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New crime-fighting video cameras costing about $1 million will help reduce criminal activity and violence in central Christchurch, police say.

Robbie Deans doesn't hesitate when quizzed on his Super 14 rugby semifinal tips.

Power supply from generators in the South Island to the North Island has been restored, after the high voltage direct current link was cut this morning.

The Government has confirmed plans to increase spending on motorways by $1 billion over three years.

It will probably be another week before Cabinet decides who will run the Auckland council transition agency, Prime Minister John Key said today.

Newcastle demonstrated their National Rugby League premiership credentials with a fantastic 38-6 victory over the Sydney Roosters on Saturday night.

Gore-based bulb-exporting business Southern Flora is battling its way through a prolonged financial trough.

A tractor being sold in an online auction with a $1 reserve, with the winning buyer getting a free 8.1ha farm in the Catlins, has attracted bids of more than $100,000.

Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has been named a Columbia University Global Fellow and is expected to give lectures, host conferences and moderate events at the elite school.

The New Zealand woman who spoke of a traumatic group sex ordeal with Cronulla players was today offered counselling by National Rugby League (NRL) chief executive David Gallop as he demanded the sport change its attitudes towards women.

National Rugby League chief executive David Gallop says everyone involved in rugby league must accept the need to change attitudes towards women or "get out of the game".

Wanganui's Mayor Michael Laws says he is "absolutely convinced" the city's new gang patch ban law will spread nationwide.

A Northland eye surgeon drowned while trying to cross Whangarei Harbour in a small dinghy in treacherous conditions, a coroner has ruled.

Police are hunting a 39-year-old Auckland man they say should not be approached.