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Salad and spinach products sold in three supermarket chains are being recalled because of fears they contain a food-poisoning bacteria.

The country's two supermarket giants have taken different approaches to dealing with the rise in GST, which comes into effect tomorrow.

Christchurch's CBD cordon will be lifted tomorrow morning if there are no further major aftershocks. The city's Bus Exchange will also open.

The Govt has made $7.5m available to organisations providing social services to those affected by Saturday’s earthquake in Canterbury.

Nearly 400 homes in Kaiapoi and Pines Beach are under restricted access or considered unsafe as a result of Saturday's quake.

Supermarket chains are counting millions of dollars in damaged stock as they ship in groceries to cover shortages and access lost to distribution centres.

Supermarket chain Pak'nSave has again been voted New Zealand's cheapest supermarket, Consumer NZ says.

Markups in supermarkets are hitting both consumers and producers, as the low prices growers get for their produce are not passed on to buyers, says an MP.

A woman seeking a late-night snack was shocked to find a demonic face carved into one of her tinned pears.