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The unconfirmed final holiday road toll stands at 18,  up 50 percent on the previous year.

Two men, one a New Zealander, have been refused bail over their alleged involvment in violent assaults on Indian taxi drivers in Melbourne last month.

Police have named the two men who died after the capsizing and sinking of a fishing boat south of Bluff last night.

An Auckland man visiting family in Papamoa drowned while retrieving craypots last night.

Libra is removing a television ad for tampons after a storm of complaints.

New Zealand No 1 Marina Erakovic was bundled out of the ASB Classic in the first round for the third year in a row last night when she was beaten in three sets by German Angelique Kerber.

A teenager suffered serious injuries when he fell 18m down a bank in a quadbike accident.

Police have concerns over the theft of 10 high-powered firearms from a south Taranaki farm.

Enterprising form last month has earned young female sprinters Natasha Hansen and Katie Schofield the opportunity to press a late claim for Olympic selection.

Last year Moa, a Blenheim-based boutique brewery, proudly announced it had become the first craft beer-maker to sell its products in New Zealand duty-free stores.