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Rescue services are hanging on to hope for tramper Connor Purvis who remains lost in what has been described as "rugged and wild" country.

A man who died after becoming trapped under a vehicle in his driveway in Wānaka was elderly and living alone, the ODT has been told.

A man fighting to establish the mother and father named on his birth certificate are not his real parents has claimed he was subjected to hypnotic coercion and his mother was involved in baby-farming organised by eugenicists.

An inquest found the youth had become interested in violent pornography and had made "troubling" internet searches the day before his death.

After gathering crayfish and pāua with his mates during a dive trip at a remote South Island beach, a man took to social media with a picture of a seafood in a chiller bag and the words “30 each, big ones 50″.

Health NZ has apologised to a woman who spent 11-and-a-half hours in the emergency department, but was never seen by a doctor.

New Zealand's holiday road toll stands provisionally at seven deaths, well down on the 15 last year and 22 in 2024, police say.

Thousands of patients caught up in the ManageMyHealth ransomware attack could be at risk of identity theft or extortion, cyber security experts warn.