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![Experimental vineyard to help hone wine production](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Experimental vineyard to help hone wine production
The facility is the newest addition to the New Zealand Wine Centre.
![Too full to take the bait? Rabbit cull delayed amid food boom](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Too full to take the bait? Rabbit cull delayed amid food boom
'There is a lot of feed around at the moment and the weather is warmer than anticipated.'
![Editorial: Ferries safe to sail another five years, but should they?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Editorial: Ferries safe to sail another five years, but should they?
OPINION: It seems the current fleet will need to see us through until 2029.
![Sunshine to snow: Looming icy polar blast to bring snow to both North, South islands](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Sunshine to snow: Looming icy polar blast to bring snow to both North, South islands
Niwa says the weather system is 'potentially conducive' to snow.
![Kiwi paddlers victorious in 'world's toughest race'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Kiwi paddlers victorious in 'world's toughest race'
Sophie Hart and Nathan Fa’avae record the event's second-fastest completion time ever.
![Family kidnapped over $200k of missing meth, one tortured with pliers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Family kidnapped over $200k of missing meth, one tortured with pliers
The victim's toes were squeezed so hard with pliers, he feared they would 'pop off'.
![Fungus approved to control Chilean needle grass](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Fungus approved to control Chilean needle grass
Invasive weed harms animals and could cost farmers millions of dollars in lost production.
!['Fat in system' helps Molesworth Station survive dry winter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
'Fat in system' helps Molesworth Station survive dry winter
"We made a lot of plans to get us through the winter."
![‘I hope he haunts you’: He died chasing his stolen Merc, thief left him entombed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
‘I hope he haunts you’: He died chasing his stolen Merc, thief left him entombed
Allister Christie's body was found the next day, still trapped in his submerged car.
![How the grounded Aratere unfolded - a timeline](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
How the grounded Aratere unfolded - a timeline
Interislander’s Aratere ferry ran aground on Friday night following a steering failure.
!['The stuff of nightmares': Seasonal worker jailed after raping child at train station](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
'The stuff of nightmares': Seasonal worker jailed after raping child at train station
Crown prosecutor Jackson Webber said it was 'an appalling rape of a vulnerable girl'.
![One dead, three seriously injured after van and truck crash in Marlborough](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
One dead, three seriously injured after van and truck crash in Marlborough
The crash involving a van and truck occurred on State Highway 1, near Grovetown.
![Two hairs and a photo: The evidence Scott Watson’s fate rests on](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Two hairs and a photo: The evidence Scott Watson’s fate rests on
Convicted killer has always denied murdering pair in the Marlborough Sounds.
!['Excessive self-defence:' Woman hit man in head with fire poker after social media scrap](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
'Excessive self-defence:' Woman hit man in head with fire poker after social media scrap
The man turned up carrying a large knife and “asking for a fight”.
![House prices flat in May, buyers taking time to make decisions](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
House prices flat in May, buyers taking time to make decisions
May-laise: A soggy month for many in the housing market.
![Crown says Scott Watson was the only one with 'motive and opportunity' to kill](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Crown says Scott Watson was the only one with 'motive and opportunity' to kill
It's the final day of the convicted double murderer's second appeal.
![Guy Wallace's evidence in Scott Watson case 'irretrievably tainted'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Guy Wallace's evidence in Scott Watson case 'irretrievably tainted'
Wallace at one point asked police if they were trying to lay the murders on him.
!['Moral pressure': Scott Watson's lawyer blasts police tactics used to collar him for double murder](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
'Moral pressure': Scott Watson's lawyer blasts police tactics used to collar him for double murder
Watson's lawyer: Police concertedly and repeatedly used suggestive practices to secure ID.
![Alpine Fault: Four things to know about NZ's big quake-maker](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Alpine Fault: Four things to know about NZ's big quake-maker
Emergency planners begin a three-part exercise readying NZ for a major Alpine Fault quake.
![How did an expert initally miss vital evidence linking Olivia Hope to Scott Watson?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
How did an expert initally miss vital evidence linking Olivia Hope to Scott Watson?
Two hairsfound on a blanket taken from Watson's boat were missed on the first search.
![Scott Watson appeal: Controversial evidence relating to hair strands to be tested in court](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Scott Watson appeal: Controversial evidence relating to hair strands to be tested in court
Watson was convicted of double murder in 1999 and sentenced to life imprisonment.