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[ad_1] A severe thunderstorm has hit southern Waikato, producing 2,600 lightning strikes and causing flooding. South Waikato was hit by heavy rain, hail and lightning Thursday afternoon, causing long delays on State Highway One and flooding in the city of Pūtāruru. Are you experiencing the storm? Send your weather photos …

[ad_1] SUPPLIED Royal Sciascia, 11, at Starship Hospital. Four weeks ago, Royal Sciascia dove into her school pool with the kind of glee the 11-year-old was known for. He broke his neck and is unlikely to walk again. Royal’s head hit the bottom of the Pōrangahau school pool, breaking three …

[ad_1] Some of the 99 snappers caught in a boat in Kawakawa Bay. The ship has been seized and the three men on board are prosecuted. Photo / Supplied Fisheries officials have seized a boat that was caught in the Hauraki Gulf with nearly five times the legal limit for …

[ad_1] Some of the 99 snappers caught in a boat in Kawakawa Bay. The ship has been seized and the three men on board are prosecuted. Photo / Supplied Fisheries officials have seized a boat that was caught in the Hauraki Gulf with nearly five times the legal limit for …

[ad_1] Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta says Australian Minister Peter Dutton “only serves to destroy his own reputation” by insulting New Zealand deportees by calling them “garbage.” Dutton, Australia’s Home Affairs Minister, was interviewed for a Nine News Channel report on criminal deportees to New Zealand earlier this week, saying: “It’s …

[ad_1] Google location data and CCTV footage eventually led police to Denver Chance’s body after his alleged murder. Chance, 43, was last seen on February 24, 2019 before being reported missing three days later. Police found her body inside a white chest freezer at an address in Kingseat, south of …

[ad_1] Police launched a homicide investigation after a woman was found dead in a car in south Auckland. Officers were at the McNally Rd, Pukekohe property Wednesday to conduct a bail check when they found a man critically injured. After a new search, they found the body of a woman …

[ad_1] An Australian tourism subsidy that will give tourists access to 800,000 half-price airfares would not work in New Zealand because domestic air travel has largely recovered from Covid-19, says a tourism professor. On Thursday, Australia’s federal government announced a 1.2 billion Australian dollars (1.3 billion New Zealand dollars) support …

[ad_1] MONIQUE FORD / THINGS Wellington City Council accepted in principle a notice of motion submitted by Councilwoman Jill Day to establish a Maori neighborhood in time for the 2022 elections. (File photo) Wellington City Council has agreed in principle to establish a Maori neighborhood in time for the 2022 …

[ad_1] PoliticsUpdated March 11, 2021 12:08 PM4 minutes to read There are no new Covid cases in the community today and six new cases in managed isolation to report today. All Air NZ flight attendant contacts who tested positive for the virus last week have returned negative so far, with …