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Former Timaru meatworks site sold for undisclosed amount

Six hundred workers lost their jobs when the 139-year-old site closed last year.

Nelson flooding: Workers use cars to block street from ‘idiot’ drivers creating waves

Nelson is bearing the brunt of heavy rain.

Nelson Hospital redevelopment set to cost $500m over four years

A new five-storey unit with 128 beds will be built by 2029.

Residents and forestry industry pushing for Waimata Valley Rd repairs to be prioritised

Residents on the busy rural road are increasingly frustrated over the lack of repairs.

'Take a calendar to time us, not a stopwatch': Three brothers, six new hips, one epic challenge

'We pulled each other through it, we are lucky as brothers.'

With his late nephew's photo on his back, nothing could stop Mark Bean scaling the Sky Tower

'He was a really neat kid, had a heart of gold, and he would've had a pretty good future.'

Afternoon quiz: Which cephalopod species is considered the most venomous?

Test your knowledge with the Herald's afternoon quiz.

Dolphin decline in Bay of Islands as boaties flout sanctuary rules

Bottlenose dolphin populations in the Bay of Islands continue to decline, research says.

Auckland office building evacuated over ‘suspicious package’

Emergency services are on site downtown.

Save Our Sheep on The Country

Toby Williams, Andrew Hoggard, Grant McCallum, Tom Young, Phil Ropiha, and Phil Duncan.

Gore police follow 'positive leads' in suspicious Waikaia house fire

Police have appealed to the public for more information.

MetService Severe Weather Update: Monday 26 May

MetService Severe Weather Update: Monday 26 May Video / MetService

Pay equity: Former National MP Marilyn Waring assembles 'people's select committee'

Nanaia Mahuta, Sue Bradford, Jackie Blue and Jo Hayes are among those on the panel.

Private hospitals may share costs for surgical trainee programmes

Health NZ aims to establish training agreements with private hospitals for more specialities.

Opinion: SOS - please Save Our Sheep before it’s too late

Opinion: Pines, pigs and poor government policy are making sheep an endangered species.

'Smells just like leather': Turning kiwifruit waste into opportunity

Leather alternative aims to find a use for 50,000 tonnes of rejected kiwifruit annually.

Council to landfill 190 tonnes of plastic waste as recycling market stalls

The council stockpiled the plastics in the hope that the markets would recover.

‘Beautiful darling’: Northland toddler allegedly murdered is identified

Catalya Remana Tangimetua Pepene, 3, died last Wednesday.