Jonathan Beau Hall was not qualified to sign off engineering designs for 946 properties around the country but he did it anyway, forging the signatures of two chartered professional engineers.
Switzerland and the Netherlands secured spots in the Eurovision 2024 grand final alongside Israel despite large protests against that country's participation and booing during its performance.
The gang member who fatally shot a man in Auckland last weekend was deemed to carry a low risk of reoffending by Corrections after he assaulted someone in 2020.
Four men on a crime spree in central Dunedin attempted to rob people armed with a screwdriver before threatening to stab a pub-goer for refusing to buy them a drink, police say.
NZ's largest electricity distributor is warning the country to hurry up with controls around charging electric vehicles - or face unnecessary bills running into the billions.
More than 30 people in desperate need of a home are about to be handed keys to "five-star" flats in a restored, historic central Dunedin warehouse - and there could be more in the future.