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    Seymour suggests smartphone ban for under-16s

    Act leader David Seymour. Photo: RNZ

    Seymour suggests smartphone ban for under-16s

    Act leader David Seymour has suggested smartphones could be banned for under-16-year-olds.

    Missing woman entered sea and didn't come back, police believe

    Natalie was last seen leaving her home in Pōhara in Golden Bay on Monday, July 6. Photo: Supplied...

    Missing woman entered sea and didn't come back, police believe

    There's evidence a missing Golden Bay woman entered the sea and did not make it back to land, police say.

    H5 bird flu confirmed in NZ - what now?

    A Great skua (Stercorarius skua) that succumbed to bird flu in the Shetland Islands, Scotland....

    H5N1 strain of bird flu confirmed in NZ. What now?

    The H5N1 strain of bird flu that has been affecting countries around the world has arrived in New Zealand.

    Trump threatens to hit energy targets unless Iran resumes talks

    President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

    Trump threatens to hit energy targets unless Iran resumes talks

    US President Donald Trump has reimposed a naval blockade of all Iranian ports and threatened to hit power plants and bridges unless Tehran resumes negotiations.

    Some shoplifters blaming cost of living: police

    PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Some shoplifters blaming cost of living: police

    The head of a specialist Christchurch crime unit says some first-time shop lifters are blaming the cost of living for their crimes.

    NZ 'as prepared as we can be' for bird flu

    H5 bird flu case confirmed in New Zealand

    The Biosecurity Minister says New Zealand is "as prepared as we can possibly be" to deal with bird flu, after a case of the H5 strain was confirmed today.

    Wife recalls moment husband sucked out of plane window

    A broken window and the interior of the Ryanair aircraft following the incident. Photo: Despoina...

    Wife recalls moment husband sucked out of plane window

    A passenger was partially sucked through a dislodged window on a Ryanair Boeing 737 flight shortly after takeoff from Thessaloniki in Greece last week.

    'Sickening and unconscionable': Dunedin music scene figure gave 15yo drugs, paid her for sex

    Michael McLeod. File photo: Gregor Richardson

    'Sickening and unconscionable': Dunedin music scene figure gave 15yo drugs, paid her for sex

    A doyen of the Dunedin music scene who plied a 15-year-old girl with meth and paid her for sex has been jailed for two years, three months. 
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