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Summer's long dry persists

Hunt for teen train surfers continues

Police are scanning CCTV footage in an effort to identify the two teenagers who were caught on camera hanging off the back of a commuter train yesterday.

Boys reckless joyride on train

Police are investigating dramatic footage of two teenagers hanging from the back of a speeding train in Wellington.

Wellington train surfers filmed

The Variety Bash diaries: Day Three

Bernard Hickey: The renting generation

Imagine what "Generation Rent Party" designed to represent NZ's young renters would do if it got into power in Auckland or Wellington, writes Bernard Hickey.

Storms make way down NZ

Thunderstorms are making their way down the country bringing heavy rain, particularly to the capital where several houses have been flooded.

Missing kayaker returns home safely

The kayaker missing off Wellington’s Island Bay today has returned home safely.

Wellington trains back on track

Train services are back on track in the Wellington region, but lines in the South Island remain down after Spark outages overnight, KiwiRail says.

Man charged with murder after woman's body found in Otaihanga house

Drunk hospital patients face new tests

Two new 'Alcotest Units' will enable quick testing of intoxicated patients at Wellington Hospital .

Lundy trial: 'Three months without sex'

Mark Lundy's wife Christine had 'gone off' sex after finding out they couldn't have children, a court heard today.

Kiwi veteran receives prestigious French honour

The 94-year-old Wellington veteran received the honour at French Ambassador Laurent Contini's home in Thorndon tonight.

Lundy 'nice and pleasant' - prostitute

A prostitute who slept with Mark Lundy hours before he allegedly drove home and bludgeoned his gamily to death said he was "nice and pleasant" during their liaison.

Labour's cheaper leadership race

Labour's leadership contest roadshow carried less of a punch to the taxpayer's wallet than the last runoff in 2013, according to newly released list of MPs' expenses.

Lundy wanted $1m insurance policy

Hours before allegedly killing his family, Mark Lundy said he had tried to increase his and his wife's life insurance to $1m but was declined because of their weight.

Firefighters battle major house blaze in Lower Hutt

A young family are devastated after a major house fire wrecked their suburban home this afternoon.

'A huge pool of blood'

Even though Mark Lundy is accused of the murder of his wife and daughter, it was his brother-in-law who was in the spotlight today after defence lawyers pinned the crime on him.