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In Lisa's footsteps: Parents retrace daughter's journey
Before Lisa Clark died aged 40, she told her dad: 'I don't want to be forgotten'.
Many massacre remembrance services cancelled following police advice
Events in Southland and Waikato have been cancelled following advice from police.
Schools launch $23K campaign to 'say no to hubs'
School group launches campaign to "say no to hubs" controlling schools.
Buried wreck revealed by low tide
The wreck was unearthed by a low tide coinciding with the super moon.
Death throes of a dairy co-operative
Westland Milk Products wanted to be independent. Now it looks set to be sold to China.
Aussie PM calls for G20-wide social media crackdown
"It is unacceptable to treat the internet as an ungoverned space," Morrison says.
Comment: NZ must follow Germany and hit Facebook with $80m fines
Comment: Big-money firms need big-money fines.
Trade Me pulls sales of all semi-automatic rifles
Trade Me has stopped selling semi-automatic weapons.
Raped in hospital after surgery: Man jailed for eight years
The man was jailed for eight years for hospital rape.
Kindergarten kids join strike for climate
Waihi people are divided over kindergarten kids joining a global strike for climate.
South Island claims today's highest and lowest temperatures
Lumsden and Banks Peninsula recorded the two different temperatures.
Viewpoint NZ: Bike lanes, solar schools and adaptive surfing
Video news from around the regions. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Mayoral mug on modem for charity
Sir Tim Shadbolt turns modem-model to put food in kids' mouths.
Lucky diners get an early southern treat — at a cost
The oysters arrived in our biggest city just a day after the season opened.
Two lucky players scoop $500,000 in Lotto's First Division
Powerball was not struck and has instead rolled over to Wednesday night.
'You've got to keep going': Sarah Dowie on campaign trail
Invercargill locals "understand that everyone's human", embattled MP says.
Sarah Dowie and that text: what the police won't tell you
Even the home base of detectives on the text message investigation is secret.
Dibben all class
Richie Dibben was all class winning everything on offer at the Burt Munro Challenge
Hospital help for rare kākāpō
Five of our rarest birds are being raised at the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital.
'Could take weeks to put out': Firefighters doing it tough inside cordon
It's not exciting, it's not glamorous and it's certainly not easy.
Missing Southland 4-year-old found dead
The boy had been reported missing yesterday afternoon from his home near Brydone.
Gore PlaceMakers 'a bottom drawer' investment property
A PlaceMakers premises that's for sale in Gore has increased interest.
Man trapped in tractor machinery
A man became stuck in a tractor in Southland just before 12pm today.
Fishermen missing off rocks near Bluff named
Police thanked the volunteers and staff who have been involved in the search.
Dying father speaks out about failing health system
"It's ridiculous that DHBs operate separately without any national standard," says expert.
Missing 3-year-old found dead in Gore pond
The boy was alerted missing about 9.30 last night.
Sea search for missing Southland fishermen called off
The two fishermen first went missing on Sunday afternoon.
Teenager thought to have been bitten by shark
The girl was boogie-boarding at the beach when the suspected shark attack took place.
Harness racing identities seek diversion
13 arrested after Operation Inca probe into NZ harness racing
How Kiwi with rare facial deformity met her now-husband
Invercargill woman who has faced many years of bullying reveals how she met Lee.
The MP and the text message inquiry
National MP Sarah Dowie has been revealed as focus of a police investigation.
Wild weather cuts power, whips up lake waves
Kaikōura and coastal Marlborough are now bearing the brunt of the wild weather.