A church with just four regular worshippers has held its last service - so now what?
The church sits 'quite regally on top of the hill' but few venture inside it.
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Former Warriors player turned TV celebrity faces drug charges as name suppression lifted
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Third Abbott St fire in three weeks
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Contact’s rejected wind farm project will delay NZ energy transition, industry body warns
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Gisborne’s DrainWise redirects downpipes to prevent sewage spills
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Hawke’s Bay bar owner calls council plans for earlier closing times ‘crazy’
Chris Sullivan says it’s bar operators who have to change, not opening hours.
‘Cowardice’: Mayor condemns shooting into packed local pub
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Iwi-owned research centre marks milestone
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Leaking $2m of ratepayer money every year, should the National Aquarium in Napier be saved?
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Far North mussels best in the country
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'Cavalier' fisherman fined $34k after failures onboard vessel during kina operation
He ignored warnings to fix the GPR device, which meant his boat was 'invisible'.
UN condemns major livestock theft amid West Bank settler violence
Palestinian Bedouins report theft of 1500 livestock by Israeli settlers.