New Zealand News

Neighbours say they heard a man yelling he didn't mean to hurt anyone, minutes before armed police raided a Rotorua house where two bodies and firearm were found.

NZL Group Ltd is hoping to be able to offer more permanent employment opportunities at Port of Tauranga if it establishes its own container terminal.

A student in Auckland, New Zealand, has had an online auction removed after he tried to sell naked photographs of his mother.

Free seasonal flu vaccinations are now available to all New Zealanders, the Health Ministry announced today as the swine flu death toll officially reached six with a seventh case unconfirmed.

A New Zealander killed in Jamaica was shot dead after refusing to hand over his cell phone, according to a local radio station.

A woman arrested with a male cross-dresser following two bank robberies in Manawatu has been released without charge.

New Zealanders tightened the purse strings last month, becoming increasingly unwilling to buy larger durable items such as appliances and furniture, new data suggests.

POLICE say they are closing in on accidental millionaire Leo Gao and his partner, Kara Hurring.

A SCOTS mum has been murdered after starting a new life in New Zealand. Lindsay Lamont, 49, was found dead by police in a house in a west coast village on Sunday.

Via the Ministry of Health: Influenza A Swine Flu - Update Ninety-six . Excerpt: The cumulative total of confirmed cases in New Zealand is 961, up from 945 yesterday.

Accident and medical centres in Auckland are struggling to cope with a rising flood of swine-flu cases.

While bakers and the Food Safety Minister remain unconvinced about the "mass medication" of New Zealanders with folic acid in bread from September, the Opposition welcomes it.

Two men have been arrested and are expected to appear in court on Wednesday to face charges in relation to a number of bank robberies in Waikato in the last month.

Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 11:09 am Press Release: New Zealand Government Super portability on agenda for Australian visit Finance Minister Bill English will meet Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan in Brisbane on July 16 to discuss the portability of retirement savings between New Zealand and Australia.

Stationery manufacturer Croxley is setting up its own mail service in New Zealand and aims to have cornered 10 per cent of the market within three years.

A family history of depression, anxiety, alcohol dependence or drug dependence is associated with the presence of each condition and also may predict its course and prognosis, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Russian food company Nutritek Group has taken over 100 per cent of New Zealand Dairies Ltd to control its South Canterbury milkpowder factory.

Three men were stabbed, one 18 times, in a fight north of Wellington at the weekend.

New Zealand rockers Shihad are joining up with some Australian counterparts for a seven-date tour in October.

Expats' paradise lost in New Zealand's jobs crisis - just weeks after it was named best place to make a fresh start By Richard Shears Last updated at 12:01 AM on 06th July 2009 Only a few weeks ago, New Zealand was identified as the best place for British expats to make a fresh start.