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A Christchurch family has farewelled their 8-year-old son after he lost his battle against a rare and aggressive form of cancer.

A quad bike, some tyres and cans of Sprite are among the belongings seen in the first photos of the campsite where fugitive Tom Phillips and his children had recently been staying.

Police have arrested a man over the theft of a 2.2-tonne Llew Summers sculpture from outside a Christchurch community centre.

A jury has heard the 111 call Loafers Lodge resident Liam Hockings made to emergency services on the night of a fatal fire at the boarding house in Wellington. 

A jury has been told traces of the anti-depressant drug Nortriptyline were found in the bodies of two children allegedly killed by their mother and left in suitcases.

The Chase's Shaun Wallace will be in New Zealand this November for a series of Cure Kids Quiz Nights.

It was one of fugitive father Tom Phillips’ children who alerted officers to firearms at their campsite after Phillips was shot dead by police yesterday.