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It's taken 30 years of hard graft, but the inspired couple "could see that we could make it into something extraordinary".

The mass sports event is hitting Auckland for the second year - and it seems to be all the fitness folks can talk about.

Benjamin Henderson was also found with ammunition and methamphetamine.

A camper says she saw a local council rep drive through the campground and directly past three slips about two hours before the deadly landslide.

They have been named as 10-year-old Austen Keith Richardson and his grandmother, 71-year-old Yao Fang.

Woolworths Te Awamutu shut briefly after fumes entered a storeroom while a sprinkler system and generator were tested.

A HDC report says the hospital failed to give her reasonable care which meant diagnosis was delayed.

The musician was seen at Monsoon Poon while the Game of Thrones actress was browsing fish.

Children should always start running in small bursts and progress slowly over time, as doing too much too soon might lead to injury, an expert says.

Six people are still unaccounted for 18 hours on, and an independent review has been announced to probe the hours leading up to the disaster.

They have been seriously injured.

Police were called to an incident at 6.10pm.

Its board sought a judicial review of the Ministry of Education's decision to cancel its registration as a private school.

Corey Innocente barricaded himself in his flat and threatened to kill people and the police. In his frustration, he fired a crossbow arrow into the street.

MetService has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Christchurch City, the Canterbury Plains and Canterbury High Country.