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Wedding bells and pre-season slog for Napier City Rovers captain

Summer's been all about wedding bells and hard graft in training for inspirational leader.

Editorial: Documents prove Willis too hasty in cancelling ferry contract

OPINION: The Finance Minister should have pressed pause, rather than scrapping iRex.

Rights ‘breached’: Animal abuser says conviction goes against her Māori worldview

Lai Toy argued her rights under the Treaty were breached by the disqualification.

Child witness details parents’ fight before mother’s fatal plunge in Māngere

The boy spoke to police when he was 10. Now 12, he says he remembers things differently.

Watch: Black smoke spews across Auckland from scrap metal yard fire

Photos and videos of the scene showed large plumes of black smoke.

'Quite emotional': Incredible photos show pod of 450 dolphins off Kaikōura coast

'There are other creatures in this world that deserve to share it with us.'

‘I wanted others to see me as tough’: 14yo accused of Dunedin bus hub murder addresses court

The defendant told the court he began carrying a knife for protection from bullies.

Family honours legacy of slain woman Turipapa Tukere

The Ngāruawāhia woman died after a daylight brawl in Waikato.

'Both men helped themselves': Mongrel Mob members raped 14-year-old in motel room

The teen was subjected to a terrifying sexual assault that spanned several hours.

'Keep the kids safe': Police monitoring South Auckland schools after threat of planned brawl

One school said they had notified police and would have a 'strong staff presence'.

Person seriously injured as crash closes Totara St

Emergency services were called about 4pm, police say.

The Mining Mum: How a podcast transformed Kiwi woman’s career path

Gisborne's Tegan Larkins empowers women in mining through podcast, recruitment.

NZ Herald Live: Reserve Bank Board Chair fronts media following Adrian Orr’s resignation

Reserve Bank Board Chair Neil Quigley will front a brief media stand up at the Reserve Bank Museum

'Solid demand': Strong start to the year for red meat exports

Export values in January increased 28% year-on-year to $927 million.

An aerial spectacular that will take your breath away

Belle: A Performance of Air transports you to a different world

‘Game changer’: $1m funding boost for Rotorua youth mental health

Rotorua's youth centre has been given a funding boost that will benefit 560 young locals.

Major Canterbury drug bust sees 120 charges laid, 13 arrested

Police seized $22,000 in cash and $38,000 worth of drugs.

Hamilton city councillor resigns just months before election

He was first elected as a councillor in the 2021 byelection.