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Elderly woman dies in flood waters on West Coast
A woman's body has been found on the banks of a flooded West Coast river.

Christchurch man dead from stab wounds after police standoff
Police investigating whether dead man had any link to March 15 mosque attacks.

Officers to carry firearms while the national threat level high
Northland police to carry firearms while the National Threat Level remains high.

Dirk the police dog put down after extended treatment for tumour
Round-the-clock care after spinal surgery fails to result in recovery.

Car in ditch: Body of missing wedding guest found after two days
21-year-old Andrew Rance was last seen leaving a function at midnight on Saturday.

Woman in Wellington claims to have been tortured
Capital and Coast District Health Board refused to comment on the incident.

Big Read: Speargun and mass surveillance - the confusion created by Simon Bridges
Would super-intrusive electronic intelligence have made a difference?

Search continues at Piha beach for missing Chinese student
Police are searching Piha and surrounding areas today for Laurence Wu, 22.

'Predator' Rewa jailed for life for Susan Burdett murder
Malcolm Rewa bludgeoned Susan Burdett to death with a baseball bat, a jury concluded.

Security increased in months before toddler's suspicious death
Māori trust had increased security in the Bay of Plenty where a toddler died suspiciously.

White powder sent to spy HQ remains a mystery
Fire and Emergency New Zealand were called around 3pm.

Search continues for man missing off Bethells Beach
The 34-year-old has not been seen since being swept out to sea on Thursday.

Suspicious object found in Te Awamutu
Residents are asked to stay away from the Roche St area.

Chilean woman who drowned had planned to move home
Millaray Ramos' friends raise enough money to send her body home.

Senior Cabinet minister surrenders semi-automatic rifle to police
Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis has handed over a semi-automatic to police.

Have you seen Jessica? Fears for woman missing in Marlborough
She has been missing since Tuesday.

Evacuations of Homegrown Music Festival reportedly sparked by a tattoo
Police said that initial concerns were "to do with a tattoo".

Man critically injured in assault near Whangarei
The man was taken to Northland Base Hospital in a critical condition.

One seriously injured in single vehicle crash north of Wellington
State Highway One has re-opened following a single vehicle crash around 3.30am.

Two people injured, one critically, in Auckland stabbing
Emergency services were called to the incident just before 2am in Onehunga.

The motel, pool and off-duty police party: Officer charged with sex assault
Partying of police staff uncovered in CCTV following alleged sex assault of officer.

One person seriously injured in Auckland crash
There has been a serious crash between a motorcycle and a car.

Meet the hijab-wearing police officer
Constable Michelle Evans stands in solidarity with the Muslim community.

Mosque attacks: 'We are broken-hearted but we are not broken'
NZ fell silent as the nation mourned the 50 people killed in their place of worship.

Several arrested for 'inciting fear' after Christchurch attacks
An Auckland man was arrested for threatening members of the public this week.

Honouring the dead - Zeshan Raza, Ghulam Hussain, Karam Bibi
Christchurch attacker killed her entire family. Maryam Gul wants to forgive.

Daredevil scales 125m tall building in Auckland
Workers at the Vero Building in downtown Auckland spotted the daredevil this evening.