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One dead, 15 injured after three overnight crashes

The three overnight crashes led to 15 people sustaining injuries and nine in hospital.

Tauranga lawyer conned out of $50,000 in sophisticated fraud

Bank says its customers are increasingly being being targeted by scammers.

Live: 16 deaths, 4869 new cases; border worker testing to be dropped

Some families are being infected with Covid-19 for the third time.

Hiding in a truck: Couple to be deported after breaching Covid restrictions

An Indian couple are set to be deported, despite a judge deciding against convicting them.

Sonya Bateson: Same-sex marriage is real, it exists - and it's a right

OPINION: Marriage isn't a solely Christian concept nor is it just between a man and woman.

Noise, drunken antics: Residents air concerns in liquor licence fight

But Hide's owner says he has no plans to become a "tavern".

Missing man acting 'normal' day before he 'vanished'

Shane Edwards 'vanished' from his Tokoroa home on May 14 and has not been seen since.

'Why is it always the good ones?: Schoolboy killed in horror crash

Keanan was a year 13 student on his way to work experience when he crashed.

5600 sign petition for investigation into alleged 'abuse' at Bethlehem College

The school is also investigating after fruit was thrown at students at a silent protest.

Disabled teen's 'can-do' attitude shines on rugby field

The student, born with partly-formed arms, is competing in an annual rugby tournament.

Auckland, Bay of Plenty Lotto winners score $500,000

One winner from the Bay of Plenty was drawn with 17 other lucky Lotto players on Saturday.

Threats against PM Jacinda Ardern triple in three years

Anti-vax sentiment partly behind steep rise in threats.

Wild weather: Flooding threatens homes, 21,500 lightning strikes in 12 hours

Tornadoes are possible and winds could damage trees and power lines, forecaster warns.

Complaints about behaviour of nude bathers on Pāpāmoa Beach revealed

Nude bathing isn't illegal but there have been complaints about it.

Not your traditional comic: Josh Thomson on stage fright, how 7 Days helped shape a cultural identity

NZers now embrace comedians after tall poppy syndrome in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Hacking victim gets money back but calls for more protection

A Rotorua woman whose bank account was hacked has been reimbursed the stolen refunds.