New Zealand News

A barman was robbed at gunpoint and assaulted while four patrons were attacked outside another pub in two violent episodes at the weekend.

A 44-year-old man, understood to be Ivan Maheno, was killed yesterday morning at a property on Fairburn Rd, about 8 kilometres east of Kaitaia.

"On demand" fitness classes run by on-screen instructors are the latest trend to hit Tauranga gyms, drawing criticism from rivals.

"A can of baked beans landed on my big toe" is among some of the most bizarre excuses for calling in sick.

New Zealand basketball's biggest name, Sean Marks, has farewelled his mother Sheila who died suddenly on Mother's Day.

Not forgotten: A memorial to the 29 miners killed at Pike River. It's now two and a half years since the tragedy and the men are still underground.

If your pet's popped its clogs, who ya gonna call? Mat and Jane Bogust have started Rest in Pets, making mini coffins.

Police arrested a man in Tauranga last night after an armed robbery at a city store.

Generation Homes' first joint venture partner Lyndon Marshall has now taken over the company's flagship Tauranga operation.

Solo mother Toni Leighton is one of 644 Dunedin residents to join the Fair Play on Fees lawsuit.

The media business is perceived as the most attractive of all industries to work in, and TVNZ the most appealing media employer, human resources specialists Randstad reveal in their latest employer branding survey of 7,000 New Zealanders of working age.

It's been nine months since the New Zealand Dance Company's highly successful debut of Language of Living at Auckland's Aotea Centre.

A 7-year-old girl has been banned from entering New Zealand with her adopted parents because authorities say she is too sick to live here.

Heard the one about the gazelle and the lion? Employers and Manufacturers Association chief executive Kim Campbell likes to tell it because it neatly cuts to how he thinks New Zealand Inc should be behaving, but isn't. "In Africa, a gazelle wakes up and looks across to the thicket where the lion is.

Budget 2013 will not go down in history as the most exciting one ever delivered.

Queen Victoria was not amused when she first saw a replica of Michelangelo's statue of David in a London museum.

In an island nation said to harbour more cat owners per capita than any other country, a furore has broken out over a crusade to eradicate man's second-best friend.

Harvey Norman has extended their free TV recycling offer to 31 national stores, effective from 13 May.

"I remember thinking, 'wow, you're ridiculously good looking.'" Authorities thought this about these guys.

Kiri Nikora, 16, Woodford House student, tries her luck on the breath-alcohol machine set up by police at the Youth Alcohol Expo yesterday.