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The Green Party is crying foul after the government admitted more than half of families in material hardship will not benefit from its fuel support package.

Reserve Bank chief economist Paul Conway says NZ is an expensive country to live in, with many products priced well above the OECD average.

The mysterious disappearance of John and Mike Beckenridge, whose car was found at the bottom of a Catlins cliff in 2015, was a murder-suicide and not an elaborate fake, a coroner says.

The human remains were found in a garden and are believed to be centuries old, police say.

A brain surgeon who refused advice from his colleagues has been stood down after his patient died of a brain bleed post-operation.

Rising fuel prices appear to be keeping some people off the roads in NZ's main centres.

The company which was operating the Commercial Hotel in Omakau when it closed its doors in late 2023 has been placed in liquidation.