Mike Sanford

Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher has purchased Stuff from its Australian owners Nine Entertainment for $1. The chief executive was returning the company to New Zealand ownership, with the sale is expected to be completed by 31 May. “Our plan is to transition the ownership of Stuff to give staff

Police were called about 1.50pm to an accident involving a car and trailer crashing into a power pole on State Highway 1 and Dowling Road near Woddlands causing power outages in the surrounding area. A St John spokeswoman said two patients one with minor and one with moderate injuries were taken to

Three Lotto players from Auckland and Tauranga will be on cloud nine after each winning $333,333 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold on MyLotto to two players from Auckland and one player from Tauranga. Powerball was not struck this evening and has r

There have been no new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand in the past 24 hours, for the second day running. In its latest media release, the Health Ministry said there were still a total of 1504 confirmed and probable cases in New Zealand, of which 1154 are confirmed cases. There have been no

There have been no new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, the Health Ministry has confirmed. In a statement, the Health Ministry said the total number of confirmed and probably cases in New Zealand stands at 1504, of which 1154 are confirmed. There have been no further deaths reported.

Police have now launched a homicide enquiry following the discovery of a body in the Longwood Forestry block. We can now confirm the body has been identified as Dale Tama Watene, 40, of Otautau Detective Senior Sergeant Stuart Harvey, said. A post mortem was carried out today. The investigation team

Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller has won the support of the National Party caucus, defeating Simon Bridges in a vote for party leader this afternoon. Todd Muller and his wife Michelle arriving at Parliament today before he won the leadership vote. There are reports that Nikki Kaye has been elected as th

Today there is one new confirmed case of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand. The case is linked to the St Margaret’s cluster in Auckland and is a household contact of an earlier case. Because of their connection to the earlier case, the person has been in isolation since the beginning of Level 4. Thi