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A flight radar website tracked last night's flight.

NEW ZEALAND

Two men confirmed dead after light plane crash

24 Mar, 2019 5:57pm
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The plane's wreckage was found this morning in steep terrain.

The vigil at Auckland Domain on Friday. Photo / Getty Images

NEW ZEALAND

Vigil or political rally? Why some walked out of Auckland Domain event

24 Mar, 2019 12:16pm
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"These were the voices from the frontline of everything we need to heal."

The man went missing after getting into trouble swimming at the main beach at Bethells/Te Henga. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Father swept away while swimming with family at Auckland beach

22 Mar, 2019 8:27am
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A rescue helicopter was unable to locate the person.

A banner outside Hamilton's Jamia Masjid mosque. Photo / Tim Macindoe

HAMILTON NEWS

Hamilton mosque opens door to the public to mark Christchurch shootings

22 Mar, 2019 8:11am
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A two minute silence will be held today to mark the Christchurch Mosque shootings.

NEW ZEALAND

Call for Air NZ to change 'racist' tā moko policy

21 Mar, 2019 12:13pm
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The airline has now signalled changes were in the pipeline.

Chef Rewi Spraggon and his Māori Kitchen staff on Auckland's waterfront will be serving food to raise funds for the Christchurch Muslim community tomorrow. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Hākari aroha: 'Feast of love' fundraiser for mosque victims

21 Mar, 2019 10:51am
2 minutes to read

"It may be a little thing, but we are a little kitchen, with a big heart."

A vigil on Takapuna Beach, Auckland, on Saturday. Photo / Chris Loufte

NEW ZEALAND

Isis threat 'real': Why the show of solidarity from New Zealanders is critical

21 Mar, 2019 7:30am
4 minutes to read

'How we respond as a nation will determine the level of threat,' says security expert.

Students from St Paul's College in Auckland sing Mo Maria at Al-Masjid Al Jāmie Mosque in Ponsonby. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Watch: Auckland students' incredible singing in mosque

21 Mar, 2019 6:38am
Quick Read

The St Paul's College students chose the Māori hymn "Mo Maria".

Sydney (Hirini) Heremaia says he has been turned down for a job with Air NZ because of his Ta Moko. Photo / Michael Cunningham

NEW ZEALAND

Whangārei man turned down job by Air NZ over tā moko

21 Mar, 2019 5:00am
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"To have Air New Zealand call it body art made me feel shit for being Māori."

The Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Mongrel Mob to guard mosque during Friday prayer

20 Mar, 2019 7:56am
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Waikato Muslim Association president urges the members to join them in prayer instead.

Hunting and Fishing wants to see a ban on online sales of guns following Friday's mosque attacks in Christchurch. Photo / Michael Craig

NEW ZEALAND

Major gun store calls for online sales ban

20 Mar, 2019 6:06am
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Hunting and Fishing also wants to see an investigation into a national register.

Gregory Burke has withdrawn from his new role as director of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Auckland Art Gallery director steps down amid harassment allegation

19 Mar, 2019 10:04am
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He withdrew as he awaits "the opportunity to address an unproven allegation against me".

An AR-15 gun that could be subjected to a ban. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Interest in semi-automatic guns surges as ban mooted

19 Mar, 2019 9:19am
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There are also fears a ban could send thousands of guns underground.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hugs a mosque-goer at the Kilbirnie Mosque in Wellington on Monday. Photo / Getty

NEW ZEALAND

Muslim woman's 'beautiful' message touches the world

19 Mar, 2019 7:04am
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"What you also have done, is brought us closer together."

Sayyad Milne, a 14-year-old student at Cashmere High School, died at the Al Noor Mosque on Friday. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

'Share the love': Christchurch students in vigil for mosque victims

18 Mar, 2019 7:53am
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Seven people associated with Cashmere High are believed to have been killed or injured.

Ani Pahuru-Huriwai, director of Te Runanganui o Ngāti Porou, says we must leave the world better than we found it. Photo / Alan Gibson

NEW ZEALAND

Our dying forest and the community mission to bring it back to life

17 Mar, 2019 5:00am
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"This is what a dying forest looks like."

Carl Pomare and a colleague were some of the first on the scene at a central Christchurch mosque shooting. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Workers nursed 5-year-old victim, cradled dead

15 Mar, 2019 5:12pm
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"People in front of us, mowed down by a semi-automatic rifle, just ordinary people."

Auckland Art Gallery's incoming director Gregory Burke is being investigated for workplace harassment. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Auckland Art Gallery director breaks silence on harassment claim

13 Mar, 2019 4:17pm
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Gregory Burke is set to step into his new role next month.

Great Barrier Island residents are up in arms over the decision. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

'Disgusting': Great Barrier Island set to take millions of tonnes of Auckland's waste

12 Mar, 2019 2:42pm
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Sediment dumped to increase from 50,000 to 250,000 cubic metres annually.

Police and a security guard at the Kingseat property where Denver Chance's body was found yesterday. Photograph / Jason Oxenham

NEW ZEALAND

Community in shock after Denver Chance death

11 Mar, 2019 11:36am
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Residents of the suburb where Denver Chance was found dead have reacted with shock.

Singer Rebecca Wright with her one-week-old baby Harry as she auditions for the stage show Les Miserables. Photo / Dean Purcell.

ENTERTAINMENT

Les Misérables audition at 39 weeks pregnant

10 Mar, 2019 5:00am
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Less than 24 hours after her audition she was in labour.

A woman urinating just off State Highway 1 in Ashburton. Photo / Facebook

NEW ZEALAND

'Absolutely disgusted': Police investigating after tour group urinate on side of road

9 Mar, 2019 6:22pm
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Ashburton residents are disgusted, and police are investigating.

Emergency services at the scene of a fatal crash near Tekapo. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

'Mangled mess': Three Chinese tourists dead, five injured in Tekapo crash

8 Mar, 2019 4:21pm
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One of the first people at the scene of the triple fatal crash describes the scene.

Māori and Pasifika health experts have reported racism and

NEW ZEALAND

Māori, Pasifika health experts report feeling 'token' on advisory boards

7 Mar, 2019 10:08am
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"I don't want them to think I've just been plucked in as a brown girl or woman."

That Māori are disproportionately represented in jail is well known, lesser known is the issue of police discretion, a Waitangi Tribunal claim alleges. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Hearing sought over alleged police bias in Māori prosecutions

27 Feb, 2019 2:04pm
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Police discretion in prosecuting Māori is the focus of the Waitangi Tribunal claim.

Mt Hutt staff woke up to 50cm of the good stuff on Monday. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Winter wonderland: Up to 50cm summer snow at skifields

26 Feb, 2019 10:58am
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"It is definitely unusual to be contemplating the prospect of skiing in February."

Police and emergency services rushed to the Hawea Flat area after reports of the crash. Photo / James Allan

NEW ZEALAND

Jet boat community in 'total shock' after death

25 Feb, 2019 7:54am
2 minutes to read

The boat skidded 40 metres along a bank after leaving the river.

Eiffel en Eden says this sign refers to groceries, not violence against women. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Valentine's Day massacre: Restaurant blasted for 'tone deaf' sign

14 Feb, 2019 8:18am
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Manager insists the sign refers to helping women with the groceries, not violence.

Sydney has a history of dust storms, like this one in 2009. Photo / Getty Images

NEW ZEALAND

Valentine's Day: Aussie blows Kiwis a big dusty kiss

14 Feb, 2019 5:41am
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Australia sending its dust - and its heat - our way.

NEW ZEALAND

Out after nearly 40 years: One of NZ's most notorious prisoners walks free

11 Feb, 2019 10:19am
4 minutes to read

He plans to get a law degree and work in the social justice arena.

Massey University researchers are calling for greater protection for haka after finding its misuse by commercial entities overseas

SPORT

Plea to protect haka ahead of Cup

11 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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Commercial use of haka often misses the key narratives, researcher says.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern poses with fans at the 20th anniversary Big Gay Out. Photo / Peter Meecham

NEW ZEALAND

Sun, rainbows and a baby announcement at Big Gay Out 2019

10 Feb, 2019 4:00pm
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Thousands turn out for the Auckland festival celebrating the rainbow community.

NEW ZEALAND

First Big Gay Out as Prime Minister for Ardern

10 Feb, 2019 3:13pm
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Ardern says more work to be done to make New Zealand more inclusive of LGBTQI.

Labour MP Tamati Coffey and his partner Tim Smith announced at the 20th anniversary of the Big Gay Out that they were going to have a baby. Photo / Peter Meecham

NEW ZEALAND

Labour MP Tāmati Coffey and partner expecting baby

10 Feb, 2019 2:43pm
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Coffey and his partner have been together over a decade and had a civil union in 2011.

Michelle Roache from Mt Albert rides the world's longest waterslide out near Bethells. Photo / Dean Purcell

LIFESTYLE

What a rush: Riding down the world's longest water slide

9 Feb, 2019 8:46am
4 minutes to read

The slide runs for 600m down a hill with a 111m descent.

The first flames caused by a spark from agricultural machinery on a Pigeon Valley farm. Photo / Joel Scott

NEW ZEALAND

Fire risk could more than double with climate change

8 Feb, 2019 11:22am
5 minutes to read

Nelson has already felt 15 days of "very high" or "extreme" fire danger this year.

Māngere's James Papali'i was a founding member of the Manukau Outrigger Canoe Club in 1988. Photo / Doug Sherring

NEW ZEALAND

Waka ama race through Auckland retraces 800-year-old Tainui route

8 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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The race which tells the story of some of the area's first explorers enters its 27th year.

Renegar Glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains, East Antarctica. Once considered inert, the East Antarctic ice sheet is showing increasing signs of change. Photo / Nick Golledge

NEW ZEALAND

'Extreme and unpredictable' weather to get worse as ice sheets melt

7 Feb, 2019 7:00am
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Researchers call for an "urgent review" of global policy to avoid dangerous impacts.

About a third of all missions by the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter are to Waiheke Island, which has a population of about 9400 people. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Waiheke Island - the most dangerous place in Auckland to visit

3 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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A third of all helicopter rescues in Auckland were carried out on the idyllic island.

Luca Jury (7) of Dunedin enjoying the warm weather at the St Clair Salt Water Pool on Thursday. Photo / Peter McIntosh

NEW ZEALAND

The hot week that was

1 Feb, 2019 12:13pm
4 minutes to read

Records were broken and heatwaves experienced across the country.

Synthetic chemicals can be added to weaker mānuka honey to give it a higher value. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Mānuka honey prosecution first of its kind

1 Feb, 2019 10:07am
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It comes after the company was forced to recall 18 mānuka honey products in 2016.

Emile Vollenhoven, 27, and his girlfriend Brittany Homan, 24, in Huacachina, Peru, where they went dune buggying and sand boarding. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

'Loving and caring' Kiwi who died on Death Road remembered

31 Jan, 2019 9:16am
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Emile was 3 months into the trip of a lifetime through South America with his girlfriend.

A bluebottle jellyfish washed up on a beach. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

'Plague' of bluebottle jellyfish at Raglan beach

30 Jan, 2019 1:02pm
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Surf life savers report pods of "hundreds" of bluebottles.

It's another day of beach weather across much of the country. Photo / Duncan Brown

NEW ZEALAND

No slowing the heat wave down: Temps top 30C in parts of NZ

30 Jan, 2019 12:00pm
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It's already over 30C and it's only midday.

Aura Welsh, 3, enjoys playing in the water at Lake Okareka near Rotorua. Photo / Stephen Parker

NEW ZEALAND

Weather dial starting to crank over 30C

29 Jan, 2019 11:02am
4 minutes to read

Auckland could see one of its hottest days in years.

One person was killed in the crash at the intersection of Ti Rakau Drive and Botany Road. Photo / Sam Sword

NEW ZEALAND

Hit from behind: Motorist killed waiting at traffic light

29 Jan, 2019 8:24am
2 minutes to read

They died after another car ploughed into the back of their car.

They're gone! Unruly tourists slam NZ 'holiday from hell'

28 Jan, 2019 3:08pm
4 minutes to read

The family have called their New Zealand trip a "holiday from hell".

NEW ZEALAND

They're gone! Unruly tourists slam NZ 'holiday from hell'

28 Jan, 2019 7:22am
4 minutes to read

The family have called their New Zealand trip a "holiday from hell".

NEW ZEALAND

Māori burial sites in peril due to climate change

28 Jan, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Answers needed as climate change, storm events threaten to wash away remains.

One sister broke three bones in her face (right), while the other was concussed following the alleged attack at Dressmart Mall in Onehunga. Photo / Michael Craig

NEW ZEALAND

'I am scared': Traumatised after brutal incident at mall

27 Jan, 2019 6:15pm
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They say the unprovoked attack has made them feel unsafe in New Zealand.

Founding board members of Kī o Rahi Tāmaki Makaurau Danny Maera (left) and Danica Walker (right). Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Traditional Māori game kī o rahi growing in Auckland

25 Jan, 2019 11:06am
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A body has been set up in Auckland to grow the traditional Māori game, similar to rugby.

A cervical cell sample is applied to a slide. Researchers say HPV self-testing could increase screening rates, especially among Māori women. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Cervical cancer self-testing could save Māori women's lives

23 Jan, 2019 3:56pm
4 minutes to read

Māori women are three times more likely to die from the disease than Pākehā.

The offending image from Melbourne bar Freddie Wimpoles, featuring its namesake with a tā moko and Māori cloak. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Aussie bar accused of 'mocking Māori culture'

22 Jan, 2019 4:21pm
4 minutes to read

The bar has since removed the offending advertisement.

Course tutor Rob Thomson said he was excited about the community having a new relationship with cannabis and the job opportunities it would bring. Photo / Alan Gibson

NEW ZEALAND

Big Read: Down on the cannabis farm at Ruatoria

19 Jan, 2019 8:35pm
12 minutes to read

Hemp giving small Māori community of Ruatoria a chance to redefine itself.

Henderson residents Tania Matthews and her husband say they were duped out of $1700 by two men who said they would water blast and paint their roof but left it patchy. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Fake tradesmen: Couple latest victims in run of roof scams

19 Jan, 2019 7:33am
4 minutes to read

'I am really angry at myself for falling for it.'

Nicole Williams, 20, had to travel 20,000km to Wirral in England to have eye proton beam radiotherapy. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Kiwi woman travels 20,000km to save her eye

19 Jan, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Nicole Williams was stunned when doctors told her the mole on her eye was cancerous.

Bach 78 at Islington Bay on Rangitoto Island is available to rent. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Bid to extend public access to Rangitoto baches

17 Jan, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Conservation group wants to restore two baches and use building for wedding functions.

A kiwi is captured stopping for a drink on Stewart Island. Photo / Stewart Island Kiwi

NEW ZEALAND

Rare footage: Ever wondered how kiwi drink?

16 Jan, 2019 8:12pm
Quick Read

Rare footage shows a Stewart Island kiwi stopping for a drink in a pond.

The 26-year-old man accused of murdering Grace Millane will appear at the High Court in Auckland today. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Grace Millane murder accused in court today

16 Jan, 2019 7:00am
2 minutes to read

The British backpacker was found dead a week after her 22nd birthday.

A couple of hardy holidaymakers take to Buffalo Beach at Whitianga on the Coromandel earlier this month. Photo / Alan Gibson

NEW ZEALAND

The heavens will open: Torrential rain, flood warnings for east coast

16 Jan, 2019 5:48am
3 minutes to read

Parts of the east coast could see 120mm of rain in a 24-hour period.

Passengers on American Airlines flight 82 that had to be diverted to Honolulu after a passenger fell ill. Photo / Paul Ross

BUSINESS

Horror flight: Passenger severely ill on Auckland-LA plane

15 Jan, 2019 11:20pm
2 minutes to read

Doctors and nurses worked for hours on the passenger to "keep him alive".

NEW ZEALAND

'Inquisitive' orca family treats sightseers

14 Jan, 2019 12:22pm
3 minutes to read

One of the orca calves was seen "spy-hopping out of the water".