Risky red light runners

Parents and school encouraging more oversight

Drivers who speed through a red light at a crossing used by hundreds of schoolkids each day have got a worried parent gunning for a camera.
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Breakdown closes SH3

Broken down truck closes the road between Otorohanga and Te Kuiti in Waitomo.

Trio succeed despite big setbacks

12:16pm Cycling across Australia is a challenge in itself. Add in a fire and a collision with a kangaroo and it becomes a true mission.

Who are these women?

12:30pm Their identities are a mystery, the photographer is unknown, as is the year the portrait was taken.

Residents welcome pathway solution

A decision by the NZTA not to close the busy Tawa St slip road has been welcomed by local residents.

Body found by Huntly riverside

11:46am CPR attempts could not revive a man found by the river in Huntly.

Dairy awards winners named

Katie Milne is New Zealand's Dairy Woman of the Year.

Woman attacked while running

A woman out for an evening run was dragged into bushes and indecently assaulted, police say.

Teens sought over assault claim

Teens attack gang member

Leg fractured in fall

A Raglan man was winched to safety after falling down a steep bank on a building site near Whale Bay.

Historic club for sale

The old Hamilton Club on Grantham St is up for sale or lease, having had life breathed back into it by a renovation.

Guy rejects dairy freeze

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has scotched calls for a moratorium on dairy conversions in the Waikato.

Rent row death blow

Coding business gets $60,000

Police begin 1080 door-knocks

Members of the Ban 1080 Party are being questioned by police as they investigate the 1080 threat.

Sport
Chiefs  |  Magic  |  School Sport  |  Racing

Chiefs' midfield stretched as Sharks circle

Midfield stocks at the Chiefs are taking a battering, bringing back memories of the 2014 season.

Postman's Daughter gets back on the track

Postmans Daughter and Chintz pop up out of retirement in Saturday's Tauranga entries.

Hungry Northern Knights openers pile on the runs

SBW likely to miss Sharks clash due to headaches

Double sculls combo connects immediately

For the third consecutive international campaign, Robbie Manson has been teamed with a new crewmate.

Mum's the word for McDonald in Sydney

Champion jockey won't have to look far to get latest on progress of top Ruakaka mare Rising Romance in Sydney.

Fringe festivals are magical things

I'm writing this from a high window overlooking the Pacific Ocean, whipped up by a storm.

Waikato fares well in development

Despicable 1080 terrorist must be found

Time to stop the perks

Prime Minister John Key's plans to curb MPs' pay rises hit a snag last week.

Lamborghini ice driving is sheer craziness

"More throttle ... less speed" is a seemingly crazy instruction for sliding six of the world's most expensive new cars across a frozen lake.

Giant Transformer replicas built from scrap car parts

A father and son in China have turned scrap car parts into giant Transformers replicas.

Tourism boss: Foreign drivers pose a threat

Weekend work slows Auckland

Spectacular end to wild chase in US

Police chase of a suspected impaired driver in California comes to a dramatic end.

Life & Style
Fashion  |  People  |  Food  |  Arts

A cross-dressing conundrum

French director Francois Ozon talks about how he got the romantic lead his new film into a dress and heels.

Redford’s Italian connection

You might know him as The Horse Whisperer but to Leonardo Baldi, he's a polite and obliging diner.

Fringe festivals are magical things

Could be Friends for life

Musical craft a labour of love

Cambridge's Rodney Stedall has just completed a special order for a seven-string classical guitar commissioned by the New Zealand Guitar Quartet.

Mitchell and Street are TVs hottest

The sexiest and the best of NZ TV have again been chosen by voters in the annual TV Guide Best On The Box wards.

Insurgent offers well-executed action

Insurgent has been made with care, to be as good a film as it can possibly be. Audiences will appreciate that.

Jamie's World gets bigger

Blurred Line may be banned

The Bachelor: Fart-gate

It was the fart that stopped the nation. On her first date with the Bachelor yoga teacher Poppy let something slip...

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