Two new trustees have been appointed to the Lake Taupo Protection Trust (LTPT).

Both from Taupo, they are former Taupo District Council mayor Clayton Stent and farmer Mike Barton.

Wellington Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault that occurred in Featherston Street in the early hours of Sunday 21 June. The Police are especially interested to hear from the driver of a car who stopped near the assault as it took place.

Wellington, June 22 NZPA - The alleged teenage rapist of a 74-year-old Taranaki woman has had name suppression lifted in Hawera District Court.

Wellington, June 22 NZPA - The trial of Clayton Robert Weatherston, charged with the murder of Otago University student Sophie Elliott in January last year, will not start before Wednesday.

22 June 2009

A new Auckland hotel is fast becoming a popular destination for eco-conscious dignitaries and business travellers wanting to lower their carbon footprint.

Jasons Travel Media, New Zealand's leading provider of accommodation and activities information, has announced the launch of a new activities booking engine which would be provided free of charge to all activity operators with a paid listing on Jasons.com

Department of Conservation has concluded the second of two aerial drops of rat poison in preparation for Project Island Song, a community-driven initiative to restore native birds and plants to the islands.

The New Zealand Council of Licensed Firearm Owners, (COLFO), which represents the interests of legitimate firearms owners and is the largest voluntary shooting-related organisation in New Zealand was surprised and somewhat dismayed to hear on June 9th that the Police have decided to recategorise

Hawke's Bay artist Kerin Greville of Clive has won the Horticulture New Zealand Art Award for the second year running, this year with a photography montage called "Farmers' Market Hawke's Bay".