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Athletics: Pistorius shows his class
Oscar Pistorius stamped his class on the IPC World Athletics Championships in Christchurch this morning with an emphatic win in the T44 200m final.
Cop killer admits benefit fraud
The man jailed for the murder policeman Peter Umbers 20 years ago, has now admitted benefit fraud.
Fearless gran cleans up sword-wielding attacker
An 81-year-old great grandmother fought off a Samurai sword-wielding man, armed only with a plastic brush.
Suppression stays for baby murder accused
A judge this afternoon ruled that name suppression should continue for a 28-year-old woman accused of murdering her newborn baby.
Man sexually assaults woman he met on internet
A 24-year-old Christchurch fisherman broke into the home of a woman he met months earlier on an internet dating site and sexually assaulted her, a court was told today.
Flurry of tremors jolt Canterbury
The aftershocks keep coming for Canterbury, with another 3.9 magnitude quake near Christchurch this afternoon following this morning's 5.1 tremor.
Quake shook house 'like dog with a bone'
Tony Stuart awoke today wondering how much more damage his house could absorb after the latest aftershock in Canterbury.
Man jailed after backpacker beaten and robbed
A French tourist was dragged from his car and beaten, kicked and robbed by a gang of drunken youths in a Christchurch park.