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On Monday morning "we woke up with messages from police saying the car’s been stolen”, Howe said. “It was a bit of a pain.” One of the car’s windows was broken, the ignition had been ripped out, and it had been driven in the wrong direction along the city’s one-way street system, he said. The car had also been used to do burnouts and police received complaints about the way it was being driven, Howe added. The 25-year-old said they did not have anything sentimental in the car, but there were two children’s car seats, glasses in a blue case, a tan Billabong ski jacket, a blue...

IMMAF AUSTRALIA SHOWS THE WAY WITH COVID SAFE MMA EVENT 03/03/21 The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation of Australia (IMMAFA) successfully held its first COVID safe event of 2021, the Queensland Open on 20 February. IMMAF rules, MMA competitions present amateur mixed martial arts tournaments in an Olympic format, with the international body (the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation) eyeing eventual participation in the Olympic Games. The Australian national federation event, held at Gamebred Academy in Brisbane, featured 38 athletes from five Nations including Australia, New...

The many strange names of New Zealand: From Wet Jacket Arm to Hoon Hay, what's with our oddball place names? 8 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 15 minutes to read The name Waikikamukau ("Why kick a moo cow") has become a running joke in New Zealand for any tiny, rural town. Photo / Herald graphic Karolin Potter doesn't laugh as much now when she takes the slow sweep south along Lyttelton Street before crossing the Heathcote River and leaving her home suburb of Spreydon for neighbouring Hoon Hay. She used to. "I'm not a Christchurch native, so when we moved here we thought it was absolutel...

Revealed: New Zealand's most popular baby names for 2020 Newshub 7/01/2021 © Provided by Newshub A new baby name has taken out the top spot for New Zealand families in 2020. Isla beat Charlotte and Amelia to debut as the most popular baby name given to girls in 2020 while Oliver remains as the most popular name given to boys for the eighth year in a row.  Nikau and Mia took out the top spots for Māori names after topping the list for several years and Taylor and Darcy were the most evenly split gender-neutral names with a 51/49 percent divide between boys and girls. 

The top 10 New Zealand baby names of 2020 have been revealed 7 Jan, 2021 03:29 AM 3 minutes to read Nearly 18,000 different first names were given to the newest Kiwi's last year. Photo / File Bay of Plenty Times With over 58,000 babies born last year some names proved popular among the country's newest parents. Isla beat Charlotte and Amelia to debut as the most popular name given to girls in 2020 according to the Department of Internal Affairs. Meanwhile, Oliver remains the most popular name given to boys for the eighth year in a row. Nikau and Mia are the most popular Māori names, followe...