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Flatmate dispute sparks armed standoff
Loud explosions could be heard before police battered down the door of a Dunedin flat during an armed standoff today, a witness says.
Principal 'gutted' by boys' theft spree
The principal of an elite Australian Catholic college has suspended a group of boys allegedly involved in a $6000 theft spree in Queenstown.
Queenstown: Social studies down south
Rachel Glucina turns her attention to frocks on the rocks at Queenstown's Winter Festival.
Cattle electrocutions anger farmer
A farmer wants TrustPower to check its lines after eight cows died when a 33kV line dropped on his farm.
Otago's Cardrona Hotel up for sale
One of the country's oldest pubs, Central Otago's historic Cardrona Hotel, is on the market again.
Police find $150,000 boat hidden by fraudster
On the day DHB fraudster Michael Swann was sentenced police found a boat hidden in a shed.
Face of 2500-year-old woman revealed
NZ scientists have recreated the face of a 2500-year-old Turkish peasant with technology they hope could be used in court in coming years.
Rusty home safely after nine days down 60m cliff
After nine days at the bottom of a 60m cliff without food or water, Rusty the collie rewarded his rescuer by almost licking him to death.