P.E.I. carpenter Nicholas Herring wins Writers’ Trust fiction prize
TORONTO – Debut novelist Nicholas Herring took home the top fiction prize at the Writers’ Trust Awards Wednesday evening for his tale of a lobster fisher...
Police ask for help to find knife and car after Lower Hutt murder
Kent Blechynden/Stuff The man who died after a serious assault in Lower Hutt on October 14 was 52-year-old Craig McKelvie. Police are appealing for help to...
Hells Angels president on trial as ‘Big Fish’ in meth ring
A jury is set to spend most of a month learning the ins and outs of what police say was a methamphetamine ring involving Hells Angels...
Iwi representatives to serve on Tasman District Council, committees
Martin De Ruyter/Stuff Tasman district mayor Tim King, pictured at the council swearing in ceremony at Te Āwhina Marae in Motueka expects to have a closer...
Former Auckland board member claims ‘skulduggery’ in election, wants redo
Will McKenzie/Supplied Former Albert-Eden Local Board member Will McKenzie claims ballots were being picked up from houses and fraudulently used to vote. (File photo) A former...
Puutikitiki is a new place for offenders to ‘find their feet’ after release
Tom Lee/Stuff Puutikitiki used to be a home for the elderly but will now accommodate men just released from prison or on remand. Pictured from left...
First Friday to flood downtown Timaru with art and activity
Artists, performers, musicians, retailers and hospitality operators will come together on Friday night to take over downtown Timaru for the inaugural Ignite Timaru First Friday event....
Covid-19 cases in Canterbury ‘rising rapidly’, health officials say
Ella Bates-Hermans/Stuff Canterbury recorded 2579 in the last seven-day period reported by officials, up from 1850 the week before. Hospitalisations and deaths from Covid-19 in Canterbury...
Watch: Timelapse of Wellington’s newest waterfront building going up
Timelapse video has been released of the construction of Wellington’s newest waterfront building. The 3800-square-metre Bell Gully building, built by Willis Bond, on the waterfront just...
Kiribati appoints attorney-general to replace suspended New Zealand chief judge
New Zealand is “concerned” the Kiribati government has replaced its chief judge, a New Zealander, with the Kiribati attorney-general in a possible breach of the separation...