An allergist is calling for warnings on hair dye labels to highlight the risks of chemical reactions to hair dye.
Vincent Crump, of the Auckland Allergy Clinic, said prolonged use of hair dye, particularly permanent colours, could increase the chance of a severe allergic reaction.
“People need to be aware if you’re going to dye your hair [...]
Now, her family urges anyone else suffering domestic violence to seek help before the tragedy repeats itself.
The 33-year-old was found dead in a van in the Lower Hutt suburb of Taita on Easter Monday last year.
Last week Manu Sikuvea, 35, pleaded guilty to her murder and to two charges of sexual violation. He was remanded [...]
I maintain my innocence, as I have always done, he said in an exclusive statement to The Dominion Post.
I know I did some foolish things and to some it looks suspicious, but I am not a murderer.
Barlow was convicted, after a rare third trial, of the 1994 murders of father and son businessmen Eugene and [...]
Senior station officer Derek Lovell died and seven others were injured, two critically, when an explosion ripped through Icepak Groups dairy coolstore in Tamahere on the southeast outskirts of Hamilton about 4pm on Saturday.
Fire crews were responding to an alarm activation and investigating gas fumes coming from a building. As they entered the building it [...]
Justice League Mortal, which includes Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and The Flash, had been in pre-production in Sydney, where it was going to be shot by Australian George Miller, best known for Mad Max and Happy Feet.
But the $US200 million ($NZ253 million) films producer Barrie Osborne, who also produced Peter Jacksons The Lord of the [...]
With a child bleeding from her throat, feeding the parking meter was the last thing on Rosemary Mortimer’s mind.
However, she says Wilson’s Parking’s off-hand response to her plea to have her $45 parking fine excused really got her blood boiling.
Ms Mortimer’s 13-year-old daughter, Anna - who had surgery to remove her tonsils six days previously [...]
Sheree Veysey was 14 when depression descended; suddenly and with a frightening grip. “It was like all the colour had been sucked out of the world, and nothing tasted good any more.”
The Auckland peer support worker - aged 27, grinning, bubbly and wearing a bright green shirt - was in Wellington last week for the [...]
A jury in the High Court at Wellington yesterday heard evidence of the untidy clutter at Mr Stanlakes house in Lancaster St, Karori, and the basement adapted for a cannabis-growing operation.
It also heard of blood spatters on items found in cars Daniel Moore had been driving, and especially on wood and pieces of carpet he [...]
