A budding friendship born behind bars appears to have gone awry once three inmates were released and one ended up with a shotgun being pointed in his face while he was robbed by the other two. The ...

While 10% is at the lower end of this unjustified tax, it is very serious for our whole NZ economy. The US is our 2nd largest ...

Reception desk at GP surgery: if you have got this far you’re doing well, given NZ is spending just a third of other OECD countries on primary health care. Photo: Lynn GrievesonMōrena. Long stories ...

Dean Wickliffe, 77, New Zealand’s longest-serving prisoner, will be released after a parole hearing yesterday. He has been on ...

Wickcliffe went on hunger strike two weeks ago in Spring Hill Corrections Facility - after a fracas as he was admitted for parole breaches. He was transferred to Hospital, saying he was prepared to ...

Wickliffe, 77, was arrested for breaching parole by living in his car on March 5 and was allegedly assaulted on March 6 at Springhill Prison. Corrections earlier confirmed a staff member would not be ...

The victim was in the middle of a workout in the exercise yard at Spring Hill prison in March last year when Taimana Soames and another inmate approached him. He stepped towards the pair and ...

Jamahal Hill thinks Alex Pereira needs to focus on one particular thing if he wants to reclaim UFC gold. Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) lost the light heavyweight title to Magomed Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, ...

A person raises their hands to absorb the energy of the spring equinox — a tradition in Mexico. (Henry Romero/Reuters) ...

The winter blues are officially behind us as today marks the first day of spring, regardless of the lingering snow covering the ground. The shift in season is declared by the vernal equinox. While the ...