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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.

By Dana Johannsen

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.

Reaching a milestone in appearances are Edendale club rugby players (from left) Phillip Brown, Ryan Udy and Jeremy McLeod. Photo: supplied Milestones have been celebrated and another awaits as the Edendale team shows loyalty runs deep in the side.

Wyndham temporarily upset the Waikaka Rugby Club’s 125th anniversary celebrations by stealing a 28-27 win against the Waikaka-Riversdale Vikings in the division one match on Saturday.

Danny Livingstone and Mason Whelan are hot favourites to claim the Southland Six Shooter Championship this weekend. Photo: Vanessa Adcock/supplied Another big season of speedway action will draw to a close this Saturday when Aotea Electric Riverside Speedway host their final meeting of the race season.