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Top dog? My search for a new best friend

Opinion: Dogs are loyal, drooling little legends, but is there an alternative out there?

'I’ll just keep going': 76yo school bus driver to mark 40 marathons

Te Arohanui Hira says it is 'the people' who keep him coming back each year.

'Terrified for our lives': Cyclists, locals, surfers oppose speed rise on scenic highway

The speed limit on SH35 will increase from 80 to 100km/h by July 1.

'You've got rat bite fever': Northland woman's warning to trappers

She touched a live rat briefly, leading to severe infection and sepsis.

Woman’s 'spree' after $158k banking error, refuses to return pensioner’s life savings

Andrew Che lost his retirement savings due to a one-digit bank transfer error.

Editorial: Australia must remain our best mate whatever its election result

OPINION: Many former Kiwis will vote in Australia's federal election next Saturday.

Letters: Greater prevention needed for flood risks

OPINION: Let’s stop making ourselves a target for other people’s wars.

'Try not to think about dying': What it’s like being a mum with terminal cancer

The ex-wife of Olympic rower Eric Murray was clean-living and healthy when diagnosed.

'Chance to share our space': Farm lake brings community together

Oxford farmer Geoff Sparks says, 'I don’t believe in the rural-urban divide.'

17-hr thunderstorm threat: North braces for 'dynamic' weather, new flood risk

Northland is also looking at a 19-hour rain alert that won't lapse until 3pm Sunday.

Motorway disruption: Tristram Ave on-ramp closed after crash, driver critical

The State Highway 1 accident was reported at 6.22pm by NZTA.

'A prison of my own trauma': Woman addresses life-shattering night she was raped by three men

Victim battles with “suffocating” PTSD and depression after sex attack.

Police name driver who died in SH5 Mamaku crash

Paul John Coleman was the sole occupant of the vehicle and died at the scene on April 22.

Fatal crash on suburban Hastings road

Police were alerted to a single-vehicle crash on Tomoana Rd, Mahora, about 12.40pm.

Man who killed his father and brother found with torture videos at time of murders

The charges were laid four years after Nathan Frost murdered his family members.

One person dead after crash in Hastings

Police were called about 12.40pm today.

'Great white': Diver survives shark attack in Dusky Sound

The diver and his dive buddy say the shark involved was a great white.

66-year-old runner returns to compete in iconic mountain event

Janet Baird, 66, is training for her first Mauao King & Queen of the Mountain.