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Papakura marae invite those most in need to annual Christmas drive

Cars queue up outside Papakura marae waiting for food vouchers and Christmas parcels.

An asset or a cultural asset? The Samoan community responds to the Maota Samoa

The Maota Samoa has seen a major decline in its use by Pacific people.

Funding denied: Radio host's family take on debt for daughter's surgery

17-year-old Selah Ritchie will travel from NZ to Germany for treatment.

Christmas Day weather forecast: Will your festive lunch be a washout?

Today's top temperature of 32C was recorded at Lake Pukaki in the Canterbury high country.

'Being a little bit careful': Breakers star's return still up in the air

"The basketball conditioning is something you really can't imitate."

Inmate dead, another wounded in prison stabbing at Wiri

The deadly stabbing happened in the kitchen of the South Auckland prison.

Watch: Aerial footage reveals scale of multimillion-dollar mansion fire

$3.7m home wrecked on Saturday by a blaze that drew more than 40 firefighters.

'No help': Driver gets stuck on Manukau mudflats, swamped by tide

A Karaka resident said one person got out, walked through mud, another stayed in car.

ELE collapse: 750 Filipinos fired from sites

'Workers’ ability to stay here is now under threat, many will find it hard': Mikee Santos.

Midnight ram raid at West Auckland dairy, burglars still at large

The superette in Massey was hit around 12.30am.

Massive hedge fire destroys sheds near Timaru, fires on Auckland’s volcanoes

Ten fire trucks were called in to battle the fire in a macrocarpa hedge.

Check your fencing: Distraught family speak after 1yo drowns in backyard pool

Heartbroken whānau say they would do anything to turn back time to avoid losing baby River

Pukekohe could hardly have hoped for a better Boxing Day card

Two hot fields of 3-year-olds could upstage the older Group 1 heroes.

Man arrested after 35 guns, explosives seized from west Auckland properties

The man is facing serious firearms-related charges in court.

Revealed: Auckland A-Leagues club's inaugural men's coach

The new A-Leagues club has made a major acquisition.

Covid conspiracy theorist Billy Te Kahika sentenced again

It's the second time he's faced sentencing this year.

Landlord must pay $11K to tenants he claimed were 'flatmates'

Villa was boarding house and renters were not flatmates, Tenancy Tribunal rules.

Achoo! Hay fever soars as El Nino stirs up huge levels of pollen

The first snapshot of pollen levels in 35 years shows big rise in particles in the air.