Queenstown's bar community is in mourning after one of its own died in an eerie car crash.

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Heavy downpours and thunderstorms are possible today in already saturated areas of the North Island.

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An Auckland company that was told to pay a 10 per cent deposit on a cancelled $7.3m property purchase is appealing the court's decision.

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Farmers have had "a gutsful" of poachers and are taking matters into their own hands, says the daughter of a man who claimed he was shot at in the early hours of yesterday…

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Tapped phone conversations filled with swearing and codenames were among the most critical pieces of evidence into MH17. Here's what really went on.

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Tauranga newlyweds Michael and Katie Julian have been left devastated after finding out burglars stole their wedding photos.

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NZ Rugby Union officials have apologised to the four young people who were assaulted by rising rugby star Losi Filipo.

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The High Court will today be asked to lift a 25-year-old name suppression order for a jailhouse witness accused of giving false testimony at the trial of David Tamihere…

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A massive storm and gigantic hail cuts power to an entire state, causing commuter chaos - electricity is only slowly coming back this morning.

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A former Rotorua man has spoken about surviving a random attack in Melbourne in which he was stabbed six times by his attacker.

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He was floating 160km from where his boat sank and mother went missing. It's not the first tragedy Nathan Carman has been linked to.

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The family of Luke Cochrane has issued a statement tonight after a body was found in a search in Whitianga.

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Radical proposals to shake-up the tertiary education sector have been suggested in a new report to Government - but the most radical of all is not finding favour.

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Film director James Cameron says he hopes the Government manages to establish an ocean sanctuary around the Kermadec Islands - saying "we've got to hold on to what we…

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They're not old enough to vote, but schoolchildren are having their say at the ballot box in order to learn more about how elections work.

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According to Rosie O'Donnell's Twitter feed, the comedian spent Tuesday night "not watching" the debates.

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