Articles by NZME.news
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Education
Teachers who force-fed children to resume teaching
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 5:00pmTwo early childhood teachers who admitted to mistreating young children in their care can continue to teach, although it...
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Crime
Man receives life sentence for murdering wife
Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 5:26pmA man has been jailed for at least 13 years for murdering his wife and stabbing a man who went to her assistance. Mandeep...
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Education
Teacher found guilty of indecent act named
Saturday, 4 July 2015, 7:50amThe former teacher found guilty of masturbating in a classroom during school hours can now be named as Simon Bede James Toon....
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Auckland
Willowbank Primary school closed over tummy bug (+STATEMENT)
Friday, 28 November 2014, 11:21amUpdated 3:30pm: A reminder to regularly wash your hands following as a gastro bug does the rounds at an east Auckland school. Willowbank...
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Auckland
Auckland Museum to remove live exhibits
Wednesday, 19 November 2014, 11:38amAuckland Museum's creepy critters are crawling out of the Weird and Wonderful zone. The museum says it's not part of its...
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Auckland
Over 50 homes in path of proposed highway
Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 10:52amFifty-four homes are in the path of a new four lane highway planned to link Manukau with Flat Bush and Alfriston. Auckland...
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Auckland
Hefty rates rises likely for some Auckland homes
Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 10:19amSome Auckland households are staring at an average rates increase of 5.6 percent next year - and 126,000 households face...
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Crime
Iron bar removed from victim's head
Saturday, 17 January 2015, 9:57amUPDATED 11.16am: Police are hunting two men in the Bay of Plenty after an attack which put another man in hospital with an...
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National
Crash south of Auckland leaves Motorcyclist dead
Saturday, 10 January 2015, 3:44pmUPDATED 5:43pm: A man has died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car being driven by his partner in the...
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Crime
Baby at centre of Christchurch homicide named
Friday, 9 January 2015, 3:49pmUPDATED 4:52pm: Pictures and poems have been uploaded onto an on-line tribute page for the one year old baby at the centre...
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Emergency
Levin house fire 'likely caused by children'
Friday, 9 January 2015, 2:09pmThe Fire Service says a house fire in Levin was likely caused by children playing with matches or lighters. NZME reports...
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Crime
Teen computer scammer granted bail
Friday, 9 January 2015, 1:29pmA teenager accused of scamming people around the country out of thousands of dollars with fake computer sales has been granted...
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National
Fox slammed over Paris terror attack comments
Thursday, 8 January 2015, 2:58pmFormer broadcaster and Maori Party candidate Derek Fox has been slammed for suggesting Charlie Hebdo's chief editor "paid...
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Crime
Tauranga man faces rape, assault charges
Thursday, 8 January 2015, 12:57pmThe identity of a Tauranga man charged with raping a woman and assaulting another with a knife has been suppressed. The 18-year-old...
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National
Man dead after car rolls on Papamoa beach
Friday, 2 January 2015, 6:20amA night drive along Papamoa Beach has left one man dead. Emergency services in the Western Bay of Plenty were called to the...
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Emergency
Search continues after Harihari crash
Wednesday, 31 December 2014, 6:59amUPDATED 9:55am: Heavy rain is preventing police entering Westland's Wanganui River, where a car plunged off a bridge yesterday...
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Crime
Kiwi arrested in Thailand, wanted in NZ
Tuesday, 30 December 2014, 7:43amA New Zealand man allegedly caught with drugs in Phuket is wanted in New Zealand on fraud charges. The man was arrested in...
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National
Auckland boaties swamped by freak wave
Tuesday, 30 December 2014, 6:02amUPDATED 1:15pm: The names of the two men who died crossing the notorious Manukau Bar have been released. Police say they...
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National
New Safeswim site for Auckland swimmers
Monday, 29 December 2014, 7:47amAuckland Council's working on a better way to tell people its beaches are safe. At present the Safeswim site can tell you...
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National
Courier Post contractor kicked and threw parcels (+ VIDEO)
Tuesday, 23 December 2014, 10:59amA Courier Post contractor in the Waikato region will be spoken to after a video posted on Facebook apparently shows employees...
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Entertainment
Sol3 Mio tenor's on stage proposal
Monday, 22 December 2014, 9:57amThe audience at last night's Sol3 Mio operatic concert in Auckland found themselves drawn into a real-life opera when tenor...
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Politics
Brownlee contradicted on airport security breach
Friday, 19 December 2014, 12:34pmGerry Brownlee is standing by his version of how his airport security breach took place - after being contradicted by an...
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National
Auckland flights disrupted by fog
Friday, 19 December 2014, 9:35amFlights in and out of Auckland have been disrupted by fog this morning Those leaving Auckland for Queenstown, Taupo, Kaitaia,...
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Crime
Two men in court over Mansfield Street murder
Tuesday, 16 December 2014, 9:43amTwo men are due in the Tauranga District Court today over the murder of 19-year-old Takena Tiepa-Ranapia. Mr Tiepa Ranapia...