An army warrant officer’s medals stolen from a ute seven years ago are now on their way back to their owner – thanks to an eagle-eyed op-shopper.Warrant officer Clive Douglas was devastated when his set of miniatures, worn on formal occasions, were taken from his ute parked at Wellington Airport…

A man has been charged with murder following a fatal assault in Palmerston North yesterday.Police were called to a Te Awe Awe St address in Hokowhitu just after 8am.Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Thompson said a critically injured man was located who died a short time later, leading to the launch…

The Auckland-based, Canadian-born billionaire making a bid for NZME’s board says editorial content is a “side issue” and journalists should be “optimistic” about the future.Private equity tycoon Jim Grenon, a New Zealand resident since 2012, bought a 9.3% stake in NZME for just over $9 million. NZME is publisher of…

By Gyles Beckford of RNZ Bank profits have come through the recession and edged to a record high despite rising costs, flat margins, and regulatory pressures. Collective profits for the sector rose 0.25 percent, about $18 million, to a record $7.22 billion in 2024, with increased net-interest income, static margins,…

By Susan Edmunds of RNZ The Auckland-based, Canada-born billionaire making a bid for NZME’s board says editorial content is a “side issue” and journalists should be “optimistic” about the future. Private equity tycoon Jim Grenon, a New Zealand resident since 2012, bought a 9.3 percent stake in NZME for just…

Whanganui district councillors have voted at an extraordinary meeting to dump unpopular plans for a rates-funded kerbside food scrap collection.The decision will wipe away a 1.5% targeted rate increase for 18,000 households.But the council will be saddled with sunk costs and thousands of small kitchen bins made to collect household…

New Zealand scientists studying the brains of rugby players have made a significant breakthrough that could allow Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) to be diagnosed in living players.Until now, the disease linked to repeated head knocks could only be confirmed after someone had died.But new patterns of inflammation in affected people…

An East Coast school is feeding leftovers from the Government’s free school lunches to their pig amid complaints the meals being delivered are inedible.Many students at Nūhaka School line up to dispose of the meals, which staff, who make sure the kids try them before throwing them away, say are…

If a person spends more than 13 weeks in hospital, their benefit is automatically cut to $55 a week. Some patients and advocates say that’s not enough to survive on and the automatic process further punishes people who are too unwell to fight it, Zoe Madden-Smith reports.Rhiannon Purves has been…

Police have released the name of a 39-year-old man who died in Mairehau, Christchurch over the weekend. A homicide investigation was launched after emergency services were called to an address on Innes Rd around 9.15pm, where a man was found with critical injuries and later died at the scene. He…