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Ex-Outlaws leader bought guns for protection while on parole, sold meth to pay for them

The convicted drug dealer was a friend of murdered Outlaws president Peter Lui.

UFC star Dan Hooker invites women to backyard brawls with $50k prize

Israel Adesanya helped announce the event in a video Hooker posted to Facebook.

Bootcamps: Minister admits teen death derailed pilot participants

The participant's death was unrelated to the pilot, according to Oranga Tamariki.

'Life-changing': International flights return to Hamilton Airport

Jetstar's first planes to Sydney and Gold Coast have taken off from Hamilton this week.

Person dies after being run over by own vehicle

Police closed Lewis St at 10.45am for investigation.

'Awful incident': Teen girl seriously injured by car outside Nelson college

Emergency services were called to the scene about 3.15pm.

Father, daughter steal $190k in ATM heist, $159k still missing

The pair's sentencing was delayed to give them time to recall where the missing money is.

Willis: Greens' claim of $700m KiwiSaver hole ‘wrong’, cost could be fraction of that

'More like in the quantum of between $100 and $200 million,' says Willis.

The Country: Winston Peters on geopolitics

Winston Peters, Jane Smith, Mike McIntyre, Warwick Catto and Jamie Strang.

Wildest Dish, live cook-off

Wildest Dish, live cook-off at the final judging session for the Monteith’s Wild Food Challenge in Auckland. Video \ Jason Dorday

Alleged Napier pharmacy burglar caught, stolen fragrances returned to store

Similar products were taken in the two other raids, and in break-ins at two other stores.

Melatonin to be sold over counter at NZ pharmacies, 'magic mushroom' rules relaxed

The Government has also approved the use of psilosybin, known as magic mushrooms.

Truck containing contaminated asbestos rolls, blocking Waikato Expressway

'The Expressway will reopen once the clean-up is complete, which may take a few hours.'

Hospital machete attacker broke wife's lover's skull

Fuatai Iona had repeatedly refused to give his wife a divorce in the preceding months.

'It's frustrating': Fire truck shortage for supermarket fire angers union

Firefighters had to call an aerial truck from Hamilton for the Auckland blaze.

On The Up: 'Pacific's Strongest' - Dannevirke man drags Samoan bus down the road by himself

Jarna Mihaere weighs 165kg, and he needed all of that.

Baby-killing Mobster loathed being called 'kid killer' in prison, so he murdered again

Donovan Duff was already serving a life sentence. He was handed another one today.

KiwiRail charged over Aratere ferry grounding

The ferry grounded on June 21, 2024, with 47 people on board.