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Kiwi weightlifter Stanislav Chalaev has won his second straight silver medal at the Commonwealth Games.

Silver Ferns captain Casey Kopua hopes England will be ''scared" after her team pulled off a gritty and smart victory over Jamaica at the Commonwealth Games today.

An armed man fired shots and attempted to carjack three cars before being arrested in Tauranga last night.

Production will not be interrupted at an Auckland Council-owned film studio after a large fire broke out there last night, the council says.

It ended in failure but the Brumbies' efforts in their semifinal against the Waratahs in Sydney have provided the Crusaders with plenty of encouragement.

A man charged with being an accessory to the murder of Gisborne man Douglas Deb-Den Witeri in April was given interim name suppression when he appeared in Gisborne District Court yesterday.

A judge has ordered internet mogul Kim Dotcom to reveal his assets after fears he is asset-dumping by bankrolling his Internet Party.

Two people in Kaikohe have been arrested on drugs charges.

Veteran White Ferns Amy Satterthwaite and Lea Tahuhu will return to the national side for their upcoming tour of the West Indies in September.

The dates and kick-off times for the semifinals of this year's Chatham Cup have been confirmed.