Donald the pig escaped a stock-truck and was recaptured after a highway police pursuit last month.
New Zealand
3:30pm
In recent months, the council spent roughly $30,000 laying metal along the 2218sqm site and bringing it up to "car park standard".
Politics
Wed, Jul 1
Asaria Saili was previously the language dean at the college in Levin.
Crime and Justice
The hospital’s last gastroenterologist resigned two weeks ago.
Health
Tue, Jun 30
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora says it wants to reassure the community gastro services are continuing and that recruitment is underway.
Sun, Jun 28
The 30km City to Sea Rail Trail will begin in Longburn and go out towards the coast at Himatangi and Foxton – but a 6km section is in dispute.
Wed, Jun 24
Ruapehu, the country's tallest volcano, unleashed a series of dramatic eruptions in 1995-96.
Tue, Jun 23
Police were called to the crash near the intersection of Vinegar Hill Rd around 1.10pm.
Sun, Jun 21
The attacking dog was described as a "pitbull type breed with a solid build, white colouring, and a dark grey patch over its right eye".
Wed, Jun 17
Emergency services were sent to the corner of Bourke St and Walding St at around 1.40am on Saturday.
Sun, Jun 14
Waiouru residents were told not to drink water from their taps yesterday after heightened aluminium samples were found in a sample taken on Wednesday.
Environment
Fri, Jun 12
Emergency services were called to State Highway 4 near Mangotai Rd at around 9.15am.
Residents were advised not to use tap water for drinking until further notice – including making drinks or ice; food preparation; brushing teeth; or preparing infant/toddler formula.
Thu, Jun 11
The death by suicide of a 21-year-old university student in an overcrowded mental health unit that wasn't fit for purpose was preventable, a coroner has found.
Mon, Jun 8
The 20-year-old driver was allegedly doing burnouts on a grass reserve at Mōwhanau beach on June 4, causing what police described as "extensive" damage.
Sun, Jun 7
MedSafe has published its summary of findings into a dispensing error in which an Bellamere Arwyn Duncan was given 13 times the prescribed dose of oral phosphate.
Fri, Jun 5
Tararua mayor worries rural communities will be left behind and access to public services will only be further degraded due to job cuts.
Wed, Jun 3
Public toilets in Taumarunui, Waiouru, Raetihi, Para Para and Ohakune were all vandalised – damage included blocked sinks, broken doors, and damaged seats.
The holiday road toll reached seven over the long weekend; marking the worst King’s Birthday road toll since 2016.
Police launched a search after initially believing one person was unaccounted for, but later established he was elsewhere when the crash occurred.
Tue, Jun 2
Seven people have been killed so far on New Zealand’s roads this long weekend – including three in a crash near Waiouru this morning.
Mon, Jun 1
A two-vehicle crash on State Highway 1 near Waiouru killed three people in the early hours of Monday.
Heavy rain and strong winds are battering large parts of the country, with Golden Bay in Tasman already recording nearly 280mm in 24 hours and more to come.
The project was led by Ngāti Rangi celestial researchers Riwaru Tihema and Rauroha Brown and designed according to traditional Ngāti Rangi narratives and astronomical knowledge.
Te Ao Māori
Sun, May 31
Restoration work on the Rātana Temple in the small Manawatū town of Raetihi will start next week.
Wed, May 27
