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Two protesters have been arrested for refusing to leave the Occupy Auckland protest site at Aotea Square.

The Government has promised to review dog laws after three dog attacks on children in less than a week.

The financial shocks of the Canterbury earthquakes are being felt by homeowners throughout New Zealand this month, with the arrival of insurance bills in the post showing average increases of up to 30 percent.

Some Feilding residents will be without power for up to six hours this morning after a transformer caught fire.

New Zealand house prices have been identified as highly unaffordable in an international study, with Auckland's market only slightly better than London but less affordable than those in Los Angeles and New York.

A dawn raid that landed internet mogul Kim Dotcom in jail was timed for his birthday celebration so his party guests could also be locked up.

A Rotorua nine-year-old has been left with deep cuts to her head and arm after being attached by her neighbour's American bulldog.

World golf No 1 Lydia Ko has won the Australian Amateur title and is believed to be one of the youngest winners in the 118-year history of the event.

The Auckland Aces are again the kings of Twenty20 cricket, after crushing the Canterbury Wizards by 44 runs today to win their second straight HRV Cup.

Police say officers are required to take all necessary precautions, after an incident in which an Auckland man was shot and tasered while wielding an open LPG gas cylinder that was leaking flammable gas.