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Auckland supermarket ruins handed back to Foodstuffs

A day after a massive blaze broke out at an Auckland supermarket, the fire service has handed over the building - or what's left of it - to its owners, Foodstuffs.

PM rejects idea of visa waivers for China

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (centre) and Tourism Minister Louise Upston (to his left) at...

PM rejects idea of visa waivers for China

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has poured cold water on the idea of complete visa waivers, or extended visas for "premium" travellers from China.

Daughter and dad nick $200k from ATM

Jessie-Lee Daniela-Ranford, left, and her father, James Lindsay Ranford. The pair was due to be...

Daughter and dad nick $200k from ATM

A former Armourguard employee used the company’s special codes to raid almost $200,000 from an ATM machine in a heist she executed with the help of her father.

Drone to be used in search for missing woman

Police will launch a drone in the search for a Christchurch woman missing for two weeks.

Sydney teen's six-hour gang-rape ordeal horrifies police

A six-hour gang rape of teenage girl in a car allegedly at the hands of four youths has been described by senior Sydney police as a degrading crime that "beggars belief".

Air NZ cancels Bali flights after volcano erupts

Air NZ cancels Bali flights after volcano erupts

All Air New Zealand flights to the Indonesian resort island of Bali have been cancelled after the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki spewed ash into the sky.

Person dies in Blenheim vehicle incident

Police interviewed both Ashton's mother and her then partner three times.

Person dies in Blenheim vehicle incident

A person has died after reportedly ending up under their own vehicle in suburban Blenheim.

Melatonin to be sold over the counter; psilocybin to be prescribed

Act New Zealand leader David Seymour. File photo

Melatonin to be sold over the counter; psilocybin to be prescribed

The government has signalled melatonin will become available over the counter, and psilocybin will be available for patients with treatment-resistant depression.

KiwiRail charged over Cook Strait ferry grounding

KiwiRail charged over Cook Strait ferry grounding

Maritime NZ has filed two health and safety charges against KiwiRail over its grounding of the Interislander ferry Aratere nearly a year ago.

National, Labour in slanging match over abuse in care redress

Erica Stanford, left, and Jan Tinetti Photo: RNZ

National, Labour in slanging match over abuse in care redress

National Minister Erica Stanford's scrutiny hearing descended into a political slanging match between the minister and two Labour MPs as they clashed over the redress system for survivors abused in state care.

Australia's rainbow population rising after 'burst of acceptance'

Australia's rainbow population rising after 'burst of acceptance'

Australians are becoming more comfortable identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual, and experts are likening it to the sexual revolution of previous decades.

Tractor up in flames in spectacular Three Mile Hill blaze

A tractor has gone up in flames after catching fire while driving up Three Mile Hill Road.

Israeli tank fire kills 59 in crowd waiting for aid in Gaza

Israeli military vehicles manoeuvre amidst the rubble in Gaza. Photo: Reuters

Israeli tank fire kills 59 in crowd waiting for aid in Gaza

Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks in Gaza on Tuesday, killing at least 59 people, according to medics, in one of the bloodiest incidents yet in mounting violence as...

Watch: Walkers go slip, sliding away on icy Dunedin streets

The butt-slide and the pole-grab were among the methods hastily employed as Dunedin walkers went skittering down steep ice-covered footpaths this morning.

Census scrapped, replaced by 'administrative data'

The 2018 census was a fizzer. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Census scrapped, replaced by 'administrative data'

New Zealanders have filled out their last traditional Census form, with the five-yearly count scrapped from 2030.

Boy was allowed to remove lifejacket before tragic capsizing

Gemma Ferregel and her 10-year-old son, Ryder, drowned after a boat capsized in Manukau Harbour;...

Boy was allowed to remove lifejacket before tragic capsizing

Ten-year-old Ryder Ferregel was wearing a lifejacket when he went out on an ill-fated scalloping trip – but it was ill-fitting and riding up, so he was allowed to take it off.

Hydroslide out of action

Hydroslide out of action

Inexperienced winter drivers hit the skids and didn't realise the plunge pool at the end was empty.

Govt to give itself power to override councils on housing

Housing and RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop. Photo: RNZ

Govt to give itself power to override councils on housing

The government will take back power from local councils if their decisions are going to negatively impact economic growth, development or employment.

Trump calls for Iran's 'unconditional surrender'

President Trump aboard Air Force One as he returned to Washington from the G7 summit in Banff,...

Trump calls for Iran's 'unconditional surrender'

President Trump called for Iran's "unconditional surrender" and warned that US patience was wearing thin, but said there was no intention to kill Iran's leader "for now", as the Israel-Iran air war raged for a fifth day.

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Dunedin Airport lashes out at government

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Dunedin Airport lashes out at government

Dunedin Airport has accused the government of double-dipping and questionable law-making in a submission calling on it to abandon a move which raises the cost of bringing back international flights.

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