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When Evan Kiddey first opened Dead Video in Christchurch, he was given one piece of advice by everyone he spoke to: “Don’t do it”. Now his retro video store is standing strong in the face of the digital era.

Foreign affairs minister Winston Peters says the government will gather the facts before taking a position on the United States' airstrikes on Iran.

The trial of a 53-year-old accused of killing her mother is set to begin at the High Court in Wellington today.

Police are still searching for a person who critically injured two people in an assault at an Auckland night market yesterday evening.

The Defence Force is sending a plane to the Middle East to assist any New Zealanders stranded in Iran or Israel.

A nurse who took more than $100,000 from three sympathetic colleagues after claiming her mother had died spent the money on gambling and trips overseas.

Pausing nearly $20 million in development assistance is "patronising" and "inconsistent with modern partnership", Prime Minister Mark Brown has told the Cook Islands parliament.