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A lucky Tauranga local is on cloud nine after winning the $9.85 million Lotto Powerball prize following Saturday's draw.

A man who admitted assaulting cricket star Jesse Ryder has had his sentencing delayed until his co-accused's trial has concluded.

Violent thunderstorms produced tornadoes in central Oklahoma that killed five people including a mother and her baby and menaced Oklahoma City and its hard-hit suburb of Moore, authorities said.

High winds in Central Otago area are causing problems for traffic in the area.

Auckland-born NRL star Ben Te'o has been accused of punching a woman in the face, leaving her with a black eye and facial injuries.

The statutory managers for the late Allan Hubbard's frozen Aorangi Securities have cut a deal with his widow, Jean, over some $60 million of disputed assets that will return most, if not all, of Aorangi investors' capital over time.

Finance Minister Bill English has stayed on the track set in previous years in today's Budget, reconfirming the return to surplus in two years while taking steps to reduce the risk of a housing bubble.

A man has been flown to Dunedin Hospital after a serious crash near Lawrence.

U.S. prosecutors dropped charges against a Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a state judge, according to court documents.

Wimbledon organisers have moved to justify a staggering 40 percent rise in total prize money that will make the pot at this year's championships the biggest ever in tennis.

The 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, who was seriously wounded and unable to speak, is awake and responding in writing to questions from authorities, according to a Tweets by ABC and NBC news networks.

New Zealand's top rally duo Hayden Paddon and John Kennard won this weekend's Drivesouth Rally Otago with a margin of more than four minutes over their nearest competitors.