An international beauty and makeup store has had its opening delayed after pushback from the Dunedin City Council. The opening of the new Mecca store, at 248 George St, has been postponed to early next year, while building consent is still pending. The Australian and New Zealand cosmetics giant had…

The Government has announced Richard Chambers will become the new Police Commissioner.The appointee, a three-decade veteran of the police force, will take over from Andrew Coster, who started a new job at the Government’s Social Investment Agency last week.Chambers is currently a police assistant commissioner, but has been on secondment…

The former members of One Direction have reunited for the funeral of bandmate Liam Payne.Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined friends and family at the service for 31-year-old Payne, who died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last month.A horse-drawn carriage carried the…

More than 40,000 people made their thoughts about the Government’s Treaty Principles Bill clear in Wellington this week. Now, the whole country is being invited to share their views on the proposed legislation.Around the same time the Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti reached Parliament on Tuesday, the Justice Select Committee officially…

An international beauty and makeup store has had its opening delayed after pushback from the Dunedin City Council. The opening of the new Mecca store, at 248 George St, has been postponed to early next year, while building consent is still pending. The Australian and New Zealand cosmetics giant had…

New Zealanders are being warned to take care when drinking alcohol in Laos after two Australian teenagers suffered suspected methanol poisoning in the Southeast Asian country.Friends Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles from Melbourne — both believed to be 19 — were staying at the Nana Backpacker Hostel when they fell…

The closure of a section of Desert Rd over summer will provide a welcome boost to Ruapehu businesses which have been hit with indifferent ski seasons and the mothballing of the Tongariro Chateau, its mayor says.The New Zealand Transport Agency plans to shut down State Highway 1 between Tūrangi and…

Nelson’s mayor has shut down a community’s plea to speak about controversial airport extension plans due to the legal risk it could have for council.Emotions were running high at the public forum of Tuesday’s joint committee of the Nelson and Tasman councils.Three speakers wished to discuss Nelson Airport and its…

A Wellington dairy owner says she was alone only for 15 minutes — but in that time, four masked men stormed the shop, assaulted her, and made off in a stolen vehicle with thousands of dollars worth of cash and cigarettes.Police are still investigating Sunday evening’s aggravated robbery at Lower…

Singing filled Parliament’s debating chamber after members passed a bill which will restore New Zealand citizenship for thousands of Samoans who were stripped of it four decades ago.The Citizenship (Western Samoa) (Restoration) Amendment Bill was unanimously backed by all political parties in Wellington today, closing a bitter chapter in New…