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Sexual counsellor Nina Powell helps women find healing and self-confidence.

He was suitably experienced and carried a personal locator beacon and a two-way radio.

It wasn't until a mate saw his ticket that he took it in to be checked.

The man was told he was trespassed which made him angry.

The theft happened while she was an employee of the company.

The adventure capital has been slammed like no other town.

Tens of millions of dollars were given to businesses owned by profitable parent companies.

Infected visitor passed on Covid to a patient which quickly spread to three others.

The tramper intended to climb Devils Armchair near the northern end of Milford Track.

Doctors breaching the Covid-19 orders incur a fee of $4000.

Paperwork and field observations are underway for pumped hydro storage project.

Vegetation obscured a stop sign where 15-year-old passenger and another were killed.

The couple plan to live in the category 1 listed historic homestead.

Canterbury combined has more Covid cases than Auckland.

Mark Walter, 62, was due to be sentenced for unlawful hunting yesterday.

Young people struggling with the increased cost of living.

Sue Bradford suffered from bipolar from her late teens.

Ceremonies can take place but organisers are wondering whether anyone will attend.

Daily case numbers reported by schools in Wellington are also up.

A small boat crashed into a sandbar near Quarantine Island.

Police attended yet another large party on Dunedin's Castle St.

Partner and daughter 'adjusting to the sudden shock of life without partner and dad'.

The rāhui will remain in place until 3pm today.

Settled early autumn weather for most, but rainmaker targets soaked east.

Officers were concerned it "would have killed us".

Ryan Tapsell mentioned several times he had videos of his former partner.

Out of prison, Leroy Tairakena's 10-day deviancy spree began at a women's jiu-jitsu class.

Twenty-eight sites priced between $385,000 and $575,000.