Whangārei paper road dispute: Hunter, neighbours clash over guns and access
Police have been called to the Franklin Rd dispute at least eight times.
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Hawke’s Bay winemakers plot their comeback as Kiwis drink less wine
Wine consumption is falling worldwide. How will a great wine capital turn it around?
Hawke’s Bay golf tournament turning old furniture into new for Re-Source Charitable Trust
Players will chip balls into sets of drawers before they are recycled for a local family.
Could dredged sand finally stop Westshore Beach in Napier washing away?
It has cost councils $5.5m to maintain a pea-metal bund over 39 years of repairs.
Havelock North: 171-home subdivision approved in fast-growing area
The subdivision is near Arataki Honey and the former Te Mata Mushrooms farm.
Trump says evacuations are ‘being done quietly, but seamlessly’ amid escalating Iran war
The US is evacuating thousands from the Middle East as the Iran war escalates, with officials assisting Americans through charter…
No destruction for Rotorua dog that bit a child’s face in Tauranga
Her uncle’s bulldog cross, Tank, bit her face on Christmas Eve.
From 2007: Vilma Espín, Rebel and Wife of Raúl Castro, Dies at 77
An idealistic socialite who fought alongside Fidel and Raúl Castro in the mountains of Cuba, she was the country’s unofficial…
Could Iran War End On March 12? Trump’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’ Demand Has A Precedent
The words are familiar as on June 17, 2025, Trump issued the same demand during what became known as the…
U.S. Likely Hit Girls’ School Attached to Iranian Military Compound
A military investigation hadn’t definitively concluded that American forces caused what appears to be the deadliest strike of the war.