📢 A tourism company’s decade-long predator trapping programme will allow rare little spotted kiwi to be reintroduced to a Fiordland island.

📢 Another Sunny Afternoon - Midday Weather Update - Tue 19 May

📢 ‘Didymo’ Dave Cade says he came across a police officer parked behind the speed camera with his lights on to warn motorists.

📢 An NZTA speed camera dangerously parked on SH1 in Taupō has been removed by police. Local personality Dave ‘Didymo Dave’ Cade said an officer was on the scene for ‘over an hour’ warning motorists before the trailer was towed.

📢 Surrounded by the twisted wreckage of three cars on State Highway 1, a stranger cradled the head of a dying man as rescuers scrambled to free injured people.

📢 Ice and fog are already affecting highways in Otago and Canterbury ahead of winter, with drivers urged to slow down and prepare for delays.

📢 It was a freezing start to Tuesday, with Mount Cook Village recording its coldest temperature of the year at -7.1C.

📢 When police received a tip where the youth offenders behind a series of stolen vehicles were located, a police dog was used to track them across multiple properties.

📢 New Plymouth Boys High School was “partially evacuated” this morning due to the discovery of the chemical.

📢 Police are appalled after catching heavily intoxicated motorists driving with young children, including one driver who blew twice the legal limit during a school pick-up.

📢 The life’s dream of an Auckland couple lay at the bottom of the Waitematā Harbour on Tuesday morning after a devastating fire sank the 56ft “pirate ship” they called home.

📢 The Kāpiti Coast District Council could lease or sell off two plots of land at Ōtaki if the courts declare them to be abandoned, having not received rates on them for years.

📢 Family and police colleagues gather at court to hear the jury find Hayden Tasker guilty of murdering Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming in the line of duty.

📢 A boat explosion and fire on Auckland’s Upper Waitematā Harbour woke residents on both sides of the water in the early hours of Tuesday morning. 👉[Ad] VPN with your own dedicated IPv4. Free trial, 30-day money-back guarantee. https://vpn.photonmark.com

📢 Residents across multiple Auckland suburbs were woken in the early hours by a loud boat explosion that sent flames lighting up the night sky.

📢 Local leaders say the town desperately needs Government support.

📢 Paula Kirkman says her mother had no symptoms before a routine mammogram detected cancerous cells that led to a mastectomy.

📢 He was just 5 months old when his father found him unresponsive. Now, a coroner has revealed how an unapproved commercial sleep device contributed to the tragedy.

📢 Julian Wilcox presents compelling stories from te ao Māori.

📢 A serious two-vehicle crash has completely closed the southbound lanes of the Waikato Expressway.

📢 Students at central Auckland’s Ponsonby Intermediate School will return to class on Tuesday, following the death of principal Nick Wilson.

📢 Family and police colleagues gather at court to hear the jury find Hayden Tasker guilty of murdering Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming in the line of duty.

📢 Emergency services are at the scene of a serious single-vehicle crash near Wairoa.

📢 Savannah Carter said she released the video to highlight workplace bullying.

📢 Video appears to show Kyron Gosse slapping Savannah Carter during a filming session before telling her ‘I own the footage’

📢 The company has been handed a one-year ban on employing additional migrant workers after challenging an infringement notice in court.

📢 A motorcyclist is in a serious but stable condition in hospital after fleeing from an Invercargill traffic stop and crashing a short distance away.

📢 A wave of vehicle crime across Dunedin has prompted a stark police warning after officers were forced to abandon a pursuit of a stolen car.

📢 State Highway 1 is blocked between Mataura and Gore on Monday afternoon following a single-vehicle tractor roll-over.

📢 Hayden Tasker has been found guilty of murdering Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming after ramming her with his car on New Year’s Day last year.

📢 Under fire councillor Benedict Ong stormed out of his own disciplinary meeting claiming he had been barred. Turns out that was not correct. He has now been banned from attending council committees and subcommittees for nine months.

📢 Northwesterlies will pick up over the south of the South Island on Wednesday which should clear the fog out of the basins.

📢 The rich-lister couple want to build a helipad at their property in Westmere, despite opposition from locals.

📢 An investigation has revealed significant clinical and communication failures at a Tasman care home after an 84-year-old resident suffered an opioid overdose.

📢 According to witnesses, Troy Dubovskiy was planning a mass shooting.

📢 For decades, Alpine Helicopters has been synonymous with Southern Alps aviation. Now the deaths of chief pilot Tim Brown and Sean Roach have brought fresh heartbreak to a company already marked by extraordinary loss.

📢 A New Zealander has been caught on video taking a dip in Rome’s Trevi Fountain - and it does not appear to be his first time.

📢 An account manager was subjected to an escalating pattern of late-night calls and erratic messages from a candidate.

📢 Downdetector is showing a spike in reports of One NZ mobile problems, with users reporting issues making and receiving calls.

📢 A persistent high-pressure system has locked New Zealand’s weather in place, but a major shift by the end of Wednesday is set to bring rain, wind, and a noticeable temperature rise.

📢 When does the pressure drop?

📢 When does the pressure drop?

📢 An Auckland immigration adviser has been hit with more than $11,000 in penalties and refunds after pulling the wool over a vulnerable client's eyes with a series of hopeless visa requests.

📢 New Zealand's total fertility rate has dropped to 1.53 births per woman, with fewer live births and slightly more deaths registered over the last year.

📢 New Zealand’s population has reached an estimated 5,361,300, with net migration driving the majority of the annual growth.

📢 Two Hong Kong tourists died, while three others were hurt in the crash in Rakaia on Friday.

📢 New Zealand First will make Kiwisaver compulsory, include a $1000 cash injection from birth, and will buy back BNZ bank from Australia.

📢 The stretch of shared pathway where a Christchurch woman was seriously injured has not yet been reviewed because no incident report was filed.

📢 Two people are dead and three others have been flown to safety after a Hughes 500 helicopter crashed in Mt Aspiring National Park.

📢 Daniela Vidovic was “amazed” that she only waited a weekend for a call about her follow-up appointment.