The judge said on top of travelling at twice the legal speed limit, Le Noel should not have been driving at all as he was on a restricted license and the incident occurred after 10pm.
Crime and Justice
41 mins ago
The Transport Minister has told officials to hurry up and give him a full briefing on an independent analysis of police breath testing data.
Politics
10:00am
The Labour Party has announced former Māori journalist Kingi Kiriona as their candidate to contest the Hauraki-Waikato seat.
Te Ao Māori
9:30am
An international report into New Zealand's seasonal worker scheme says reform is needed to bring down migrants' costs and protect them from abuse.
Business
8:47am
Twenty-four homes have been evacuated in the Lower Hutt suburb of Stokes Valley after up to 40mm of rain fell in an hour.
New Zealand
7:29am
New figures show around 700 publicly funded science roles have been cut since 2023, raising concerns.
6:00am
2:21
Stats NZ data shows fuel prices distorting consumer spending as households trimmed discretionary spending to cover higher fuel bills.
7:00pm
4:21
New Zealand customers try to make purchases on unused cards, only to be embarrassingly declined at the check-out.
6:32pm
2:29
The trio showed up at the man's Masterton property, cut some branches, trimmed a hedge, and charged him $3500 for the work, which took around two hours.
5:30pm
The US District Judge who made the ruling called a Trump Hating judge who "has gone out of his way to make sure that this Great Gift to America gets delayed, or doesn’t get built".
5:00pm
Westpac has announced it will be increasing some of its home loan and term deposit rates from the start of next week.
4:10pm
Police said the police Eagle helicopter observed a man fishing at about 12.40am this morning.
3:45pm
The Warehouse said it was recalling the products "as a precaution" after a positive result for "traces of asbestos".
3:31pm
Grain spilled across the southbound lanes near Pōkeno after the crash, with the motorway closed for several hours and traffic backing up more than 5km.
3:05pm
0:33
Monitoring system stopped communicating with the wider network during Cyclone Vaianu.
2:34pm
Finance Minister Nicola Willis said a new commercial deal to get additional fuel stock into the country will be revealed shortly.
2:15pm
MetService warns a complex trough will bring heavy rain, strong winds and thunderstorms to parts of the country this weekend, with Saturday shaping as the wettest day.
1:44pm
2:11
There are some pieces of investment advice that seem to always (or most often) hold true, but what about the advice that isn't so good?
1:27pm
Don Braid told RNZ moving freight via rail was more efficient than by truck, "yet we haven't seen KiwiRail stand up to offer additional services".
1:15pm
"I talk to my caucus all the time. I'm very confident I have the full support of my caucus," the Prime Minister said.
1:11pm
5:48
"This is an extremely distressing situation, and our thoughts are with everyone affected," Hawke’s Bay Regional Council Chair Sophie Siers said.
12:29pm
1:31
Police negotiated for nearly an hour after two girls jumped into Moana Pool fully clothed and refused to get out.
12:18pm
Properties in the immediate area have been evacuated, roads are closed and cordons are in place at the settlement near Nelson.
12:10pm
Stats NZ says March saw the largest jumps since vehicle fuel price movements were first tracked in 2011.
Fri, Apr 17
Mayor Tania Tapsell and Councillor Merepeka Raukawa-Tait have hit back at accusations of a “coordinated” attack on fellow elected member Robert Lee amid the fallout from a council workshop walk-out.
