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New Zealand's reputation as a clean green beautiful country is in danger of being exposed as a fraud, a university lecturer says.

A 20-year-old man is being sought by police in relation to a missing 13-year-old Christchurch schoolgirl.

Two women and five men have been charged this morning over an alleged mortgage fraud scheme involving more than $9 million.

New Zealand's new High Commissioner in London has been put up in high-end accommodation in Kensington costing $7500 a week.

New Zealand's Mitch Evans will start on the front row after qualifying second-fastest for tonight's GP2 race on the streets of Monaco.

A Tauranga dairy has bowed to public pressure and stopped selling synthetic cannabis.

New Zealand sailors are back in the hunt for medals at the Delta Lloyd Regatta in the Netherlands with three crews lying in the top two across three classes with just two days of racing remaining.

Timing hasn't previously been a strong point for Ali Williams, but his decision today to retire from test rugby is indisputably perfect.

No one was inside a car found down a bank off Paekakariki Hill Rd in Wellington this morning.

Neil Wagner's candid responses have been refreshing since he graduated to cricket's international ranks in July 2012.