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Great Walk . . .The sun sets over the Hump Ridge Track, which weaves through native forest, sub-alpine ridges and beaches, and includes the 125m Percy Burn viaduct, built in 1923. PHOTOS: DAYLE WRIGHT & ANTONY SPROULL One thousand additional walkers have trekked the Hump Ridge Track since it entered the international stage of the world’s great walks a year ago.

Giant leap . . . Southland Girls’ High School students perform on the Civic Theatre stage for Showquest Southland. PHOTO: CHONTALLE MUSSON Hundreds of South Island secondary school students brought their creative talents to the Deep South on Monday night.

Almost 500 firearms have been seized from a Gore property. Photo: NZ Police A "shocking" stash of nearly 500 firearms has been recovered from a Gore property in what is thought to be one of New Zealand’s largest weapons seizures.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Reuters Israel said it had struck Iran, and Iranian media said explosions were heard in Tehran as tensions mounted over US efforts to win Iran's agreement to halt production of material for an atomic bomb.

Two Lyttelton properties remain evacuated following a slip on Ticehurst Road. Photo: RNZ / Adam Burns By Adam Burns of RNZ A Lyttleton woman has been warned to prepare to leave her home after a neighbouring property was damaged by a landslip.

Two Lyttelton properties remain evacuated following a slip on Ticehurst Road. Photo: RNZ / Adam Burns By Adam Burns of RNZ A Lyttleton woman has been warned to prepare to leave her home after a neighbouring property was damaged by a landslip.

A man who organised a sober driver for a night out in Dunedin ended up with his car impounded and a court date for his friend.

Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon The firefighters union says overheating equipment in a 28-year-old fire truck is symptomatic of the workers' ageing tools.

Te Rangihiroa College Caterers providing meals for live-in students at an Otago University hall have stopped serving food to those with special dietary requirements while an investigation is carried out.

A view of the site where a plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in India's western state of Gujarat. Photo: Getty Images More than 240 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London crashed moments after taking off from the city of Ahmedabad, authorities said, in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade.

Crash survivor Ramesh Viswashkumar. Photo: Twitter Ramesh Viswashkumar, the only known survivor out of the 242 people onboard an Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad, had been sitting near an emergency exit of the London-bound flight and managed to jump out, police said.