Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad has knocked back overseas interest to sign a two-year contract extension at the Warriors.The fullback had been linked with a move to the English Super League but he will now remain in Auckland until at least the end of 2027, by which time he will be 32.Nicoll-Klokstad has…

An artwork has been damaged at a glitzy event held at the Auckland Art Gallery, leading to a criminal charge.Guests at The Curious Ball last month were served alcohol and given exclusive after-hours access to the exhibition of works by Olafur Eliasson.His art sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars…

One property investor says there is pain for some investors in the rental market as listings reach record numbers.Trade Me Property says the number of homes available for rent has reached a level not seen in more than 10 years.There were 41% more rental listings in March than in the…

New cost estimates have revealed the Government’s planned Northwestern Busway in Auckland will have a price tag of at least $4.4 billion.Transport Minister Chris Bishop said a staged delivery of the project would be a “game changer” for fast-growing suburbs in northwestern Auckland.Construction on the project “could begin from 2027”,…

A woman involved in a 2018 kidnapping and murder can now be named — seven years after the crime took place.Marica Toalei’s attempt to maintain name suppression ended in the Supreme Court this month.Toalei was 16 years old when she and two others kidnapped Dimetrius Pairama in an abandoned Māngere…

A Married at First Sight bride has accused her on-air husband of lying in his application for protection against her, which she claims he lodged out of retaliation.Ryan Donnelly and Jacqui Burfoot were paired together in the most recent season of the hit Australian reality TV series but chose to…

More than a month after Abdul Nabizadah was killed it can now be revealed he may have been the victim of a robbery gone wrong.Five weeks on from his father’s death, John Nabizadah struggles to sleep. He wakes up to four times a night, unable to get two burning thoughts…

“Woke barrel-hugging piece of scum.”It’s one of the latest insults sent to Selwyn District councillor Shane Epiha who says he is fed up with the insidious actions of faceless bullies.Epiha (Ngāpuhi, Waikato, and Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri) had already decided not to run for a third term on council, but…

A seven-year-old Dunedin boy who died after a car crash in the Catlins has been described as a “bright, loving, and adventurous little boy”.Police have named O’siah Prasad as the boy who died after a single-vehicle crash at Ōwaka last month.More than $10,000 has been donated to honour his memory…

There’s been a tearful closing day to the coroner’s inquest into the death of Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore.Her family have sat through more than three weeks of evidence, in Hamilton and now Christchurch, her father Philip Podmore struggling with emotion as he talked of what they’ve learned about Olivia’s time…