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nzherald.co.nz - National Fire at Diocesan School for Girls Twelve fire trucks were sent to Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland this afternoon after a fire broke out in an air conditioning unit.Fire Services were called to the blaze, on the second storey of the four storey Centennial Building,... Act backer: We all dislike Maori The biggest donor to the Act Party says he gave the money to Don Brash and John Banks so they could stop special treatment for Maori who were "either in jail or on welfare".In an extraordinary interview with the Weekend Herald... Amnesia scientist picks up his life 10 years on The man who "woke up in someone else's life" after a cycling accident is still missing 10 years of his life, but Robbie Price is moving forward as best he can.The Hamilton scientist slammed head first into a traffic sign while biking... 'Innocent man' in jail 20 years An innocent man has spent almost 20 years in jail for one of New Zealand's most notorious cases of rape and murder, says a detective with expert knowledge of the crime.Susan Burdett was brutally raped and murdered in her Papatoetoe... Parata won't name top teacher pay rate Education Minister Hekia Parata is refusing to say how much top teachers will earn under a performance pay scheme or where the funding for extra pay will come from.In a pre-Budget speech in which she announced $511.9 million of... Affordable homes, but it won't last Experts are backing a Government claim that New Zealand houses are affordable again - but warn that the sweet spot won't last when interest rates eventually go up.Prime Minister John Key this week defended cancelling his party's... Accolades for nzherald.co.nz at media awards nzherald.co.nz has been named best website for the fourth time in five years.And the Weekend Herald is Newspaper of the Year - again.These were two of the high points of an impressive performa Man stabbed at Hamilton 21st A 24-year-old man was stabbed in the back at a 21st birthday party in Hamilton overnight.Police said the victim was taken to Waikato Hospital with stab wounds after a fight at the party in Mahoe St.A 23-year-old Hamilton man will... Photo ID cards for teachers mooted Schools are thinking of introducing photo IDs for teachers.It follows the sentencing of convicted sex offender Te Rito Miki yesterday to four years in jail.He managed to get jobs at six North Island schools, using a false CV and... Westpac runaway guilty on 30 charges Kara Hurring was doomed from the moment she began spending Westpac Bank's missing cash, says the former flatmate who took the stand against her this week.A sleekly dressed Hurring - who appeared sophisticated and at times even sweet... Firefighters battle Mangere blaze Firefighters are battling a suspicious house fire in the Auckland suburb of Mangere East.The single level house on Archboyd Ave was well ablaze when firefighters were called about 8.40am, a Fire Service northern communications spokeswoman... Growing concerns for missing mother and daughter There are growing concerns for the welfare of a mother and daughter who've gone missing in Christchurch.Sixty-two-year-old Marilyn Zidich and her 35-year-old daughter Selina Madden have been missing from their Belfast address since... Budget 2012: Trust hinges on fiscal deadline Returning the Government's books to surplus has become a symbol of economic management and credibility.That is due in no small part to Bill English's adoption of the target in the past year as some kind of fiscal El Dorado.Gone... Victims of the anti-social network People constantly get into trouble on social media sites and if they're not getting into trouble they just might be becoming the next victim of nasty postings on the likes of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.Cyber bullying is not only... Michele Hewitson interview: Jay-Jay Feeney What a funny job Jay-Jay Feeney has. She said, at the end of our hour: "I haven't said a single funny thing!" Her job - she is the co-host, along with her husband, Dom (Harvey) and Mike (Puru) of the Edge's morning show which won... The green, green grass of home From the busy lifestyle of London to relaxed New Zealand ... it's not such a big jump these days. New Zealanders once flocked to the UK for the opportunity to gain work and life experience, but it seems many are now giving up on... 18 NZ women may have been given toxic breast implants, health officials say Health officials have warned that 18 Kiwi women may have received toxic breast implants made by the disgraced French company PIP.The industrial-grade silicone implants, which were never meant for medical use, have been linked to... Reasonable doubts In March 1992 Susan Burdett, a 39-year-old accounts clerk who lived alone, was raped and murdered after returning to her Papatoetoe unit following an evening of 10-pin bowling.A colleague found her after she failed to turn up for... Police to cut 125 support staff Police are set to cut 125 employees in what Commissioner Peter Marshall is labelling a "fine-tune" of staffing numbers.Mr Marshall yesterday announced job cuts were necessary in the coming financial year for the police organisation... We're putting our foot in it We are heading for hell in a fossil-fuelled handcart, spinning towards implosion. Planet Earth is not able to keep pace with humanity's demands nor cope with its wasteful by-products. And the gap - the "ecological overshoot" - is... Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known in /home/pixieplo/public_html/inc.rss2array.php on line 55 Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to www.gadgetpeople.co.nz:80 (php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known) in /home/pixieplo/public_html/inc.rss2array.php on line 55 |
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