Expand Twice-widowed Isobel Hutching with second husband Mark Hutching. Photo / Supplied On the eve of Easter, a woman has spoken of her grief at losing two husbands in accidents – as transport officials release the official cost of crashes and deaths. But twice-widowed Isobel Hutching, 48 – who lost [...]
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80-hour sentence takes ‘disagreeable’ man a year
Expand Beacham had a blood alcohol level of 105mgs when he was stopped at a checkpoint. Photo / File A judge has labelled a businessman as “disagreeable” after he took almost a year to complete 80 hours of community work. Alex Beacham, 31, general manager of Hastings-based Beacham Independent Jaguar [...]
Worst of the wet weather passes for North Island
Expand The worst of the wet weather has passed over Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne. Photo /NZ Herald The worst of the wet weather drenching the east coast of the North Island has passed – just in time for Easter. Trees and a slip have blocked State Highway Two – the [...]
Sophie’s father backs victims bill
Murder victim Sophie Elliott. Photo / Supplied The father of murdered Dunedin woman Sophie Elliott has lent his support to a proposed law change that provides more provisions for the victims of crime. Gil Elliott this morning appeared before Parliament’s justice and electoral committee, which is considering the Victims of [...]
Rena grounding: Owner charged
A view of the broken Rena with the stern section missing. Photo / MNZ Maritime New Zealand has charged the owner of the cargo vessel Rena following the ship’s grounding on Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga six months ago today. Greece-based Daina Shipping Co has been charged under section 338 (1B) [...]
Easter Show gets its act together
Expand Acrobats play a big role in the animal-free acts the Zirka Circus is performing at the Easter Show. Photo / Steven McNicholl Final preparations are complete for the more than 50,000 visitors expected at the Coca-Cola Easter Show, which kicks off today. Acrobats in Zirka Circus, New Zealand’s only [...]
Healthy eating a priority for pregnancy number four
Expand Kelly Jennings wasn’t particular about eating with previous pregnancies, but now there’s better information she’s going by the book as she expects her fourth child. Kelly Jennings is meticulous about what she eats during pregnancy, but she wasn’t always so careful. The 34-year-old, from Blenheim, has three children and [...]
Emails exposed in NZTA blunder
Expand Around 1000 customers of the Transport Agency have had their email addresses circulated by mistake. Photo / Thinkstock The email addresses of about 1000 customers whose credit cards supposedly failed have been mistakenly circulated by the Transport Agency. The agency repeated the blunder in a recall message, and did [...]
Spit lands jet graffiti suspect in court
Expand A droplet of spit has led to an arrest. Photo / Thinkstock A droplet of spit has led to an arrest more than three years after an embarrassing tagging incident which left a visiting Australian military aircraft vandalised with graffiti. In a case straight from the television show CSI, [...]
Boyracers dodge crushing
Expand Judith Collins. Photo / Daily Post Twelve months ago Judith Collins became Crusher Collins. A fearless Police Minister who vowed to smash the nation’s boyracers by crushing the very thing that made them the scourge of the roads: Their cars. But a year after saying she would crush 10 [...]