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    Feral cat 'crime family' now on hit-list

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    Campaigner happy feral cat 'crime family' now on hit-list

    New Zealand's best-known opponent of letting cats wander where they please is thrilled the government has stopped "pussyfooting" around the issue.

    Vow to reopen after fire claims shop, home

    Patricia Hailes, 83, is determined to reopen her 20c Shop after a fast-moving fire destroyed it...

    Vow to reopen after fire claims shop, home

    Patricia Hailes has become a Christchurch community treasure over the past five years, offering near-free books, clothes and other secondhand items at her 20c Shop.

    'My babies were my absolute world'

    'My babies were my absolute world': Mum speaks after children killed in blaze

    The mother of the three children who died following a fire in the Manawatū town of Sanson has spoken out for the first time.

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    Dealers support lower clean car standards

    Midway Motors managing director Chris Henderson. File photo: Peter McIntosh

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    Dealers support lower clean car standards

    Car dealers say changes to the clean vehicle standard is a win all round for dealers, buyers and the environment.

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    Jones hits back at Sam Neill over 'anti-mining views'

    Shane Jones. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Jones hits back at Sam Neill over 'anti-mining views'

    Shane Jones is shrugging off an attempt to paint him as a hypocrite while taking a potshot at New Zealand actor Sir Sam Neill.

    Rapist has prison term extended, avoids indefinite sentence

    Darryl Grant Bridgeman, 55, appeared in the High Court at Hamilton. Photo: Belinda Feek via Open...

    Rapist has prison term extended, avoids indefinite sentence

    A recidivist rapist has avoided an indefinite jail term after a judge found he would be unlikely to reoffend when he is released, given his old age.

    K-Mart sold 67,000 units of asbestos-laced sand

    The Kmart 14-piece Sandcastle Building Set, Blue Magic Sand, Green Magic Sand, Pink Magic Sand...

    K-Mart sold 67,000 units of asbestos-laced sand

    It has been revealed Kmart NZ sold tens of thousands of pots of potentially asbestos-laced children's play sand.

    WHO report shows a quarter of women abused by partner

    Women's Refuge chief executive Dr Ang Jury. Photo: Getty Images

    WHO report shows a quarter of women abused by partner

    There are calls for a public awareness and education campaign about domestic violence, after fresh data has revealed its prevalence around the globe.

    Neighbours describe sanctioned landlord

    The Tenancy Tribunal warned the landlord multiple times. Photo: MBIE via RNZ

    'Probably a multi-millionaire': What the neighbours say about Christchurch boarding house 'slumlord'

    A landlord ordered to pay $33,000 for failing to clean up and fix a Lyttelton boarding house would rather cop a fine than pay for maintenance costs, one neighbour says.

    Criminal investigations begin into three police staff

    Police Commissioner Richard Chambers. Photo RNZ / Marika Khabazi

    Criminal investigations begin into three police staff

    Criminal investigations have begun into three police staff in relation to "misuse and inappropriate content", RNZ can reveal.

    Foodstuffs South Island fined for selling recalled hummus

    Foodstuffs continued to sell recalled hummus (file photo). Photo: Getty Images

    Foodstuffs South Island fined for selling recalled hummus

    Foodstuffs South Island has been fined $39,000 for selling recalled hummus.

    Anti-stalking legislation passes final hurdle

    Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith. Photos: RNZ/Mark Papalii

    Anti-stalking legislation passes final hurdle

    Legislation to make stalking a specific criminal offence has passed its third reading in Parliament.

    Seymour warns Peters may jump to Labour

    ACT leader David Seymour (left) and NZ First's Winston Peters. Photo: NZ Herald

    Seymour warns Peters may jump to Labour

    New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has vowed to repeal the Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB) if re-elected next year.

    Digger goes for a dip at Marlborough jetty

    A digger working on the replacement of Waitaria Bay's new jetty has become stuck in the sand and...

    Digger goes for a dip at Marlborough jetty

    Work to replace a Marlborough Sounds jetty has taken a dive after a digger got stuck and became submerged.

    Schools to be barred from opting out of international tests

    Education Minister Erica Stanford. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii

    Schools to be barred from opting out of international tests

    A government bill will stop schools opting out of international maths and reading tests and speed up intervention in failing schools.

    Cops stood down for additional misconduct in breath test probe

    Photo: RNZ

    Cops stood down for additional misconduct in breath test probe

    A "small number" of police officers who either falsely or erroneously recorded alcohol breath tests have been stood down for additional misconduct.

    Two people dead in SH1 crash north of Timaru

    Two people dead in SH1 crash north of Timaru

    Two people have died following a crash on State Highway 1 north of Timaru this evening.

    Man charged over fatal crash in Canterbury

    Photo: Getty Images

    Man charged over fatal crash in Canterbury

    Police have arrested a man in relation to a fatal crash in Sheffield, Canterbury, yesterday afternoon.

    Arrow fired as 'warning shot' during five-hour standoff

    Police at one of the cordons set up on the corner of Nile St and Tory St in central Nelson during...

    Arrow fired as 'warning shot' during five-hour standoff

    A man upset over a family matter threatened to blow up his house and others around him, prompting the evacuation of an early childhood centre and residents from around 50 nearby homes.

    AI scribe tool rolled out to EDs

    Health Minister Simeon Brown said trials had shown the system slashed the time clinicians...

    AI scribe tool rolled out to EDs

    The creator of the AI tool says trials reduced the average time spent on documenting patient notes from 17 minutes to four minutes.
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