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Māori Businesswomen's Awards take place at the Aotea Centre on July 29. Photo / Supplied Māori Businesswomen's Awards take place at the Aotea Centre on July 29. Photo / Supplied Wāhine Māori in business will be celebrated for their resilience and service to their communities at this year's Māori Businesswomen's …

Thousands of West Aucklanders have signed a petition that plans for the maternity unit be approved before June so development can start this year. Photo / Sylvie Whinray Thousands of West Aucklanders have signed a petition that plans for the maternity unit be approved before June so development can start …

People on foot still tried to get their chicken fix by lining up alongside cars at the Whanganui KFC drive-through after the restaurant closed. Photo / supplied People on foot still tried to get their chicken fix by lining up alongside cars at the Whanganui KFC drive-through after the restaurant …

On Tuesday Chase Whareaorere pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery in Whanganui District Court. Sheldon Rogerson plead guilty to one count of conversion of a vehicle. On Tuesday Chase Whareaorere pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery in Whanganui District Court. Sheldon Rogerson plead guilty to one count of conversion of a vehicle. …

From her kitchen window, a witness at the High Court in Whanganui told the jury yesterday she saw Craig Rippon attacked "with rage, with anger, with force". Tyrone Peter Madams, Matthew Thomas Madams, Kevin Roy Madams and two youths are charged with the murder of Mr Rippon, 57, in Whanganui …

LIFE LINE: Avonlea rest home manager Anna Grey says the elderly are suffering under the lines charges. Photo/James Baker LIFE LINE: Avonlea rest home manager Anna Grey says the elderly are suffering under the lines charges. Photo/James Baker For years Ohakune and the wider King Country have been battling The …

The giant wooden man watches over Kiwiburn, as tents emerge from the ground. Photograph by Bevan Conley. The giant wooden man watches over Kiwiburn, as tents emerge from the ground. Photograph by Bevan Conley. Every year in late January a community of tents emerges from a paddock in Hunterville. Kiwiburn …

Some may consider proposing 19 months after meeting someone, enduring almost a year long-distance then moving halfway around the world to marry them, a bit risky. But for David Gear, life is too short for 'what ifs'.

By the time she was 19, Chloe had already written eight novels. Photo / Instagram Chloe Gong wrote These Violent Delights in her childhood home in Auckland in May 2018. As in: that month she started writing it, and also finished. She was 19. Seven months later she landed a …

MEDIA. The number one stadium in the world: Eden Park rockets to the top of international rankings.

Whanganui's Te Awhina mental health facility recorded overcrowding and multiple violent incidents over the course of 2020.

Ron Brierley told police officers quizzing him over a cache of images of naked children he had saved to several devices that the pictures were "all perfectly okay" and he had downloaded them because he thought they "looked interesting".

An investigation into use of force within the Whanganui policing district.

Sherry Zhang shares what it means for her to be part of an anthology of Asian writing. In A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand, the first-ever anthology of its kind, editors Paula Morris and Alison Wong note that the word "Asian" contains a large, complex and …

A protester flashes the victory sign in front of burning tires and debris on road 60, near Khartoum's army headquarters, in Sudan. File photo / AP A protester flashes the victory sign in front of burning tires and debris on road 60, near Khartoum's army headquarters, in Sudan. File photo …

Zac Guildford and Sonny Bill Williams wrestle during training for the Rugby World Cup. Photo / AP Zac Guildford and Sonny Bill Williams wrestle during training for the Rugby World Cup. Photo / AP Sonny Bill Williams has expressed his support for fellow All Black Zac Guildford. Williams, currently on …

Zac Guildford and Sonny Bill Williams wrestle during training for the Rugby World Cup. Photo / AP Zac Guildford and Sonny Bill Williams wrestle during training for the Rugby World Cup. Photo / AP Sonny Bill Williams has expressed his support for fellow All Black Zac Guildford. Williams, currently on …

Lonely Planet describes New Zealand's oldest park Tongariro as "a serene realm of geological anomalies". Photo / Greg Bowker Lonely Planet describes New Zealand's oldest park Tongariro as "a serene realm of geological anomalies". Photo / Greg Bowker Lonely Planet has named Tongariro National Park as one of the world's …

French researchers have made a surprising link between somking cannabis and body weight. File photo / Thinkstock A French study has found marijuana smokers may have a lower risk of obesity that those who don't use the drug. Although a common side effect of the drug is the "munchies", the …

National Party leader John Key and Act Party member John Banks at their cafe meeting in Newmarket last week. Photo / Dean Purcell National Party leader John Key and Act Party member John Banks at their cafe meeting in Newmarket last week. Photo / Dean Purcell The International Federation of …

Three American college students have been arrested in the Cairo protests at Tahrir Square. Luke Gates, 21, Gregory Porter, 19, and Derrick Sweeney, 21, were arrested on the roof of a university building where they were allegedly throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters near Tahrir Square. The official …

At Guantanamo Bay, detainees were returned to isolation after very short breaks over a period of 18 months, according to the UN. Photo / AP At Guantanamo Bay, detainees were returned to isolation after very short breaks over a period of 18 months, according to the UN. Photo / AP …

Exclusive: Sir Ron Brierley waved away questions about his guilty plea on charges of possessing child sexual abuse images after a court hearing in Sydney today. The disgraced businessman appeared outside his lawyer's office shortly after the hearing. He was alone, dressed in a yellow jacket, shorts and running shoes, …

Sir Ron Brierley has pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material at a Sydney court hearing this morning. Of the 17 charges faced, Brierley entered pleas of guilty to three charges. The other charges against Brierley were withdrawn.

PAID MEDIA. Initiatives aimed at leveraging the America's Cup to improve the health of our oceans and coastlines in the event's wake.

MEDIA. Summer is calling, and Tamaki Makaurau Auckland is the place to be.

Exclusive: Business tycoon Sir Ron Brierley now faces 17 charges relating to alleged possession of child abuse material, according to details revealed before the latest court hearing. At Sydney's Downing Street Local Court this morning, the case against Brierley was adjourned for another eight weeks. The delay followed an earlier …

TJ Perenara is a recognised World Cup winner and Super Rugby champion – yet his path to parenthood sparked a very different empowering journey, one he describes among his most rewarding.

Jamieson's height was not always the blessing it evolved to be. In his mid-teens, before his now imposing frame filled out to extract steep, envious bounce, the New Zealand cricket breakout talent vividly recalls being openly mocked for standing out from the crowd.

19-hour surgery left former Blues player Matt Johnson with an open chest in induced coma for six days.