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Special Olympian gets special All Blacks gift

The country's top rugby team has come to the rescue after a Special Olympian's prized All Blacks shirt was stolen while he was training.

Stolen historic bell found in scrap metal heap

Chris Cornell is a sole man on NZ tour

After being stood up once before, Scott Kara finally gets to chat with Soundgarden front man Chris Cornell ahead of his solo acoustic tour of NZ

Lantern takes off: Getting the green light

This week's new Hollywood superhero movie has strong New Zealand connections - and not just because he's green. Michele Manelis reports.

Insurers: Backers likely to think twice about NZ

Synthetic cannabis 'motivation for crime'

Dentist's crusade may get him banned

CPR second nature to 'Superman'

Five years to clear quake rubble

Farm cash tipped to leap - if kiwi falls

Extras put housing bill at $2.25 billion

Grape crop 'no problem' but profit levels a concern

Lyttelton: Shocks nearly as bad as big one

Ash blocks return to Christchurch

Christchurch aftershocks: 90-year-old salutes 'urban angels'

Arrests as teen birthday party erupts into drunken violence

Christchurch: Cathedral loses famed Rose Window

Man who sparked Blockhouse Bay lockdown in court