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Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney walks into his office after the Liberal Party staged a major political comeback to retain power in parliamentary elections. Photo: Reuters Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals staged a major political comeback to retain power in parliamentary elections, fuelled by a backlash against US President Donald Trump's tariffs and comments on making Canada the 51st US state.

Spain and Portugal have switched their power back on after the worst blackout in their history, though authorities offered little explanation for what had caused it or how they would prevent it happening again.

Hospital staff called police after the patient allegedly assaulted the security guards and broke a computer screen. Photo: Peter McIntosh An agitated patient assaulted two security guards and smashed a computer at Dunedin Hospital before being arrested police say.

By Gaurav Sharma from RNZ  Clockwise, from top left: ACT MP Parmjeet Parmar, National's Nancy Lu, Labour MP Jenny Salesa and Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March. Photos: supplied Lawmakers representing New Zealand's ethnic communities have condemned critics for focusing on their ethnicity when disagreeing with policies they are proposing.

Projects including 14 houses were recently shortlisted for the 2025 Southern Architecture Awards.

Photo: Getty Images A man who allegedly stole about $2000 worth of items ranging from cosmetics to camping gear from Dunedin businesses was found carrying a knife.

By Dana Johannsen of RNZ  Once adversaries, Nicholle Bailey and Jess Massey found themselves united in a shared goal following the suspected suicide of a Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore: To tell the truth for their friend. Dana Johannsen reports.

More wild weather is on the way - with heavy rain and snow for parts of the South Island and the cancellation of Cook Strait ferries.

More wild weather is on the way - with heavy rain and snow for parts of the South Island and the cancellation of Cook Strait ferries.

Harihari farmer and backyard engineer Jock Nolan, left, and Plucks Engineering managing director Neil Pluck have joined together to manufacture and sell the Hose Runner, a device to shift stockwater hoses. PHOTO: TIM CRONSHAW A farmer can thank his children for a lightbulb moment to take the back-breaking work out of shifting stockwater hoses.

Photo: RNZ By Sam Sherwood of RNZ  A man ruled insane after committing a high-profile killing more than two decades ago has gone on to kill another person.

The Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal found the practitioner to have committed five instances of professional misconduct against three patients between 2014 and 2019. Photo: ODT files After a Southland medical professional told a patient he could not help him, the man went home, locked himself in his room and attempted suicide.

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Photo: RNZ By Sam Sherwood of RNZ  A man ruled insane after committing a high-profile killing more than two decades ago has gone on to kill another person.

A woman is to appear in court accused of throwing acid at a man in Wellington.

Photo: Oxford Health and Fitness Centre A $283,000 extension to the Oxford Health and Fitness Centre will open on May 3.

Electric Avenue. Photo: Radlab The sold-out Electric Avenue festival in Christchurch resulted in a visitor spend of almost $10.5 million, an economic impact report from FreshInfo shows.

Folau Fakatava. Photo: New Zealand Rugby Folau is here to stay.