[ad_1] Stuff Emergency services were called to Atirau Road late on Thursday (file photo). A person has died after their car crashed into a stationary truck in Tūrangi. The incident happened on Atirau Rd after 11pm on Thursday. Police said in a statement that the driver died at the scene. The serious crash unit is Read more…
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Live: Evacuation centre set up in Queenstown after flooding, slips
[ad_1] Severe weather warnings and watches are in place across the South Island, while a number of highways remain closed due to flooding and slips. [ad_2]
Foul weather lets Black Caps off the hook against Bangladesh
[ad_1] Kazi Salahuddin Razu/Getty Images Bangladesh’s Tanzim Hasan Sakib pictured after play was abandoned against the Black Caps in Mirpur. At Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur: New Zealand 136-5 from 33.4 overs (Will Young 58 from 91, Henry Nicholls 44 from 57; Mustafizur Rahman 3-27) no result due to bad weather. Grim weather let the Read more…
Win rhododendrons with Blue Mountain Nurseries
[ad_1] Rhododendron Grace Seabrook Blue Mountain Nurseries have been breeding rhododendrons for over 30 years. They are a truly versatile and low maintenance plant suitable for a wide range of environments. We have four packs of early flowering rhododendrons to give away (Rhododendron Misty Moonlight and Grace Seabrook) valued at $125 each, including freight. You Read more…
Giving a hoot: The kitted-up native birds cheering on the Warriors
[ad_1] Forest and Bird/STUDIO C The takahē and red-crowned kākāriki get a Warriors makeover. Forest and Bird have joined the Up The Wahs chorus by giving a couple of Bird of the Century native birds entrants a makeover. The Warriors will be hoping to ruffle feathers during the NRL preliminary final against the Brisbane Broncos Read more…
Firefighters respond to vegetation fire near Lake Takapō/Tekapo
[ad_1] GEORGE EMPSON/Supplied Smoke rises from a fire on the northern side of Lake Takapō/Tekapo on Thursday. Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews have responded to a vegetation fire near Lake Takapō/Tekapo, northeast of the fire still burning at Pukaki Downs. A Fire and Emergency spokesperson said they were alerted to a vegetation fire in Read more…
Nelson news in brief: Langfords store campaign reaches target
[ad_1] MARTIN DE RUYTER Will Hutchison and Sukhita Langford at the Langfords Store, Bainham. Target reached A crowdfunding campaign to keep Golden Bay’s historic Langford’s Store open this summer as its owner deals with breast cancer has passed its target. The PledgeMe campaign to support store owner Sukhita Langford reached $39,510 when it closed on Read more…
NZ Breakers blow 17-point lead to drop final pre-season game against Perth Wildcats
[ad_1] Russell Freeman Breakers point guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright drives past the Wildcats’ Bryce Cotton in their Blitz finale. NBL Blitz: At Gold Coast Convention Centre: Perth Wildcats 93 (Jordan Usher 26, Bryce Cotton 21, Alex Sarr 12), NZ Breakers 89 (Parker Jackson-Cartwright 15, Finn Delany 15, Cam Gliddon 14, Zylan Cheatham 13, Justinian Jessup 12, Read more…
High winds ground helicopters at ‘largely confined’ scrub fire near Twizel, South Canterbury
[ad_1] A large scrub fire has been blazing overnight in Pukaki Downs, South Canterbury Six properties have been evacuated and roads closed The blaze comes as the area is under an orange warning for high winds A convoy is to be escorted past the fire from Aoraki Mt Cook area People wanting to leave the Read more…
Man charged with manslaughter following fatal crash in Christchurch
[ad_1] Ricky Wilson/Stuff Manslaughter and drug charges laid following fatal Canterbury crash. Police have charged a man with manslaughter and drug related crimes following a fatal car crash in North Canterbury. Robert Burns Hutcheon, aged 70 from Lyttleton, died in the crash on Main North Rd (State Highway 1), Sefton, on April 30. A second Read more…