EconomyGovt didn't look at environment when awarding oil permitOfficial documents show the Government did not consider the environment when awarding an East Cape off shore oil exploration permit.20 Aug 12:00 AM
New ZealandParents join plea for help to find sonJessica and Damon Ward today appealed for people to take five minutes to check all around their properties in case their "curious little boy" had got lost and taken shelter.19 Aug 07:11 AM
New ZealandPolice again check river for missing boyA police dive squad is again scouring the Waimata River as the search for missing four-year-old Gisborne boy Lucas Ward enters its third day.19 Aug 12:10 AM
New ZealandPolice scour river, streets for missing four-year-oldThe frantic mother of a Gisborne preschooler was last night clinging to the hope her boy is alive, more than 40 hours after he vanished.18 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandPolice 'increasingly concerned' about missing boyGisborne residents are being urged to search their properties for Lucas Ward, 4.18 Aug 06:44 AM
New ZealandMissing boy, 4, known to 'wander off'The police dive squad is searching a Gisborne river close to the home where a four-year-old boy disappeared yesterday.17 Aug 11:15 PM
KahuNgati Porou historian diesRespected Ngati Porou kaumatua and historian, Dr Te Kapunga Matemoana Dewes, known as 'Koro', has died.17 Aug 10:34 PM
New ZealandFamily hunts through night for lost boy, 4Lucas Ward's family 'just turned around and he wasn't there', police say. Photo / NZPA17 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandMass arrests after all-in gang brawlA man was shot in the face and 24 arrests made after a violent gang brawl in the Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa this morning.10 Aug 05:12 AM
New ZealandDrug dealer should lose home, says CrownA man arrested during a major police drugs operation offended from his home and should forfeit it, the Crown says.08 Aug 12:32 AM
New ZealandWoman police officer attacked by drunk driverA woman police constable was attacked by a motorist she pulled over for drunken driving.31 Jul 10:48 PM
New ZealandDOC settles on Moko's resting placeThe debate over Moko's final resting place has been settled with the friendly bottlenose dolphin to be buried...14 Jul 05:47 AM
