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An Ohope businessman has pleaded guilty to two charges of drink-driving causing injury after reversing into two young girls.

Ben Afeaki's calf strain has handed Ben Tameifuna an opportunity to remind the All Blacks selectors of his ability when the Chiefs play the Crusaders on Friday night.

All Blacks' fullback Israel Dagg has been recalled to the Crusaders starting XV for Friday night's clash against the Chiefs in Hamilton.

More than 1000 lightning strikes have been recorded across New Zealand today, and more are expected, as a band of thunderstorms moves in from the Tasman Sea.

New Zealand golfer Greg Turner will make his debut in a senior professional event on Friday morning (NZT) when he tees it up at the 74th Senior PGA Championship in St Louis, Missouri.

Screams from her terrified child brought a mother running from the other end of a house when fire engulfed the front of their Gisborne home yesterday.

Arnott Heights residents hope to convince authorities to install a pedestrian crossing in the hillside Greymouth suburb, but in the meantime one resident has painted their own.

A fracas at a Franz Josef Glacier funeral wake left one innocent bystander unconscious and his brother nursing a bruised head, the Greymouth District Court heard yesterday.

Police expect to arrest those they believe are responsible for a small school fire that had the potential to cause a lot of damage.

The Government will spend $16.4 million of grants to support six community housing providers to complete social housing developments in Auckland, Northland, Hamilton, Bay of Plenty, Wellington, and Canterbury.