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Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern will provide evidence to the Royal Commission investigating NZ's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

A high court jury has seen footage of murder-accused Julia DeLuney's video interview with police the day after her mother's death, where her story is first put under the microscope.

Police say the former Justice Minister was "verbally abusive" and uncooperative after crashing into a parked car in 2023.

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A coroner has again pointed to failures in the ambulance call-taker process.

CCTV from outside a Wellington house where an elderly woman was found dead shows no one else parked outside or walked up the steps to the house after her daughter - who is accused of murdering her - says she left to get help.

A woman held hostage at gunpoint for more than 15 hours in her Nelson home says she lives in fear that the man who did so will one day kill her.

The Southern Ocean plays an essential role in regulating the Earth's heat and carbon, and changes could trigger cascading effects on other ocean systems.