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Charge for death crash

Picturesque Portage nestled in the Sounds

Resort has eating outlets, water frontage and established clientele.

Heavy snow and rain on the way

Nine tourists have been stranded by floodwaters on State Highway 1 north of Oamaru after failing to observe warning signs earlier today.

Kiwis urged to brace for weather bomb

Heavy rain and gales are expected to lash the main islands from tonight, with the MetService warning of one of the "bigger weather events" for some time.

Two injured in Marlborough crash

Resthome runaway - elderly woman's big adventure

Rugged up and in sturdy shoes, with a rucksack full of clothes, shampoo and cash, Jeanette Mary Alder was going "as far as she could go".

Man serious after hit-and-run on SH1

Man admits activating rail alarms

Health access case example of 'postcode lottery' - commissioner

The Health and Disability Commissioner has suggested that access to publicly-funded health services depends on where patients live.

Minister orders review of 'greater good' defence

Simon Power orders a law review after three men successfully used a "greater good" defence to justify extensively damaging the Waihopai spybase.

Plane returns after bumpy landing

Vintage plane makes emergency landing

Quad bike pins girl with dying mother

A girl was pinned under a quad bike with her dying mother after the bike stalled on a steep track, rolled and plummeted 7m into a creek bed.

Fatal quad bike accident

Poor Waihopai spybase saboteurs welcome lawsuit

Three activists are welcoming news the Crown may try to sue them for $1.1 million, despite the saboteurs having around $1000 between them.

Double murder charge over Hokitika deaths

A man in his 40s has been charged with two counts of murder and will appear in the Greymouth District Court tomorrow.

Mayor's Undie 500 fears

Marlborough crash victim named