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Photo: Getty Images Penelope Maguire celebrates the nut of the moment.

Photo: Supplied A network of traps will be laid along the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River as part of an ambitious project to rid the area of rats.

File photo A wannabe Dunedin influencer in his sixth hour of live-streaming in public was arrested after verbally abusing people and assaulting a woman.

Hurunui’s West Ward includes the tourist town of Hanmer Springs. Photo: Hurunui District Council There will be at least two new councillors elected in Hurunui’s West Ward.

When Andrew Simms talks about Dunedin, he speaks as a father, a business leader, and a community advocate who believes the city’s best days are ahead.

By Sam Sherwood of RNZ Fugitive Marokopa father Tom Phillips has died after a shootout with police where an officer was shot in the head with a "high-powered rifle".

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson has been sentenced to life behind bars but she will be eligible for parole after 33 years.

Photo: ODT files The jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a prominent sportsman accused of breaking a baby's ribs.

TCIT established that all the properties were overcrowded and operating as boarding houses. Photos: MBIE A Queenstown landlord who operated four boarding houses illegally has been fined $81,050.

On the edge of the Botanic Gardens, a team is preparing to put a historic Christchurch building on stilts.

Carlos Alcaraz celebrates beating Jan Sinner in the US Open men's singles final at Flushing Meadows today. Photo: Reuters Carlos Alcaraz ended the reign of Jannik Sinner with a 6-2 3-6 6-1 6-4 win to claim the US Open title today and tighten his grip on the era-defining rivalry between the torch-bearers of the men's game.

EcoDrop transfer station pits can be "extremely dangerous" places. Photo: CCC Firefighters had to be called after a person fell into the pit at a rubbish transfer station in Christchurch.

Dezi Freeman. File photo Offering a million-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of Australia's most wanted man isn't a sign investigators have hit a dead end, police say.