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Mainland Poultry's Hillgrove Farm near Moeraki. Photo: Supplied The Ministry for Primary Industries has lifted all movement controls from an Otago poultry farm after an outbreak of avian influenza last year.

An attempt for a judicial review of the decision for US Medicare to cease paying for the test was unsuccessful, with the judge last week saying the court had no jurisdiction. Photo: Supplied / Pacific Edge Dunedin-based cancer diagnostic firm Pacific Edge has been dealt a severe financial blow after its key testing procedure was excluded from coverage by the United States Medicare federal health insurance scheme.

Photo: File A pair of youths were out on an afternoon joyride in two allegedly stolen vehicles when they were caught by police.

Photo: Getty Images A man on his way home from a night out drinking flipped his truck into a paddock after losing control on a sharp corner, police say.

PHOTO: RNZ By Russell Palmer of RNZ Police are investigating after three applicants who failed physical testing were still admitted for training.

Jens Christensen. Photo: Supplied A well-known Canterbury property developer and residents' advocate was killed in a car crash on Sunday morning.

Global developer Virtuos on how co-development might be the answer to challenges faced by game studios in New Zealand.

Cardinals stand in front of the tomb of Pope Francis during the Homage of the College of Cardinals and Second Vespers, on the first day of its opening to the public in Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome. Photo: Getty Images Tens of thousands of people streamed past the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, packing the Roman basilica where he had chosen to be buried in a break from tradition.

Donald Trump. Photo: Getty Images Top officials in US President Donald Trump's administration pressed Russia and Ukraine to make headway on a peace deal following a one-on-one meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Vatican a day earlier.

Jens Christensen. Photo: Supplied A well-known Canterbury property developer and residents' advocate was killed in a car crash on Sunday morning.

North Korea has confirmed the deployment of soldiers to Russia for the first time. Photo: Getty Images North Korea confirmed for the first time today that it has sent troops to fight for Russia in the war with Ukraine under the order of leader Kim Jong Un and made an important contribution to the liberation of Russian territory occupied by Ukraine.

Police have begun shifting information to Microsoft cloud services. Photo: RNZ By Phil Pennington of RNZ Police have been warned that shifting their information to the cloud could have "severe detrimental impacts" if they are not careful.

Simon and Belinda Mortlock in the middle of a game of Red Herring. Photo: Geoff Sloan ​ From business lawyer to board game inventor, Governors Bay man Simon Mortlock has made quite the post-retirement shift.

John Dew. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED New Zealand’s only cardinal, John Dew, says he felt incredibly privileged to have attended Pope Francis’ funeral.

Juliana Bonilla-Herrera told friends Joseph Brider was watching her and she felt threatened and unsafe. Photo: Supplied A coronial inquest will examine how a convicted rapist was released on parole and managed in the community before brutally murdering a woman in her Christchurch home just 10 weeks after he was let out of prison.

Juliana Bonilla-Herrera told friends Joseph Brider was watching her and she felt threatened and unsafe. Photo: Supplied A coronial inquest will examine how a convicted rapist was released on parole and managed in the community before brutally murdering a woman in her Christchurch home just 10 weeks after he was let out of prison.

Faye (Frances Anne) Phelps and her late husband Bill. Photo: Supplied via RNZ By Sam Sherwood of RNZ Six months after Faye Phelps was murdered by a mental health patient, the second killing involving a patient from Hillmorton Hospital in Christchurch in just over two years, her daughter is seeking answers. RNZ national crime correspondent Sam Sherwood investigates.

St Peter's Square during the funeral of Pope Francis. Photo: Getty Images Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said it was a "great honour" to represent New Zealand at Pope Francis' funeral.

Hurunui’s fallen soldiers were remembered at two events on Anzac Day.