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A Whangarei man who was part of an elaborate plan that included robbing a tavern and later targeting Asian families in Auckland has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in jail.

Andrew Nicholson is again the toast of the eventing world this morning with a superb win at the top-ranking Luhmuhlen CCI four-star event in Germany.

Persistent heavy rain is causing traffic chaos in Christchurch today.

A 15-year-old was stabbed after a party got out of control in a Napier suburb at the weekend.

Police have released the name of the woman who died when a landslide engulfed her home near Kaiteriteri yesterday afternoon.

MediaWorks New Zealand, the broadcaster whose stable includes TV3 and Four, and radio stations including Radio Live, the Rock and MoreFM, is expected to be put into receivership today after a planned recapitalisation failed to win over its lenders.

New Zealand has finished second in their pool group at the World League semifinal tournament with a 4-2 win over Belgium in Rotterdam today.

A woman has described the nightmare of trying to grab a man who fell from the 15th floor of an Auckland city apartment block - and survived.

A challenge to the science used to identify DNA matter on a shirt as brain tissue is a core part Mark Lundy's appeal to the Privy Council in London, which begins tonight.

Rain is beginning to ease in the Tasman district this morning where heavy downpours yesterday caused a landslip that destroyed a home and claimed the life of a woman inside.