Lockdown burglar was a neighbour for 15 years
Intruder put his hands over victim's mouth and forced her back on to the mattress.
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Garry Grimmer sentenced - again - for North Canterbury tyre pile arson
The man responsible for a raging tyre fire north of Chch has been sentenced
Honeymoon killing: Rodney Fallowfield choked another woman
Historic evidence, which was never heard during the murder trial, can be revealed.
Police name men who died in Bluff boating tragedy
Police have named the two men that died in Friday's boating incident in Bluff Harbour.
Oh ship! Six-month delays for furniture as global supply woes hit home
Settle in for a long wait if you want to furnish your home in the near future.
From humble food truck to feeding Benedict Cumberbatch
After starting a mobile food service a van, an Auckland couple now cater to movie stars.
Queenstown mayor: 'If Aucklanders can holiday here, why not Aussies?'
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Neighbours at war: Woman says locals trying to drive her out over coal stance
Four years ago, anti-coal activist Carol Cudby Robinson moved to coal town Ohai.
Critics of planned Clyde datacentre: 'No benefit to region or country'
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'It's tragic': Two dead and two in hospital after boating tragedy near Bluff
Police were notified about 12.20pm that a boat was in trouble in Bluff Harbour.
Cocaine bust: Arrested Colombians named for first time
Arrests came after one of NZ's biggest ever drug busts.
Christchurch teen death: How suspected gunman unwittingly tipped himself off to police
Armed officers swarmed house and found man hiding in garage.
Kiwi radar tracks debris from Russian space missile
Evidence from NZ backs US claims Russian blast endangered International Space Station.
Ohau fire: Cause of one of NZ's biggest blazes revealed
Last year's fire destroyed 48 homes.
Queenstown gas leak: Two people treated at luxury hotel
Emergency services were called to the hotel this morning.
Covid 'all over the country over summer' - Canterbury Uni professor
Auckland boundary was always a stop-gap measure to delay the spread of Covid-19.
'Extraordinary bad luck': Cybercrime cripples Dunedin firm
Professional offshore hacking group attacked computer systems, phone and commercial data.
Gang enforcer who bashed inmate due for release
Hirini Te Runa rendered his cellmate's face so swollen he was unrecognisable.
'Justice for our boys': Pike River families hope discovery of bodies could lead to prosecution
Angry father says officials told about bodies a decade ago.
Body found in Clutha River believed to be missing Alexandra man Wayne Hammond
Wayne Hammond was last seen leaving his Alexandra home.
Watch: Pike River recovery 'impossible'; families 'angry, gutted' as remains found
Police say they're unable to recover the remains.
Mosque terror: Backpack 'bomb', fears of a second gunman; police praised amid chaos
Shocking new details in US expert's report on March 15, 2019 response.
The pet possum who held a woman hostage - and made headlines around the world
Juvenile marsupial that 'held woman hostage' outed as a stray pet, raised in a lunchbox.
Cash and property forfeited following cannabis operation
Property and cash forfeited after investigation into a cannabis operation in Greymouth.
Will house prices keep rising? All your housing market questions answered
Tony Alexander on the forces at play in NZ's housing market.
Q&A: What will become of the housing market
Tony Alexander answered your housing market questions.
Liquidators to pay creditors $56,000 for fees 'not reasonably incurred'
The High Court noted some of the expenses the liquidator claimed remained unexplained.
First students awarded Six60 scholarships
Four students have hit the right note for a scholarship sponsored by Dunedin band Six60.
Details revealed: Businessman admits filming repeated and regular sex abuse of little girl
WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT. A Chch businessman has admitted sexually abusing a girl
Seven dead: Inquest opens into NZ tourist helicopter crash
Coroner looks to see if industry can be made safer.
KiwiRail considering vaccine mandate on Cook Strait ferries
Ferry operator looks to join Air NZ to introduce vaccine mandates for inter-island travel.
Christchurch protests: William Wallace, 'freedom', and MAGA
Despite the rain, hundreds in Chch voiced their opposition to Covid restrictions and jabs.
MetService warns of thunderstorms and heavy rain
Warnings and watches are in place around the country.
Crews battle overnight as fire rips through forestry block
There's no sign of how the fire started yet.