A German tourist died and two other people were hurt after an attack by a man armed with a knife and hammer near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, in what President Emmanuel Macron described as "a terrorist attack".

A man wielding a steak knife has killed four members of his extended family, including two children, at a home in the Queens borough of New York City before being shot dead by police.

The new coalition govt is "deeply committed to lowering smoking rates in New Zealand," Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says, but admits his team got their numbers wrong.

Dunedin Gasworks Museum Trust’s chairman Jonathan Cweorth with a cake made for the gasworks’ 160th anniversary yesterday with Dunedin city councillor Sophie Barker (left) and founder of the Southern Heritage Trust, Ann Barsby.

Results from Saturday night's Lotto draw.