17 September 2026
An electric vehicle can save you thousands on petrol – but other costs are giving some EV owners a rude shock.
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17 September 2026
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has been ejected from Parliament after using the c-word, allegedly to refer to the Assistant Speaker.
17 September 2026
A guitar worth over $4000 was returned three years after being stolen, but an officer appeared to be posing with a much cheaper bass.
17 September 2026
Four reports relating to two vehicles in Auckland have prompted officers to speak with their owners.
17 September 2026
AI will not make seamanship obsolete. It will make human judgement more valuable, as tomorrow’s crews learn to interrogate data, challenge automation and take control when increasingly intelligent systems get it wrong. The latest chapter from our new SplashTech magazine. The crew of 2035 will not be short of technology. The more difficult question is …
17 September 2026
Volunteer aviation investigators believe they may have spotted the submerged wreckage of a plane that disappeared almost 50 years ago.
17 September 2026
India topped Sri Lanka’s largest source market by a significant margin, as Sri Lanka’s tourism sector has surpassed the 1. 6 million arrivals threshold for 2026 ...
17 September 2026
A young woman has been found deceased at a property in suburban Darwin, with her partner in custody over an alleged assault hours earlier.
