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When an 86-year-old Canterbury woman discovered her poplar hedge had been aggressively cut back, she was “heartbroken”.

The family of a man who died 10 days after allegedly being assaulted by his cellmate at Mt Eden prison want Corrections to be held accountable for any failures that led to his death.

Glen Innes locals are mourning the death of a man killed on a bus in the Auckland suburb this week.

Convicted murderer Mark Lundy is expanding his social contacts but isn't able to have his own social media accounts.

High on meth, Norton Sowerby drove his car onto train tracks, causing it to be struck by an oncoming train and killing three of his friends.

Penalising families who refuse to vaccinate their children could help boost New Zealand's low vaccination coverage, but may have "unintended consequences", experts warn.

A little girl was sitting on a loose plywood platform on a quad bike when she fell into the path of a mower it was towing and was badly injured.