Dunedin robotics company Scott Technology Ltd is prioritising support and protection for the family of an employee who was killed in a “tragic” accident at the facility on Thursday. A Scott Technology spokeswoman confirmed a serious accident had occurred, and one person died. “We are deeply saddened by this tragic…

Just hours after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics ended, elite Kiwi cyclist Olivia Podmore was found dead in a suspected suicide at her Cambridge home. Six months of harrowing coronial hearings have revealed the disturbing truth about her treatment within New Zealand’s national cycling organisation. RNZ sports correspondent Dana Johannsen followed…

More than a century after his death at Gallipoli, the name of a young sergeant has finally been added to the war memorial in Auckland’s Devonport.Sergeant Alan Wallace’s name had been left off until now because he enlisted overseas. He has now been formally honoured following a decades-long push by…

On Boxing Day in 2023, journalist and author Naomi Arnold left Bluff and spent the next nine months walking the 3000km length of New Zealand. In this extract from her book about the journey, Northbound, she describes a long day and a scary night.Photos: Naomi Arnold (not included in the…

For 23 years, they’ve been a sister act. Now Brydone Wholefoods co-owner and director Sue Smith is calling time on the business in the former Totara Hall, south of Oamaru, where her sister Cathy Watt has also worked since its inception. Mrs Smith said the business was closing at the…

Police are seeking photos of a Russian stuntman who went missing in New Zealand almost 23 years ago.Before vanishing, the man had worked on the locally produced hit series Xena: Warrior Princess.No it is hoped images may help identify partial remains that were located at Motuere earlier this year, police…

Adelynn Campbell’s last plane trip ended with a panic attack that she got through largely with the help of a kind flight attendant.That was last year — before 67 people died in January when an American Airlines jet collided with a helicopter over Washington, DC, in the deadliest US air…

Wreaths have been laid and solemn oaths recited as thousands of Kiwis gathered to commemorate veterans at dawn services and commemoration parades across the country.Today marks the 110th anniversary of Australian and New Zealand soldiers landing before dawn on Turkish shores on April 25, 1915 alongside British, French and Indian…

One person has died after a car crash in the south Auckland suburb of Clevedon yesterday. In a statement, police said a vehicle left the road and entered a creek on Papakura-Clevedon Rd shortly before 7pm yesterday. “Sadly, one person died at the scene,” a police spokesperson said. The Serious…

Some beaches on Auckland’s North Shore are closed today due to a chemical spill in the water from the recycling plant fire in Wairau Valley overnight. On its website, SafeSwim warned people to “avoid contact with water” due to “hazardous substances” from yesterday’s recycling plant fire on Hillside Rd. There…