Shallow pockets for Dalu Mncube

The community managed to raise a paltry $5,700 to send the body of mauled zoo worker Dalu Mncube back to his home country, about half of what was needed. So a warm hearted local businessman, car dealer Mark Cromie has offered to step in and make up the difference. Mr Cromie’s business had previously been…

"Auckland Freezes, Big Frosts NZ Wide"

“A stunning frost has this morning turned Auckland and parts of the ‘winter-less north’ into a white winter wonderland following a night of very low temperatures. For the second morning in the row the normally frost free city has woken to frosts however this morning’s one is particularly heavy – with parts of Auckland receiving…

“Political Apathy Killing Kids”

New Zealand’s Pediatric Society has told a parliamentary committee that the country has the world’s worst rates of child death and injury from preventable causes in the developed world, a damming indictment of the state of the nation’s health service, coming hot on the heels of admissions that maternity services were stretched to breaking point.…

New Zealand Placed First in Global Peace Index

Vision of Humanity’s Global Peace Index (GPI) has put New Zealand in pole position in a league table of countries most at peace. The GPI’s International Review Panel has as its chair Professor Kevin P. Clements, Director, of the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand. No conflict…

Freezing Families Told To Toughen Up

You’ve got to hand it to Genesis, they’ve got a way with words. 50 customers of the power company ran out of power at the weekend when a computer glitch prevented them topping up their pre-pay accounts. Tania Tai-Albert lost her power at 8am on Sunday after being unable to top her credit and wasn’t…