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John Armstrong of The New Zealand Herald puts forward six reasons for National's victory on Saturday.

A singing TV weatherman-turned-entertainer and a former mayor famous for urinating on a tree are among a colourful crop of new MPs set to enter parliament.

A man heard his nephew "squeal'' before finding the six-month-old in a full-blown seizure, a court has heard.

The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is defending itself against criticism over the length of time it took to ensure the safety of Mount Victoria Tunnel in Wellington, after a report suggested users were at risk of being hit by falling concrete.

Woodville dairy farmer Ben Allomes has been elected to the the DairyNZ board of directors and vows to be doer rather than a complainer.

Police are on high alert after a fourth suspicious fire in 10 days at Foxton Racecourse.

An alliance of Maori tribes plan to buy up to 20 per cent of any state-owned power companies put up for partial sale by the new National Government.

The owner of the Pyne Gould Corporation (PGC) building, which collapsed in the February 22 Canterbury earthquake killing 18 people, says he didn't know it was an earthquake risk when he bought it.

The body of a slain security guard will be released into the care of family trustees today ahead of its repatriation to India.

Three Pukekohe High School students have been kicked out of the college following an incident in which a student was held down and assaulted in front of his classmates.