Articles by NZME.news
-
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...
-
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....
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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,...
-
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...
-
National
Body of climber recovered from mountain
Sunday, 14 December 2014, 8:16AMThe body of a climber who died on Mount Cook has been recovered.
-
National
Concerns over doping in schoolboy rugby
Sunday, 14 December 2014, 8:06AMNew concerns are being raised about the potential use of performance-enhancing drugs in schoolboy rugby. Drug Free Sport...
-
National
Men rescued after car flips in Taranaki
Sunday, 14 December 2014, 7:42AMMore than 25 men and a digger were involved in the rescue of two men whose four-wheel-drive flipped at a Taranaki race meet. Regan...
-
National
Man drowns in McLaren Falls
Sunday, 14 December 2014, 7:39AMShock for two friends of a man who drowned in McLaren Falls near Tauranga. The group was looking for a camping spot with...
-
National
Police pepper spray, shoot man's dog
Saturday, 13 December 2014, 9:10AMA man whose dog was chased, pepper sprayed and then shot dead by two police officers, is demanding compensation. Police have...