New Zealand News

A special memorial service is to be held in Auckland for those who lost their lives in the tsunami that devastated Samoa and Tonga in late September.

Auckland property prices surged nearly 6 per cent in October, says real estate company Barfoot & Thompson.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A sculpture of a New Zealand government minister crafted from cow manure sold for New Zealand dollars 3,080 on an auction Web site.

New Zealand-owned travel company Mondo has shown that even a small organisation can make a big difference in people's lives.

Nelson, New Zealand - Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations.

Media release - Tertiary Education Union Strikes at the Whitireia Polytechnic and at polytechnics in Northland, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Hamilton, and Auckland look set to continue for another week after employers failed to change their position after this weeka s strikes.

A 21-year-old man will appear in court on Friday morning after a gun was pulled on a police officer in Lower Hutt on Thursday.

The Northland region will be treated to a feast of creative output from NorthTec students at exhibitions around the region in November and December.

Friday, 6 November 2009, 10:50 am Press Release: New Zealand Police Title: Child's death was not accidental The death of a two-year-old boy in Wanganui is now being treated as homicide.

A man found dead on Thursday after a night drinking at a Lower Hutt house had a small head injury which may have contributed to his death, say police.

Virgin Blue Virgin Blue Group's newest international airline, luxury carrier V Australia, is promoting sale fares from Wellington to Phuket, to celebrate the launch of a new long haul service.

New Zealand Deputy High Commissioner to Fiji Todd Cleaver flies home this evening.

Armed police are searching Lower Hutt for a man who pulled a gun on a police officer.

LETTING RIP: ACT leader Rodney Hide addresses the breakfast at Christchurch's Heartland Hotel Cotswold.

Thursday, 5 November 2009, 4:06 pm Press Release: Department Of Internal Affairs Another jailing for child sex abuse images For the second time in a week a man has been jailed for 20 months after trading child sexual abuse images on the Internet.

A statue commemorating the New Zealander who led the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain was unveiled in London overnight in front of several hundred people.

The New Zealand sharemarket fell in early trading, as shares in NZ Refining Co slipped further.

Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 5:20 pm Press Release: Ministry of Health Pandemic Influenza 09 Swine Flu - Update 158 During the week ending 30 October there was a slight rise in the number of New Zealanders seeing their doctor in relation to influenza-like illnesses .

New Zealand International Arts Festival The New Zealand International Arts Festival has launched its programme for 2010.

Six months after Rotorua couple Leo Gao and Kara Hurring skipped the country with millions of dollars of Westpac's money, police say they are still waiting on Chinese authorities to track them down.