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Passengers on the beleaguered Aratere ferry were stuck on board for hours overnight after it broke down on its way to Wellington.

Canterbury homeowner Todd Webley was watching TV on Saturday night when he heard the sound of a loud engine getting closer to his house.

A well-known Wellington landlord is facing multiple charges including strangulation, threatening to kill, and making and distributing an intimate recording.

Police did not check a report from nurses that a mental health patient had attacked a woman with an axe because they say they were provided with "little other information".

Paula Brown is waiting for answers about what happened to her son at a respite facility before he died of cardiac arrest.