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Gun buy-back: Criminals and gangs should be focus of police - sport shooting representative
Government rushed process and should have waited for inquiry to be completed - opinion.
Carols and chaos: Christmas is here
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Three rescued from sinking boat off Canterbury coast
Three rescued after boat in distress near Christchurch late last night.
Former AB John Kirwan backs new private mental health clinic
"What we're really hoping is to take some pressure off the public system," star says.
Swimming ban: Sewage keeps flowing into Wellington harbour
Local iwi have placed a rāhui on the entire Wellington harbour.
'I'm going to die tonight': Crash victim's haunting text
"My girls were extremely close - now they will be together forever".
Listen: Simon Barnett's emotional moment with his wife on-air
"Jodi, I just want to say that I love you very much sweetheart": Broadcaster tells wife.
Inmate who 'wants to be NZ's first serial killer' jailed again
"I'm sick of being locked in a cage", Frank Finch yelled in court today.
Who was pulling the strings of jailed trio and crooked cop?
None of the group jailed identified anyone "further up the food chain".
Wild weather: Thunderstorms, gale-force winds on the way
There are several severe weather watches and warnings in place for the day.
13-year-old boy killed in Canterbury crash named
Two other people were injured in the serious crash on December 14.
Harness racing star 'took party drugs to keep up with daily grind'
Arrest was "by-product" of race-fixing probe.
Final hours of arms amnesty approaching
Owners of illegal firearms have just hours left to hand them in or face five years' jail.
Outrage after dogs used in 'cruel' poison experiment over six days
Dogs were subjected to six consecutive days of experimental poisoning before being killed.
South Island's biggest-ever meth bust: Three jailed
Drugs were hidden in a shipment of safety lights sent from Mexico.
Peace man: Christchurch mosque survivor Farid Ahmed honoured with award
A man who forgave the Christchurch terror accused has been honoured with a peace award.
White Island eruption: Defence boss' fears for recovery heroes
Defence boss speaks about heroic soldiers and their battle to bring Whakaari victims home.
Huge fine after mum-of-seven's horror chicken farm death
Mum-of-seven Kamila Mun died in the June 2017 accident.
Teen jailed for fatal crash 'filmed by passengers'
Jayden Breakwell sped away from police while teen passengers egged him on.
Suzuki Series: Table set for Whanganui after tight round at Manfeild.
Richard Cooper and Damon Rees battle in Formula 1, Richie Dibben climbing in Formula 2.
Christchurch truck crash: Person trapped, power lines down
Emergency services on the scene after vehicle and truck collide on Avonhead Rd.
'Great sadness' as 'beautiful baby girl' dies on 16th birthday
The 16-year-old had been critically ill since crash that killed her sister.
Editorial: A time when Our Heroes are needed - and made
Editorial: Tragedies come in many forms - but so does our courage.
The courage of a nation: Heroes emerge from tragedies bookending the year
New Zealanders have performed significant selfless acts in 2019.
Body in a storage space: Who murdered Kayo Matsuzawa?
Episode three of Herald podcast A Moment In Crime looks at murder of tourist in 1998.
Thrilling new hydroslide to be a NZ first
Plans for $300m Christchurch leisure centre's hydroslide tower complex released today.
White supremacists shared mosque shooting footage two days after attack
Man admits sending doctored footage to white supremacist Phillip Arps.
Field trip horror: NZ students robbed by Costa Rica bandits
Raiders reportedly wielding guns, knives and machetes slashed tents and robbed students.
Safety warning: Developer asks council to cordon off 'unstable' building
The eight-storey building has 10 major seismic design flaws.
Mystery student death: 'His family will never know what he died of'
Mason Pendrous' body lay unnoticed in campus accommodation for two to four weeks.
Christchurch crash: Surviving sister takes a turn for the worse
Sunmara Alexander, 15, is fighting to stay alive after a crash that killed her sister.
Hero cops who stopped mosque gunman revealed
Police who stopped accused gunman can now be named.