Could this spiky, green vegetable help solve New Zealand’s rising food prices?
A spiky, green vegetable could help nourish the nation in the face of soaring food prices, a Taranaki man says. Lindsay Maindonald, of Eltham, may just...
Satisfaction with Christchurch council plummets to 15-year low
CHRIS SKELTON/Stuff Chief executive of Christchurch City Council Dawn Baxendale said council strongly recognises the need for improvement. Christchurch ratepayers have delivered a damning verdict on...
Mayors take Three Waters property ownership concerns to High Court
JOHN BISSET/Stuff Timaru District mayor Nigel Bowen said property rights are ‘’absolutely fundamental’’ in New Zealand. (File photo) In a bid to defend “fundamental property rights”...
Hawke’s Bay flu numbers on the rise, 33 hospitalised with influenza plus 14 with Covid-19
A spike in the number of people being hospitalised for influenza has prompted Hawke’s Bay health officials to urge people to take flu symptoms seriously. There...
Man jailed after breaking eye sockets of four-month-old baby
A man who broke into the home of an Ashburton family and brutally assaulted a sleeping baby, breaking her eye-sockets before turning on her mother as...
Silver Lake deal monumental for South Canterbury Rugby
John Bisset/Stuff The South Canterbury Rugby Football Union’s chief executive Craig Calder is celebrating the Silver Lake deal and what it means for provincial rugby. (File...
What the lucky $6.3 million Lotto winner could buy in Auckland
Imagine winning $6.3 million. One lucky Kiwi doesn’t have to sit at their desk daydreaming any more, after winning precisely that much in Wednesday night’s draw....
Emotional final blessing of Waikeria’s top jail after riot reduced it to rubble
A yellow flower was placed on the crumbling structure of Waikeria prison’s top jail as it was formally farewelled on Friday. The 111-year-old building, which used...
Ambulance staff spend 3000 hours stuck outside emergency departments
Ambulance staff spent 3000 extra hours – or 125 days – waiting to transfer patients to emergency departments around the country last month, as hospitals have...
Warriors need to cut out the schoolboy errors claims Stacey Jones
If it wasn’t for the dumb individual errors, then who knows where this Warriors team would be right now? The Warriors, who play the Sea Eagles...