NZCity NewsLinks

All Links

26 Aug 2026

Search

Cyber attacks rise 16% as ransomware surges in July
Ransomware victims jumped 49% in July, while organisations worldwide also faced 16% more cyber attacks year on year.

As it happened: Christopher Luxon won't release count of confidence vote after failed coup
The Prime Minister says he's confident Erica Stanford and Chris Bishop had nothing to do with the attempt to roll him.

Mother tells inquest she did not cause her toddler's fatal head injury
Seventeen-month-old Sadie-Leigh Gardner died on 29 March 2019 in Starship Children's Hospital from blunt force head injuries.

Contact & CDC explore 250 MW Stratford data centre
The proposed 250 MW facility could bring fresh jobs and new renewable generation to Taranaki, but it still needs consent, finance and tenants.

‘Not acceptable’: Referee allegedly pushed into swamp at end of Southern League football game
Officials condemn the ‘not acceptable’ incident after bystanders were forced to intervene at Ferrymead Park.

Live: Reports of person with gun at Sylvia Park, shops locked down
A staff member at the mall has confirmed they are in lockdown.

Lockdown underway at Auckland’s Sylvia Park mall as reports of gunshots heard
A shop worker says police armed with long rifles are in the area.

State of ‘iconic’ psychiatric hospital ‘simply unacceptable’, MP wants law change
Helen White has criticised the condition of the former Carrington Hospital’s Building One saying it could be put to good use if preserved.

Mother jailed after meat cleaver attack on toddler son
A woman who tried to kill her 3-year-old son by repeatedly cutting his neck with a meat cleaver has been sentenced to five years and one month’s imprisonment.

Teacher exchanged 6600 messages with 11-year-old before indecent assault conviction
A former primary school teacher has been censured after her conviction for indecently assaulting an 11-year-old student and pursuing a secretive, emotionally dependent relationship with the child.

‘Too good to be true’: Free insulation offer reported as scam by suspicious locals
In a small Central Otago town, people were knocking on doors with an offer some thought was too good to be true.

Demand for ethnic women’s refuge support nearly doubles in two years
More than 7000 people have accessed Shakti Women's Refuge safe houses over the past two years.

Unseen footage of Polkinghorne’s doco interview shown at Pauline Hanna inquest
Dr Philip Polkinghorne gave an interview to a documentary in 2022 before he faced a jury trial.

Woman died at Hawke’s Bay Hospital after falling from bed, health and disability commissioner says
Inquiry finds "multiple deviations" from hospital policies before the 88-year-old suffered the fall at Hawke's Bay Hospital.

Live: 'There's a shooting': Reports of person with gun at Sylvia Park
A shopworker told RNZ he heard screaming, then his workmates came running in saying "It's people are shooting, like there's a shooting,"

AI can produce the work, it can't produce the lawyer
AI is forcing law firms to rethink how junior lawyers learn, with judgement, client exposure and office proximity becoming more important.

Ngai Tahu unveils South Island council boundary plan
Ngai Tahu has unveiled a plan to reorganise the South Island's council boundaries, replacing the 24 councils within its rohe with five.

Principal collected children’s Covid details for anti-mandate court fight
Kathryn Pick passed pupils’ Covid-19 health information to a lawyer acting for an anti-mandate group she belonged to, the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal found.

Principal censured after physically restraining 14-year-old student on school camp
A school principal held a 14-year-old student’s wrists until they were marked and blocked his breathing while trying to force him to take medication.

Auckland mall Sylvia Park is in lockdown
Auckland’s Sylvia Park is in lockdown.