Otago Daily Times: National News

A church minister has been cleared of assaulting an off-duty police officer who was refereeing his son's under-10 rugby game in a disagreement over a try.

The father of a man killed by a notorious drink-driver says he fears for the safety of the community where the recidivist offender will live once he is released from prison in less than two weeks.

Conservative Party leader Colin Craig says his Twitter account was hacked after an offensive tweet was posted on his feed.

A world-class covered sports stadium in Christchurch would be funded by a partial sale of the city's assets if Prime Minister John Key had his way.

"Runaway millionaire" Leo Gao's bid to have his jail sentence reduced has been rejected by the Court of Appeal.

A woman and her young son escaped injury when their car ploughed into a house in west Auckland today.