8+ hour, 23+ min ago  (242+ words) Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with NSW-based farmer and university student Mia Ryan to learn more about her dating app, Howdy. On with the show: The Prime Minister ponders his Fieldays plans, the latest…...

2+ hour, 45+ min ago  (508+ words) A dating app for those outside the cities is launching in New Zealand, aiming to make it easier for people in rural communities to meet someone new. Howdy, created by 24-year-old farmer and university student Mia Ryan, has already grown…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (604+ words) Hundreds of cell towers around the country will be upgraded with better backup batteries to protect 111 calls in extreme weather events. The investment will help delay the widespread communications blackouts that regions like Hawke's Bay experienced in Cyclone Gabrielle. Since…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (864+ words) Starlink users around the world, including New Zealand, are facing price hikes from mid-June. "I don't have much option, as it seems everyone else has given up trying to provide a competitive service," a rural Starlink user, Jeff Smith, told…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (470+ words) How Te Kaha delivered 3. 4 TB of data on opening weekend. This content was prepared by Kordia and is being published by The New Zealand Herald as Advertorial. If you went to the new One New Zealand Stadium for the historic…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (1348+ words) Man about town Ricardo Simich brings you Society Insider. This week, Soul's GM finds love in her 60s. Plus, inside the star-studded gala that raised $3. 25 million for Kiwi children with cancer. She's taking over as general manager from Liv Carter, who…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (269+ words) Dating app users are being warned to stay vigilant after two people were assaulted in separate incidents in the past week after arranging meet-ups online. Southland area prevention manager, Acting Inspector Mel Robertson, said police are aware of two incidents…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (119+ words) Parts of South Auckland are without internet this morning, according to the Chorus outage map. Image / Chorus A swathe of South Auckland has no broadband internet this morning, with more than 1000 properties affected. The Chorus website shows outages stretching from…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (1139+ words) Bill Shera loves telling people he's been married three times " once out of necessity, once for celebration's sake and once to renew a commitment made 20 years before. "I let them react before adding, "to the same woman'," the electrical engineer…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (248+ words) A March cyber attack on the Hutt City Council has exposed the identity and financial information of hundreds of people to hackers. The council has confirmed the phishing attack compromised the identity information of five people, and 732 people might have…...