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Your weather: Blanket of cloud keeps temperatures high
Blanketing the country, cloud is on the cards until next week.
Three dead: Tragedy came just three days after disaster averted
Three fishermen died when the trawler sank off the Canterbury coast in 2015.
Man who got daughter pregnant 'no longer blames her', gets freed on parole
Oamaru man was previously convinced his daughter should have been charged.
Shania Twain and Abu Dhabi prince have his artwork - the colourful life of late artist Tim Wilson
Jane Phare: Painter of memories died from cancer, played down even to his inner circle.
Fraudster jailed: Wife of man defrauded on deathbed happy with sentence
Barry Kloogh defrauded couple out of more than $700,000.
Deadly hit and run: Friends, neighbours in shock
Robin Friend died in the incident yesterday morning.
Deadly hit-and-run: Man appears in court
Locals in quiet Christchurch cul-de-sac report row before incident.
Lake Onslow hydro plan expensive and unnecessary
Why hydro storage may not be the answer for NZ's renewable energy aims.
'Get tested immediately': Spectre of community transmission in Queenstown
Anyone in Queenstown from July 1 to 4 who is feeling unwell needs to get tested for Covid.
Covid 19: South Korea traveller visited Queenstown, Fiordland
The man who tested positive to Covid-19 in South Korea went on a Milford Sound cruise.
Agitated man 'stormed' police, defecated then decorated cell
A man arrested for abusing at pedestrians proceeded to decorate his cell with his faeces.
Man had $12,000 of stolen tools but was no tradie
The items had all been stolen from building sites around Dunedin.
Covid crunch: The region facing 40% unemployment
Traditionally about three-quarters of this region's visitors are from overseas.
The Road Ahead: What matters to you?
An election contest under the long, dark cloud of Covid-19 - what matters to you?
Car and campervan roll, one person serious, three helicopters dispatched
'It's unknown if more people have been injured,' police say.
High July: Settled weather at last after month of wind, rain and snow
Thank you, weather gods.
One dead in light plane crash near Twizel
One person has died in a late plane crash in the South Island.
Russell Rawiri hangs up his badge after 41 years
Senior Constable Russell Rawiri looks back on an enforcement career with no regrets.
Student jailed for two years for acts inside courthouse
A student who tampered with a manhole inside the Dunedin Courthouse has been jailed.
FV Jubilee sinking tragedy: New revelations as operator prosecuted
All three fishermen aboard perished in the 2015 sinking.
KiwiRail worker who lost leg in horror accident gets $135k payout
KiwiRail had already paid an insurance payment of $95,000 to its worker.
Rat sneaks in, kills 30-year-old tuatara at Southland Museum
"This was one of the first breeding offspring we had at the museum, hatched in 1989."
'Wanted to kill': Knife tip bent in ferocious attack on woman
Tip of knife bent during frenzied stabbing.
The aliases, the cons, the elusive yacht trip: One of NZ's most wanted fugitives jailed
Conman Paul Bennett was arrested as he sailed into Sydney on a luxury yacht.
New 'world-class' airport mooted for Central Otago
Christchurch Airport has just unveiled a proposal for a new airport in the Tarras region.
'My head burst like a balloon': Assault victim speaks in court
Cory Ferguson's lawyer claims a Karitane man was assaulted because he went for a gun.
Quick-thinking teen saves her family from house fire
Oamaru family lucky to be alive after 14-year-old girl raises the alarm.
Curse of the south? MPs from the mainland plagued by scandals
Falloon, Walker, Dowie, Barclay, Gilmore, Clark, Curran and Turei among the fallen MPs.
Man allegedly breaks into home, beats resident with baseball bat
A court has heard how a Karitane resident was beaten and left with several fractures.
Revealed: The cost of finding trampers missing in dense bush for 3 weeks
The Defence Force and police have released information on costs to the Herald.
Kuia attacked at BP in Christchurch: 'It's ruined my life'
A Kuia who was badly beaten at a gas station two months ago wants her attacker to 'pay'.
Bryan Leyland: Smelter victim of broken promise in Muldoon era
COMMENT: Loss of Rio Tinto plant to the economy about $80m per year - $320m for 4 years.
Indecent act 10 years ago admitted but no conviction recorded
'It was gross in all regards,' Judge Smith said.