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'Unexplained death': Detectives launch probe after man found in Christchurch flat

Emergency services rushed to a Christchurch address this afternoon.

Covid-19: 'We don't go out into the community now. If we do, we double mask'

Tony and Jan Bellew are doing all they can to get out of India and back home to NZ.

Cancer treatment 'screwed up... an absolute disaster'

Litany of misdiagnosis, missed opportunities and mishandled appointments.

Drug-driver victim's fury at potential 'murderers'

Walter Dalziel lives with constant pain after head-on collision with a meth-fueled driver.

First signs of NZ housing market slowing - report

'There are signs that there are fewer buyers talking to banks about ... mortgages.'

Man who ran global child sex abuse ring imprisoned for second time

John Hellewell told Probation he no longer felt pity or sadness for the abused children.

Urine, food smeared on floor: St John ambulance station trashed

St John believes the break-in happened sometime overnight on Sunday

'Shameful and criminal' delays for cancer patients

Cancer Society chief horrified as delays are much worse than anyone expected.

Person hit by train in Invercargill

Police could not provide comment on the status of the person hit.

Suppliers v supermarkets: Claims of 'anti-competitive' behaviour

Research found broad dissatisfaction among supermarket suppliers.

Man still in hospital after plane crash in North Canterbury

The aircraft crash-landed nose-first in a farm paddock, with the cabin crushed on impact.

Injured cattle euthanised after being hit by freight train

The train, travelling from the West Coast to Christchurch, struck around 20 cattle.

New and improved: Milford Track's Mintaro Hut open for trampers

The original hut was found to be sitting in a potential rockfall zone.

Complaints about social housing problems 'fell on deaf ears'

Concerned Christchurch man would feel safer living in his car than by social housing.

'Cheeky twinkle in his eye': Tributes flow for Former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull

Dave Cull was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in October last year.

Second sex conviction for builder who assaulted sleeping flatmate

Steven Enting, 36, said he 'blacked out' and had no memory of the assault.

Sex offender to be monitored for a decade after next month's release

Corrections applies for intense supervision due to 'high risk of sex offending in future'.

Sir Tim Shadbolt falls out with council over 'lack of IT training'

Invercargill mayor refuses to apologise after lashing out at staff over IT support.