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Focus: Police update on Ponsonby Rd shooting

Detective Inspector Chris Barry talks to media after suspected gunman found dead

Ponsonby gunman dead, Canterbury fires and airborne crash | Focus Morning Bulletin May 8, 2024

Alleged Ponsonby gunman found dead, two Canterbury houses go up in flames and footage emerges of a terrifying airborne crash in the latest NZ Herald headlines.

The Crown Lynn Potteries was a whānau affair

Crown Lynn Pottery was a major employer in West Auckland.

Eurovision 2024: Who should represent New Zealand at Malmö?

Sweden is set to host the 'Olympics of camp', which attracted 162 million viewers in 2023.

Kea Kids News: Baby Timons! Real life meerkat pups make their public debut

It’s meerkat mania at Natureland Wildlife Trust in Nelson! Kea Kids News reporter Aria has made some new best friends and is taking us along for the cuteness. Video / Kea Kids News

Flight delayed? Air NZ reveal the most common reason for late flights

The cause is behind one-third of delayed flights, Air NZ's Chief Operating Officer says.

'I love the port, I still do': Former Port of Auckland boss takes stand in workplace death case

'Mr Gibson never sought to avoid his responsibilities to the port. He does not do so now.'

Police investigation into an alleged sexual assault at rental viewing inadequate - IPCA

New Zealand Police has since apologised in person to the man in relation to this incident.

Simon Bridges says NZ wasn't ready for a Māori PM: 'I didn’t think enough about race relations'

The former National leader stepped away for a quiet life away from politics,. Or has he?

House insurance, Qantas sale and Watercare deal | Focus Morning Bulletin May 6, 2024

Insurance costs for houses rise, Qantas launches global sale and Aucklanders dodge 26 per cent water rates hike in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

‘Māori Seabed, For Shore!’ - Two decades on from the largest hīkoi in a generation

Twenty years on from the biggest protest in Aotearoa, how far have we come?

Ngai Tahu defends Māori sites amid Grey District protest

Ngāi Tahu has defended Māori sites of significance in the Grey rohe.

NZ's $1.8b pet boom: why dogs are now as spoiled as kids

With dogs now viewed as treasured family member, owners spoil them more than their kids.

Sports bodies taking head knocks seriously but can’t be blamed for all past collisions

OPINION: Sport is gladiatorial and tribal, not played by the faint-hearted.

‘Everything all good’: Defiant realtor who refused course on Māori values back at work

Lawyers won interim court order over licence ahead of judicial review later in the year.

Revised book on TW Ratana to hit shelves next week

It’s 100 years since Ratana travelled but his work is etched in the UN's walls.