ryan didn't realise the danger of what he was doing all those years ago.

NEW ZEALAND

'It's Australia's problem' - NZ strawberry grower on needles fiasco

24 Sep, 2018 2:40pm
3 minutes to read

Strawberry grower Phil Greig says it's important for people not to panic.

The Mini drew lots of attention. Photo / Greg Bowker

NEW ZEALAND

Vintage car exploding with flowers on Auckland street

21 Sep, 2018 9:05am
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The purpose behind the guerrilla installation is simply to 'spread the joy'.

The Herald this morning got the chance to test ride an e-scooter in Wynard Quarter.

NEW ZEALAND

Auckland's footpaths soon to be clogged with speedy yellow e-scooters

20 Sep, 2018 4:54pm
3 minutes to read

The Herald got to test ride a sample e-scooter in Wynard Quarter today.

So far this year, there've been more than 1,200 attacks on paramedics. Photo / NZH Focus

NEW ZEALAND

Step closer to new law jailing people who attack paramedics

19 Sep, 2018 6:06pm
3 minutes to read

Australia now has a similar law and the UK this week doubled jail time for attackers.

Residents feared chickens found dead and dying near the Titirangi shopping centre had been poisoned. Photo / Bianca Shaw

NEW ZEALAND

SPCA investigating suspected poisoning of Titirangi chickens

17 Sep, 2018 11:42am
2 minutes to read

It's unclear what poison may have been used - some Titirangi locals allege it was 1080

A number of chickens, as well as a few roosters, suddenly started rolling off the hillside and having violent seizures and spasms. Photo / Bianca Shaw

NEW ZEALAND

'Traumatising to watch': Famed Titirangi chickens 'poisoned'

16 Sep, 2018 3:42pm
3 minutes to read

"It was like they were really drunk... they could barely walk or stand" - Witness

The witness said part of Atkinson Ave was cordoned off until

NEW ZEALAND

Witness: 'Piercing screams' heard as police taser man accused of aiming loaded rifle at officers

13 Sep, 2018 4:30pm
4 minutes to read

Two officers narrowly avoided death after a man allegedly pulled trigger on rifle at them.

Karina Tipene cooks dinner late when it's cold to heat the house up for her seven young grandchildren.

NEW ZEALAND

Cold comfort: Solo mum borrows to pay power bills

11 Sep, 2018 3:05pm
5 minutes to read

Karina Tipene heats up her house by cooking dinner late for her seven young grandchildren.

Energy prices have soared, the review has found. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Kiwi households paying 'almost 80 per cent more for power today than in 1990'

11 Sep, 2018 1:00pm
3 minutes to read

Distributors are not making "excessive profits", electricity pricing review finds.

Ivy Barn, who has since been diagnosed with tonic-clonic epilepsy, is back to her usual bubbly self.

NEW ZEALAND

Paramedic's rare and risky procedure to save 3-year-old Ivy

7 Sep, 2018 3:05pm
3 minutes to read

Ivy, who has since been diagnosed with tonic-clonic epilepsy, is back to her bubbly self.

Telemarketers sells everything from vacuum cleaners to pay TV. Photo / 123rf

NEW ZEALAND

Swamped by cold calls: Consumer watchdog wants 'Do Not Call' register

4 Sep, 2018 9:15am
2 minutes to read

Consumer NZ wants official Do Not Call register to be set up to stop nuisance calls.

St John has apologised after an incident involving a woman and her mother. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Paramedic keeps job after making 'offensive' comments

2 Sep, 2018 3:46pm
3 minutes to read

The woman was told "there were already 600 patients at Middlemore ED just like her".

NORTHERN ADVOCATE

Pumping his way back to health

18 Aug, 2018 6:00am
3 minutes to read

Six months ago GJ Hill could barely walk. Now he's off to the bodybuilding world champs.

In two photos side by side of Gary-John Hill taken six months apart, he looks almost unrecognisable.

LIFESTYLE

From chemo to six-pack: 'I looked like a 67-year-old man'

16 Aug, 2018 7:53pm
4 minutes to read

Gary-John Hill's unbelievable transformation, just six months on from chemo.

Maria Molisi and her family heard loud noises and saw

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES

Family struggle without power for days

16 Aug, 2018 5:35pm
3 minutes to read

Maria Molisi who is 36 weeks pregnant, says the stress of the ordeal has been unbearable.

NEW ZEALAND

A power box exploded on the street. Their household appliances were destroyed

15 Aug, 2018 4:43pm
3 minutes to read

Maria Molisi who is 36 weeks pregnant, says the stress of the ordeal has been unbearable.

Findings released on Monday by the Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner, Rose Wall, show two paramedics failed to properly assess a 73-year-old man's shortness of breath in 2016. Photo / 123RF

NEW ZEALAND

Man died minutes after paramedics decided he didn't need to go to hospital

13 Aug, 2018 5:33pm
2 minutes to read

Paramedics told to personally apologise to man's family and undertake further training.

A man, suspected of using synthetic drugs, died on Auckland's Queen St in broad daylight. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Central city tragedy: Man dies on Queen St after taking synthetic drugs

10 Aug, 2018 8:34pm
3 minutes to read

In late July, the Coroner found 45 deaths linked to synthetics from the year to June.

Police work at the scene of the Southern Motorway accident near Greenlane on November 20, 2000, where Eddie Tavinor was killed. Photo / Peter Meecham

NEW ZEALAND

Tensions flare at inquest into near 18-year-old case

6 Aug, 2018 5:30pm
3 minutes to read

Eddie Tavinor was decapitated when a truck part flew through his ute windscreen in 2000.

City Garden Apartments on Albert Street where controversial cladding has been found.

NEW ZEALAND

Apartment owner 'disgusted' controversial cladding not yet removed

12 Jun, 2018 6:03pm
2 minutes to read

City Garden Apartments is one of 25 Auckland buildings with cladding like Grenfell Tower.

Ian Blackie today. He was a cadet based in Trentham who was called to help with the rescue after the sinking of the Wahine in 1968 Photo supplied to the New Zealand Herald

NEW ZEALAND

Former cop accounts part in Wahine rescue

9 Apr, 2018 3:13pm
4 minutes to read

Ian Blackie, now 68, is still surprised anyone survived the 'horrific' conditions that day

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Claims of vigilante action by Waiheke Island taxi drivers

Taxi wars: Fury over 'pirate' drivers poaching Waiheke Island business

In Sir Ed's footsteps: Hillary's granddaughter set to conquer Everest

'If the board wasn't there I wouldn't have an arm today': Shark attack victim

What it's like to sponsor three little girls less fortunate

Take the power back: Nationwide petrol boycott to target companies one by one

The true cost of cyberbullying to NZ: $444m each year

Car-crash-related injuries in 2017 hit 16-year high

Could traces of Roundup be in a key source of New Zealand's drinking water?

Dotcom case: High Court overturns breach of privacy ruling

Traces of plastics chemical detected in Wellington aquifer

'I don't know who got the bigger fright'

Asbestos-related cancer sufferer warning to others

'It's Australia's problem' - NZ strawberry grower on needles fiasco

Vintage car exploding with flowers on Auckland street

Auckland's footpaths soon to be clogged with speedy yellow e-scooters

Step closer to new law jailing people who attack paramedics

SPCA investigating suspected poisoning of Titirangi chickens

'Traumatising to watch': Famed Titirangi chickens 'poisoned'

Witness: 'Piercing screams' heard as police taser man accused of aiming loaded rifle at officers

Cold comfort: Solo mum borrows to pay power bills

Kiwi households paying 'almost 80 per cent more for power today than in 1990'

Paramedic's rare and risky procedure to save 3-year-old Ivy

Swamped by cold calls: Consumer watchdog wants 'Do Not Call' register

Paramedic keeps job after making 'offensive' comments

Pumping his way back to health

From chemo to six-pack: 'I looked like a 67-year-old man'

Family struggle without power for days

A power box exploded on the street. Their household appliances were destroyed

Man died minutes after paramedics decided he didn't need to go to hospital

Central city tragedy: Man dies on Queen St after taking synthetic drugs

Tensions flare at inquest into near 18-year-old case

Apartment owner 'disgusted' controversial cladding not yet removed

Former cop accounts part in Wahine rescue