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Market close: Contact-Manawa deal boosts NZ sharemarket

New Zealand shares ended strongly after better jobs data and on takeover news.

'Upsetting incident': Woman charged with murder in Manurewa homicide probe

The 32-year-old accused will appear in Manukau District Court tomorrow.

Airfares: Commerce Commission explains why it doesn’t want a competition study, but tells airlines to watch out

Is the system 'broken' or is NZ just too tough for more aviation players?

Hollywood stars descend on Nepal to film Everest biopic

Tom Hiddleston will star as Kiwi mountaineering pioneer Sir Edmund Hillary.

'I'm just shocked': Parents on edge after abduction attempt

Police investigating an attempted snatching involving a man in a distinctive white sedan.

'True club legend': Community mourns beloved football figure

Wellington's football community pays tribute to Grant McKeen, a 'true club legend'.

'I was in robot mode': How UFC contract changed things for Navajo Stirling

'I’ve got that insatiable hunger. I’m going to be hitting with bad intentions.'

'Devious' lawyer used neighbour’s criminal history to try to get him evicted

A dispute over driveway access has ended in suspension for lawyer Nicholas Wintour.

Watch: Gang filmed tearing across Auckland before objects hurled at police at Botany bar

Police seized five motorbikes and shut down the bar in Botany.

Sadistic chivalry with a power tool: Gang member admits drilling holes in stranger's thigh

A man slapped a woman's bottom in a nightclub... her boyfriend got cruel revenge.

Major power cables linking North, South Islands near end of life, $1.4b replacement mooted

Transpower is proposing several upgrades to be done at the same time.

Watch: 'He was over it': Maccas worker tells customers to halve their order and ‘ration it’

They wanted two dinner boxes. The worker had other ideas.

Rotorua drivers hit with month's parking fees in one day

The council has apologised for any 'short-term inconvenience' the issue caused.

Man, 50, charged with murder of Waiuku woman found dead in a car

The man is due to appear in Pukekohe District Court today.

Third venomous snake washes up: How storms are driving sea snakes to NZ shores

The snake was dead when it was discovered.

Unemployment remains unchanged at 5.1%

The labour market remains subdued despite better-than-expected result.

'Significant risk': Tariffs heighten volatility, Reserve Bank warns

Banks have strong capital to maintain credit flows amid market volatility.

'Worst nightmare’: Boy escapes abduction on first day walking by himself

A stranger attempted to abduct a boy in Manurewa on Monday afternoon.