New Zealand on the Web - NZ.COM
NZ.Com is a New Zealand based site dedicated to providing the very best travel, accommodation, visitor tours, activities, points of interest, bus, car rental, and interest information about New Zealand. Major cities such as Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown, are Dunedin covered in detail.
A domestic flare-up has left a man seriously injured, after he was thrown from the bonnet of a car, and then run over.It happened in Hamilton last night.Horrified onlookers in Claude Street say the man had been clinging to...
Shock new figures reveal skin cancer costs New Zealand at least $123 million a year.A report for the Cancer Society says treatment of the preventable disease costs the health system more than $57m. An estimated $66m is from loss...
Embattled Maori Party MP Hone Harawira was last night facing his party leadership to discuss disciplinary action over his recent conduct.Harawira has been in the spotlight since it was revealed he skipped a meeting in Brussels...
DJ Mikey Havoc has a debt to society - and is paying it off the same way he makes his living.The former Push Push rocker, now a 95bFM morning DJ, amassed at least $20,000 in traffic fines over a number of years.To clear the...
The survivor of a "freak accident" spent a night alone on a narrow ledge at an isolated cliff-face knowing his climbing companion had fallen to his death.Search and Rescue teams yesterday morning found the body of a 26-year-old...
The Prime Minister summoned two military helicopters and their crews on an eight-hour journey, instead of driving 90 minutes to a boat launching ceremony.John Key used the helicopters during a whirlwind day of travel to cut out...
The estranged wife of convicted murderer Tony Worrell said last night she regretted not doing more to make him stay home the night he drove into two cars in a drunken, suicidal rampage.Lynette Worrell, now living in Brisbane,...
A massive iceberg spotted southwest of New Zealand could be moving closer.The iceberg was seen by Australian scientists working on Macquarie Island, who estimated it to be 500m wide and 50m high.NIWA oceanographer Mike Williams...
Eric Poissonier loved the sun and spent much of his childhood on Christchurch's New Brighton beach.But years later his love of the outdoors caught up with him. A cancerous melanoma appeared on his chest and five weeks later had...
A 70-year-old has been charged with drink driving causing death after a new father died after being hit by a car as he cycled home.Frank van Kampen, 46, had been cycling along State Highway 1 between Otaki and Waikanae on September...
Brian Tamaki has found an unlikely supporter in the Mayor of Waitakere City.In a letter to the New Zealand Herald this week Bob Harvey compares the Destiny Church leader to the founders of the Salvation Army and Martin Luther,...
Beware the labrador - and even the bichon frise.When it comes to dog attacks on humans, the culprits are not always the breeds we tend to vilify.Lee Exler, of North Shore City animal control, said labradors and labrador-crosses...
A steep-angled driveway on Gary Lane's empty section is the only thing left of a property that sparked a bitter legal wrangle involving Auckland City Council.In the 70s, elderly Auckland couple Bruce and Gladys Wilkinson donated...
Rich Lister Gary Lane wants more than $10 million for a piece of land once donated to the people of Auckland - and estate agents say someone will cough up the cash just to have their own building site.The 2,000sq m grandstand...
A business woman who lost $100,000 in six months through online casinos has warned other gamblers: "You will never, ever win."At the peak of her addiction, 40-year-old Sarah (not her real name) lost $2000 a day - as much as she...
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