One dead after crash on Waikato Expressway
Google Maps/Supplied The Waikato Expressway was closed near Hampton Downs following a fatal crash. A person has died following a crash on the Waikato Expressway. The...
Amaka Umeh is engrossing and revelatory in the Stratford Festival’s ‘Hamlet’
Hamlet By William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Pasyk. Until Oct. 28 at the Festival Theatre, 55 Queen St., Stratford. stratfordfestival.ca or 1-800-567-1000 A new era dawns...
House shot at on Auckland’s North Shore
Google Maps/Supplied Police are investigating after the incident on Mirage Place in Beach Haven. (Generic photo) A house on Auckland’s North Shore has been shot at...
Tom Blundell puts century thought out of mind as Black Caps eye win over England
At Lord’s, day two: New Zealand 132 and 236-4 (D Mitchell 97 not out, T Blundell 90 not out) v England 141 (Z Crawley 43; T...
Three of the best things to do on Waiheke Island
There is so much more to Auckland’s island of wine than crushed grapes. Connells Bay Sculpture Park Gregor Kregar ‘Vanish’ by Gregor Kregar features 160 glazed...
Renewed calls to address migrant doctor ‘bottleneck’ as GP shortage worsens
Jason Dorday/Stuff Psychiatrist Anil Channa is lobbying on behalf of a group of 150 overseas-trained doctors who have been unable to find work despite massive skill...
No underlying reasons for Jamie Booth’s pending departure
Peter Lampp is a sports columnist and former sports editor based in Palmerston North. OPINION: When we broke it that Manawatū Turbos halfback Jamie Booth would...
What to do with a semi-scary squeal-inducing seal? One of 4.5 million tasks when a museum tidies up
Rory’s a startling seal. Close up you wouldn’t think so. He’s at best a passably plausible prop head. But that’s not the point. He knows how...
Third of tamariki in Nelson-Marlborough overdue for dental check-ups
More than a third of children in Te Tauihu (the top of the south) are overdue their dental check-up A shortage of oral health therapists means...
The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial was a court-sanctioned rebuke of MeToo
I tried to avoid the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard. I didn’t want to watch a conversation about domestic abuse become...