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Head coach Ernie Merrick has completed his first Wellington Phoenix signing, with former Perth Glory goalkeeper Lewis Italiano joining the club on a one-year contract.

The Karamea rubbish tip is in trouble again and this time the Buller District Council, not its contractor, is in the gun.

The Constitutional Advisory Panel has extended the deadline to the end of July for people to make submissions on a constitutional review.

Two weeks after thieves busted a dangerous dog out of death row at the Greymouth pound, the facility was again broken into overnight and all the dogs set free within the compound.

Taupo Mayor Rick Cooper says he's shattered by news the Taupo District Council is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office.

ANZ Bank has been named as the first of the big banks being taken to court in a law suit targeting "unfair" default fees.

The Prime Minister says there are no plans to close the Environment Court.

Air New Zealand has rolled out the first of its brand new Airbus A320 aircraft - which feature impressive curved wing tips - at the Paris Air Show overnight.

A person has died in a house fire in Hamilton today.

A shake up of the way proceedings in Parliament are broadcast is underway.