Tauranga man charged after alleged assault leaves victim critical on State Highway 2
Police have charged a person after a man was found critically injured on a road in Bethlehem this week. Emergency services were called to the State Highway 2/Te Paeroa Rd roundabout around midnight on ...
L.A.B and Corrella team up for Te Matatini 2025 anthem ‘We Belong’
Two of New Zealand’s hottest bands, L.A.B and Corrella, have teamed up to record the official song for 2025. We Belong emphasises the collective strength and spiritu ...
Australian Open: Madison Keys upsets Swiatek, to meet Sabalenka in final
Madison Keys fought back from a set down on Thursday to shock Iga Swiatek in a nail-biter and set up an Australian Open final against two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka. The 19th seed battled ...
Clubs Hastings committee and president resigns amid property sale furore, future uncertain
Worries for the future of Clubs Hastings less than a decade on from the merger of three historic clubs has led to the resignation of the committee ahead of a meeting requisitioned by the required 50 ...
Southport stabbings: UK teen Axel Rudakubana who killed three at Tayor Swift dance party gets life in custody
A UK judge on Thursday sentenced a self-confessed child killer to life in custody for murdering three young girls in a frenzied stabbing spree at their summer dance class. “I co ...
Karaka Millions preview: Strong contenders and thrilling races ahead – Opie Bosson
Opie Bosson is a recently retired champion jockey and the King of the Karaka Millions. He rode five Karaka Millions 2-year-old and one 3-year-old winner in the six years from 2017 to 2022. This is his ...
Is sport better watched from the grandstand or an armchair? Wyn Drabble
Wyn Drabble is a teacher of English, writer, public speaker and musician. He is based in Hawke’s Bay. What a huge weekend of ...
Hawke’s Bay teen scores $135,000 scholarship to Australian university after choosing academics over Olympic Games dream
Hawke’s Bay student Lucy Smith hopes a $135,000 scholarship she has been awarded to study in Sydney for three years will be encouragement to others to “aim high” as they hit the road to further ...
Fond farewell of ‘legendary’ fisherman
The 76-year-old was “part of the landscape”, seen most days fishing the inner Tauranga Harbour off Matua. He had just returned from a day wading along the flats when he collapsed at his Ōtūmoetai home ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s State of the Nation speech a good start, but no more – Matthew Hooton
Luxon’s only two new announcements were of a new bureaucracy to be called Invest New Zealand and mergers of the Government’s existing science and research agencies.
New minister has chance to give tourism a much-needed reboot - Editorial
The tourism portfolio has proven difficult for a succession of ministers. What was flying around the middle of the last ...
Rose Matafeo’s ‘unhinged manifesto’ leads Neon’s comedy comeback - Karl Puschmann
Karl Puschmann is Culture and entertainment writer for the New Zealand Herald. His fascination lies in finding out what drives and inspires creative people. But this week, there was no joking around ...