The effort has got the whole community involved - wanting to help out.
The students used berries, fruit leaves and grass from their ngahere (forest) to create a sustainable alternative to traditional solar cell materials.
Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty to five counts of murder and 46 counts of attempted murder.
A third person also died. Police worry that the killer or killers may be still at large.
Investigators from the US, Canada, France and the United Kingdom are working closely together on the probe of the June 18 accident.
The prince kicked off the initiative by visiting pilot projects that have received grants of up to NZ$1 million each from the Royal Foundation.
"They've been sitting on full pay for two years and it doesn't seem the investigation is done."
The dolphin signature whistle is a unique and important signal — akin to calling out their own name.
The Grammy Award-winning US trio will be here in November.
Anton Lienert-Brown could miss up to three All Blacks Tests after his nasty head-on-head collision with new teammate Dallas McLeod over the weekend.
"We’re now looking to the next five years and how we continue to deliver mail to New Zealanders."
Matt Brown said innerBoy was about helping men "live the best version" of themselves.
Ministry of Health statistics showed the number of 15 to 17-year-olds who vaped every day had quadrupled in three years.
An Independent Police Conduct Authority report also found an officer shouldn't have punched Jaye Taueli in the mouth to stop him biting another officer.
The Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate will be one of the most hotly-contested seats at this year's election following Meka Whaitiri's defection from Labour.
The new coach is hoping to get his tenure off to a winning start when the Black Ferns open their Pacific Four Series against Australia on Thursday.
It was among two stores targeted by thieves using stolen vehicles.
Jan Tinetti said the Government had heard the concerns of the sector.
A report released today by the Ministry of Social Development shows for those receiving a Main Benefit, total incomes after housing costs are 48% higher than at the end of 2017 after adjusting for inflation.
"I have to say that was a first!" the singer told a London crowd.
A 15-year-old girl was hospitalised with serious injuries in the incident.
The nonsense aimed at Ben O'Keeffe on social media shines a light on what has been occurring at amateur level for years, writes Patrick McKendry.
"If it's good enough for New Zealand First and Matua Shane Jones to take his signs down, you should do the same."
A section of State Highway 1 was closed between Wellsford and Warkworth while the road was cleared.
Police were carrying out three search warrants.
As the capital battles ongoing public transport challenges, one community has taken the wheel in their own hands.
Police were alerted to the incident at a Botany Town Centre clothing store just after 5pm yesterday.
According to Australia's recall notice there is a risk of serious injury or death from faulty batches of the lamp.
The two-vehicle crash happened just after 2pm.
ACT and National both say Labour has nobody to blame but itself for the situation universities are in.
A youth advocacy group working with rangatahi living in homelessness say they're not being heard.
Testimonies gathered by the Green Party document the struggles some renters are facing with unhealthy homes and unhelpful landlords.
Immigration NZ has shifted on Mele Langi's residency status "given the humanitarian circumstances" of her case.
A number of families have been cut off after wild weather hit the region over the weekend.
Waka Kotahi said the cameras will be installed across the most high-risk roads where crashes occur most often.
The report says it is failing some of our most vulnerable young people.
"If you don't drink, don't start," the Heart Foundation now says as its new advice also suggests a glass of red wine has no benefits for the heart.
It comes as more than 20 cars have been stolen or attempted to be stolen in the region.
Stephen Paea is one of more than 1000 overstaying kids who've grown up without legal status in Aotearoa.
He used his students work in "some journal articles, and maybe in some book chapters as well".
The teenager is alleged to have been the "main instigator" in several brutal assaults in the Hastings CBD, police say.
The "Jizai Arms" are made up of a wearable base unit with sockets for up to six articulated arms, looking eerily reminiscent to Marvel's Doctor Octopus.
The frenzy involved about 50 tiger sharks scavenging a humpback that died of natural causes.
The prime minister will discuss Aotearoa's ongoing economic relationship with the global superpower, among other issues.
