New Zealand Herald

Lives were put at risk from couch fires lit too close to houses in Dunedin's student quarter, Dunedin police and the Fire Service have warned.

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A woman is appalled it took three emergency calls to get help for an Auckland student writhing in pain at her inner-city campus.

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'This is the fate of any prostitution' the inscription warned above a door. Inside the apartment block lay the bodies of 27 alleged prostitutes.

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After a week of wild weather which battered the top of the North Island, it's time to grab the winter woollies and wrap up warm.

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A late night talkback segment from radio host Mark Staufer that featured foul language has been pulled from RadioLive's website.

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A police officer is being investigated for giving "incorrect" evidence under oath which led to a $1 million drug charge against a gang leader being dropped.

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Giving up alcohol for a month is pointless for people's health, says a leading liver expert.

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Thick fog has blanketed Auckland city this morning, affecting domestic and international flights and making driving through the city a short-sighted experience.

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It was the Everest of its time, and some 25,000 people try to scale it every year. But the issue of climbing Europe's tallest mountain has come to an ugly head.

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Former Police Minister and Papakura MP Judith Collins was told there might be a problem with how police handled statistics.

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A 28-year-old mother swept to her death in a flood-swollen Bay of Islands river screamed for five minutes as she clung to a fence but the raging waters pulled her under…

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