Two fires on a ship that have been burning since Monday night are still smouldering.

Police are appealing for help to find a person believed to have witnessed a fatal crash.

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Jessica Doody has been reunited with her relieved Christchurch family.

Police continue to piece together case against man charged with Merivale woman's murder.

A Facebook post by family member Sarah Doody says Jessica has returned home.

RSA and NZDF team up to give veterans "a hand up, not a hand out".

A reward is being offered for information which leads to prosecution of the culprits.

Family of autistic woman plan next step after Indian police say they cannot send her home.

Big private irrigation schemes should be economically viable on their own, Robertson says.

American driver, 22, due in Kaikohe court tomorrow over fatal accident.

Two men flouted shellfish-gathering ban imposed after Kaikōura earthquake.

Signs alerting the public to CCTV cameras will be made larger for drivers to see.

Passengers aboard a light plane crash in West Melton have walked away unscathed.

Two charter schools were paid $1.5m between them on the day Jacinda Ardern was sworn in.

A fine day with relatively warm temperatures is forecast around the country today

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Schools are having to deal with more difficult behaviour post-Christchurch quake.

Prime Minister Jacinda Adern to honour outstanding Pacific youth

Beattie went missing more than four months ago from her Fernside home.

The green algae, used in fish tanks and terrariums, is a threat to our waterways.

The body was found during a search and rescue training exercise.

People were flown to Timaru Hospital after the crash.

William Gordon Howey, 93, of Temuka in South Canterbury died on Saturday.

Former Soviet agent-turned-preacher a recipient of Aucklander's giving.

Coroner and police reject family's allegations of foul play over missing boat captain.

Couple accused of stealing $1.3m from widow

Emergency services were called to the crash about 3.30am.

Friends and family mourn teens, as two more die in North Island bringing toad toll to 91.

A nurse was beaten senseless, another's finger was bitten to the bone.