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One person is dead and two were seriously injured when a truck and another vehicle collided near Ruakaka, south of Whangarei, this morning.

Asked by an attendant if she wants a personal invoice on a €15 purchase in a Lisbon pet shop, Lucia Miranda excitedly addresses her tiny pooch: "Do we want to win an Audi, au-au? Yes we do. Sure we want the invoice."

The Highlanders have made some significant changes to their side to take on the Rebels at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Friday night.

Mosgiel Police are asking residents to keep their eyes open after a spate of burglaries in the township.

Firefighters have brought a blaze at Jacks Point, near Queenstown, under control.

Kurt Baker will get his first start for the Highlanders this season against the Force in Dunedin on Saturday night.

A 7-year-old boy who died after being run over in the driveway of his Southland home yesterday was Brodie Jacob Molloy.

Police have seized and destroyed $2 million worth of outdoor cannabis plants in the wider Auckland area as part of a major operation this week.

One person was trapped in their vehicle after a two-car crash on the Northern Motorway, about 10km from Dunedin, this afternoon.

Popular Highlanders winger Buxton Popoali'i has withdrawn from the squad for the season.

The 52-year-old wife of the driver who died when a van crashed into the Mataura River on Nokomai Road in Southland yesterday afternoon is expected to be released from Southland Hospital today. 

Ross Taylor ninth one-day international century has eased New Zealand to an epic one-day series triumph over world champions India, a victory it's hoped will resonate as much with the Indian board and a global game in crisis, as it will with local fans.

A train has hit and killed a pedestrian in the Christchurch suburb of Belfast.

A bikini-clad young woman has been charged with assault after an apparent road rage video was posted on the internet.

Michael Cook, of Dunedin, has won Playstation 4 console and games.

Otago batsman Jesse Ryder will return to the Black Caps after a two-year exile.