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Toxic paint investigated
A toxic paint that sickened a woman and forced her family out of their home has been pulled from sale as officials investigate what is in the paint that made her ill.

Car crashes after police pursuit in Wellington
Police are speaking to two 27-year-old men following an early morning police pursuit in Wellington.

Teen knocked out before stabbing
A 17-year-old was knocked unconscious before being stabbed multiple times in the neck, arms and torso in a suspected gang incident in Porirua last night, police say.

Man shot by police appears in court
A Porirua man who was shot and Tasered by police while allegedly attacking his pregnant partner has appeared in court and been granted name suppression.

Shot, tasered man stable
The man shot and tasered by police in Porirua is in a stable condition, with two women also recovering from injuries after the incident early this morning.

Police shooting: 'A big dollop of bravery'
Police officers who shot and Tasered a Porirua man acted with a "great deal of professionalism and a big dollop of bravery", their boss says.

Illegal paua haul sparks police hunt
Police are looking for a man who poached 272 undersized paua in Hicks Bay on the East Coast.

Economist: Sales boom won't last
Retailers might be enjoying a post-Christmas spending bonanza, but an economist warns the sales boom can't last.

Mum defends burn charge
A mother accused of immersing her two-year-old son's hands in boiling water then failing to seek medical treatment for at least eight months will defend the charge.

Man jailed over illegal paua catch
A 48-year-old Porirua man caught with more than 90 times the legal limit of paua has been sentenced to 12 months in prison.

Child killed outside school
A witness has described how there was a screech of tyres and a "thud" as a car killed a 7-year-old boy running across a road just outside a Wellington school today.

Toddler’s hands burned in boiling water
A mother is accused of immersing her 2-year-old son's hands in boiling water then failing to seek medical treatment for at least eight months.