A man has died after a water-related incident off the coast of Auckland’s Mount Wellington today.Police said it responded to the incident at about 3.45pm following reports of a body floating in the water.”The deceased has since been removed from the water,” police said.”The death will be referred to the…

A man critically injured when he hit his head after being tasered by police following a family harm incident in Wellington’s Khandallah earlier this week is now in a serious but stable condition.Police were called to a bus stop on Cockayne Rd at around 12pm on January 9 after a…

Two people have died and another was moderately injured in a crash overnight that has left homes without power in Clarkville, north of Christchurch.Emergency services were called to the single vehicle crash on Butchers Rd shortly after midnight. Police said two people were located dead at the scene.A Fire and…

Police have charged a 35-year-old man with murder after the discovery of a woman’s body at an address in Auckland’s Avondale overnight.Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Armstrong said officers were called to a property on Holly Street shortly after 1.30am, where they found a deceased woman inside.”A scene examination is ongoing…

Police are investigating the unexplained death of a man in Nelson.Officers conducting an unrelated visit to an address on Suffolk Rd, Stoke around 8pm last night became aware of a deceased person at that location.”The man’s body appears to have been there for some time, and the circumstances are unclear…

Police are investigating the death of a woman in Auckland’s Avondale overnight.Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Armstrong said officers were called to a property on Holly Street shortly after 1.30am, where they found a deceased woman inside.”A scene examination is ongoing this morning, and locals will notice a police presence in…

A fisher says seeing a pod of orcas, including a calf, swimming in the blue waters off Hakana Bay in Marlborough was an “amazing sight”. Vicky Wiblin filmed the group of six orcas, including a smaller calf, swimming in formation in the waters off Hakana Bay, Port Underwood in Marlborough…

Homelessness is increasing in Te Anau without any long-term support for those affected, a Fiordland conceptual plan has revealed.Meanwhile, efforts to target the issue with a new approach have come up empty-handed, a community board chairwoman says.The Te Anau Basin Development Plan was released last month with a goal of…

The end of an era arrives this month when Invercargill’s Wensley Cycles embraces change by moving to new premises. Owners Rob and Sandra McMurdo said the decision to move the 80-year-old business had been one they had been mulling over for years and was not an easy one to make.…

A Dunedin-based cancer diagnostics company has been dealt a major blow after its flagship product was denied coverage by the United States government’s health insurance programme. Since August 2022, Pacific Edge has been awaiting an outcome on a decision on whether its Cxbladder tests would be covered by Medicare in…