3+ hour, 22+ min ago  (506+ words) A Northland teen with autism wasn't sure if university was in his future - now he will be the first in his family to attend. Whang'rei Boys' High School student Oliver Ball hopes his story will inspire others, particularly the neurodivergent…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (724+ words) More than 300 mandatory reports against teachers, including cases involving inappropriate force, boundary breaches and failures to protect children, were filed in 2025. However, the Teaching Council says the vast majority of teachers uphold professional standards and work with children without incident....

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (597+ words) A drink driver who tried to make a passenger take the fall following a fatal crash on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway last year has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. "Have I ever killed you before?" Leilah Faamausili responded when one of her…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (997+ words) A man who drove through a Hamilton intersection, colliding with cars, and killing a pedestrian, has conceded he should have noted he had a medical condition on his driver's licence applications. The man, who has interim name suppression, careered through…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (391+ words) An Australian family thrust into the global spotlight after their daughter was abducted have relocated from the home where they lived during the ordeal. Ellie Smith and Jake Gliddon, the parents of Cleo Smith, have sold their three-bedroom, one-bathroom house…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (709+ words) Eroweti Kaihau blasted the rear of a fleeing car with a semi-automatic, cut-down shotgun while he was a passenger in a pursuing car and did not have a firearms licence. Eroweti Kaihau, who was at the time on a sentence…...

3+ mon, 10+ hour ago  (436+ words) New images released by the FBI show a person in a full-face balaclava apparently tampering with a front door camera outside the home of the missing mother of a US TV host. The person is described as "armed. Nancy Guthrie,…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (493+ words) Rap star and former Trump critic Nicki Minaj has appeared with President Donald Trump at a Washington DC event, publicly voicing her support for him and pledging six-figure contributions to his latest initiative. The Anaconda rapper joined Trump at a…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (171+ words) A man attacked United States Representative Ilhan Omar (Democrat) while she was speaking during a town hall meeting in Minneapolis, according to local police. According to an initial police statement, the man used a syringe to spray an unknown liquid…...

4+ mon, 18+ hour ago  (934+ words) An investigation has been launched into claims staff at Wesley College performed exorcism rituals on students without parental consent. An investigation is under way into claims "deliverance and exorcism" rituals to rid students of "demonic serpents" were performed by staff…...