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Low pressure over the Tasman Sea will bring rain to much of New Zealand during the second half of the weekend, MetService spokesman Daniel Corbett said.

Business is about to pick up in the world of Joseph Parker.

Canterbury businessman David Rhodes has succeeded Ian MacRae as vice president of New Zealand Rugby following a postal ballot for the vacant position.

About 80 jobs look set to be axed if a proposed restructure of Blenheim-based aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul company Safe Air goes ahead.

Sam Whitelock will make a surprise start for the All Blacks against France in Christchurch tomorrow after the withdrawal of Brodie Retallick who has been ruled out with a hamstring injury and is expected to be out of action for up to four weeks.

Legal highs must be banned sooner rather than later, says a Coroner who notes they are cropping up in more and more inquests.

A second Education Ministry manager has resigned in the wake of the Ministerial Inquiry into the troubled Novopay school payroll system.

Seven men and a woman facing drug dealing and/or manufacturing charges after a P-lab explosion at a Katikati property in December have all been committed to the High Court for trial.

A Whangarei man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a mother of two during a domestic dispute.

The Wellington High Court was evacuated after a small fire broke out in the ceiling of the third floor early this afternoon.