14+ hour, 39+ min ago   (519+ words) Beneficiaries are living on an average of $251 a week once they've covered their housing costs, a government report shows. A budgeting advisor says her clients are not getting by, and every day someone seeks help with KiwiSaver hardship withdrawals to…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1009+ words) Nala the rescue dog was destined to become a film star but instead became the lead character in her own story, which ended with her death. It was a devastating loss for her owner Kelsi Ball, who has now spoken…...

12+ hour, 1+ min ago   (330+ words) A fisherman has spent a cold night marooned on rocks in the Far North after being caught out by the tide. Senior Constable Sam Davidson, of Northland Police Search and Rescue, said the man set off around the rocks at…...

12+ hour, 35+ min ago   (361+ words) Four central Christchurch sites have been shortlisted for a national memorial to honour the 51 people killed in the March 15 terror attacks. The sites are Victoria Lake in Hagley Park, South Rolleston Avenue where flowers were laid after the 2019 shootings and…...

14+ hour, 23+ min ago   (480+ words) Harassment may have contributed to the death of a leopard seal in Wellington that drew of hundreds, a marine biologist says. The Department of Conservation said the seal was found dead in the Hutt River on Saturday afternoon. The female…...

19+ hour, 41+ min ago   (506+ words) There were early signs of Terry Stringer’s calling as a sculptor. As a boy in England, he would make human figures out of plasticine. “I have a distinct memory that I had the illusion that if one was a good…...

20+ hour, 22+ min ago   (173+ words) A leopard seal which hundreds of spectators visited has died, A Hutt City Councillor says. The female leopard seal was spotted two weeks ago lounging on Petone Beach, with some concerns members of the public were harassing the animal. Councillor…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (609+ words) Leonard Hansen trashed a farmhouse and caused nearly $20,000 in damage before stealing a quad bike and riding more than 100km along a busy tourist route to his grandmother's home. He was captured by CCTV heading along Inland Scenic Route 72 in the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (691+ words) Researchers believe a floating garden of native Australian plants on a wastewater lagoon in Victoria's east could help tackle greenhouse gas emissions, after it cut the lagoon's emissions by about 30 percent. The floating wetland is part of a world-first study…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (460+ words) A woman whose home was gutted by burglars who ripped copper pipes from the walls lost far more than metal, with thieves also taking sentimental pieces she had collected with her late husband. Clifton Yates and his associates not only…...