Million-dollar mystery grips Masterton as villagers speculate
Somebody in Wairarapa is a million up and nobody has been allowed to look at them.
Retail Ruckus
Supermarket queue rage, self-checkout meltdowns and the mall carpark's unwritten rules. Every Retail Ruckus yarn we have filed, newest first — 62 stories, none of them true.
Constable pearce posts apology video over Rotorua Bunnings onion incident — onions "remain in custody"
The onions were on top. The onions are now evidence. The constable has a course.
Dunedin supermarket trolley turns up in Heathcote River, 360km from home
Nobody knows how it got to St Martins. The trolley isn't saying. Its left wheel still pulls.
Welcome Bay mall Santa accused of upselling photo packages to crying toddlers
The Bronze package is one photo. The Platinum is eleven photos, a keyring, and a chat about your credit limit.
Guys. I never thought I'd have to make this article about a smoking barbecue
Constable Dave Pearce addresses his community following the incident at the New Brighton Mitre 10 returns desk.
Richmond Woolworths self-checkout asks customer if she's "okay" after failing to scan a cucumber
The machine wanted a chat. Sharon wanted a cucumber. Neither got what they came for.
Guys. I never thought I'd have to make this article: Te Anau woman's one grape arrives in fridge-sized box
Dave the Tradie sits down, takes a breath, and owns his truth about a Woolworths click-and-collect gone wrong.
Kmart Hamilton's 'treasure hunt' promotion is just staff asking customers where things are
Prize for finding the missing air fryer is, reportedly, the air fryer at RRP.
Dinsdale op shop $2 mug sparks bidding war, woman offers $47 and a lasagne
The mug has a chip. The mug has a crown. The mug now has three claimants and a police liaison.
Hawthorndale chemist stripped of panadol 48 hours before forecast drizzle
It was a Tuesday morning in Hawthorndale. Nothing about that day suggested what was about to unfold.
Papamoa op shop $2 mug sparks bidding war, two retirees no longer speaking
The mug had a chip in it. The bidders did not care.
Royal commission finds Rangiora Woolworths self-checkout 'emotionally dependent' on customers
Two years of hearings, 47 witnesses, one broken barcode scanner — the Commission has spoken.
Pak'nSave rolls out queue for the queue, Rangiora braces for import
An Auckland trial has North Canterbury shoppers already rehearsing their sighs.
Taradale pump prints receipt longer than the bloke buying the fuel
Forty-two bucks of 91. Three metres of paper. One sparky ropeable.
Alexandra woman's broccoli points dispute enters second week, New World "looking into it"
Clubcard says 40 points. Receipt says 4. Deborah says she'll die on this hill.
Glenorchy shop's "closing down" sign now older than the owner's youngest kid
Ninth year of the everything-must-go sale. Everything is, in fact, still there.
Geraldine Mitre 10 out of zip ties — tradies staring into the middle distance
The cable-tie aisle has been described as 'a crime scene, basically'.
Countdown trolley turns up in Glenorchy, 45km from the nearest bloody Countdown
The trolley was last seen in Frankton. It is now in a paddock past Glenorchy, and nobody's putting their hand up.
Yaldhurst petrol receipt measured in metres, not cents
Bloke filled up. Pump filed a novel.
Crofton Downs Mitre 10 out of zip ties — local projects frozen in place
Three weekend jobs abandoned by Sunday lunch. One trailer still parked on Churchill Drive with a tarp flapping.