Two pilots suffered headaches and had their vision temporarily obscured after a powerful green laser was pointed into the cockpit of the commercial plane they were flying…

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The "interconnector" that South Australia relies on for power is at the centre of the outage that cut power for the whole state. Here's what went wrong.

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See who wrote the best song in New Zealand this year, and all the other songwriting award winners from the Silver Scrolls.

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A controlled explosion has been carried out on a suspicious item in central Auckland this evening, police say.

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A New Zealand man who claimed he was travelling to Syria so all his sins would be wiped away has been jailed for his failed bid at martyrdom.

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Radio host Lorna Subritzky swore at the funeral of her friend who died from breast cancer that she would book her first mammogram the next day.

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Financial wunderkind Jamie Beaton has raised $41 million from New York investors, putting the 21-year-old from St Heliers firmly onto the rich list.

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An American visitor has been found dead in his rental in rural Martinborough this morning.

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Two sisters from Minnesota were found dead inside their luxury resort villa a week into their vacation in the Seychelles.

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The All Blacks side to play Argentina in Buenos Aires on Sunday has been named, with several changes to the 23 which played South Africa earlier this month

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A 14-year-old boy is in police custody after he allegedly assaulted a woman before stealing her car outside a shopping centre in West Auckland.

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Some will see something X-rated in this optical illusion. Others will see dolphins. Which are you?

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With news of a live action remake in the works, we look at what you didn't see from the 1994 classic, from hidden messages to that time someone sued Disney.

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TVNZ is set to abandon more than 40 years of history this weekend, as it farewells the TV One brand.

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Too many customers have helped themselves to something extra at the self-service till, or scanned mangoes as carrots. Well, not for long.

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Team New Zealand look to have mastered a manoeuvre that could define the outcome of next year's America's Cup.

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