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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.
One person trapped in car after collision in Octagon
One person was trapped in their vehicle and needed to be extricated.
Mother and child injured after tree branch falls on them
A source told the Herald it had been an extremely hot and windy day.
'Incompatible' Southern DHB member's resignation welcomed
Ilka Beekhuis described Covid vaccinations as 'unethical, and medically unnecessary'.
NZ's highest ever rescue on Aoraki Mt Cook
The November 4 rescue on Aoraki Mt Cook made it New Zealand’s highest ever rescue. Video / Supplied
50kg of cocaine seized in 10-month police probe, suspected Colombian drug ring
Police say eight people have been arrested as part of the probe.
'Kick in the guts': Father of victims angry driver didn't plead guilty sooner
Jason Alexander's two teenage daughters were killed in the Port Hills crash.
Port Hills double fatal crash: Driver enters shock guilty pleas
Levi Fiddymont had denied driving too fast and said his brakes failed.
Wanted man picked up drink-driving on 'last ride'
Moko Ihaaka Pohatu cut off his home detention bracelet and hit the road for eight days.
'I heard my vertebrae breaking': Tourism operator fined $200k after employee's fall
The company's former employee says its 'negligence has ruined my life'.
Port Hills double fatal crash: Crown experts say car's brakes not to blame
Young driver says brakes failed as he was coming downhill.
Chch shooting: Man on murder charge held in custody; another still on the run
Connor Whitehead, 16, innocent victim of shooting at teenage party.
Ashburton A&P Show goes ahead without spectators
For the second year in a row the Ashburton A&P Show has gone ahead without spectators. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Video / Daniel Tobin / The South Today
Man charged with murder over death of Chch teen
Arrest made after three-hour standoff with armed police.
Two test positive on ship docked in Bluff
Two crew register weak positive results on urea ship arriving at Bluff from Malaysia.
Parent shocked after investigation clears teacher of abuse allegations
The teacher was the subject of multiple claims of bullying toward students and staff.
Christchurch teen shooting: Chilling new details emerge
Shooting came after altercation outside party; but innocent 16yo wasn't involved.
'Bro I'm going to die tonight': Teen's text before crash that killed sisters
Teen girl messaged friend just seconds before fatal accident.
Southland mayors happy with immunisation tour
Some farmers said they had not been vaccinated yet due to the busy time at their farms.
Vanished: Police to re-enact missing man's last movements
Fifty-year-old was last seen leaving his Alexandra home on Monday, November 1.
'Terrible shock': New Zealander, 37, dies suddenly at Copenhagen Airport
Mark Harrington's mother says he died from a blood clot in his lung, attributed to flying.