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Winston Peters says our trading partners will judge us if New Zealand does not "step-up" and play its role by increasing defence spending.

The giant Korean ship builder Hyundai could be back in the running to build two new Cook Strait ferries, following a meeting between the company and Rail Minister Winston Peters in Seoul on Friday.

It took Margaret Williamson three years to handcraft her 3D Christ Church Cathedral model using fleece from the sheep raised in her yards.

Victimisation rates for violent offences have stayed mostly steady according to new official data, released two days after the government said violent crime had dropped.

Passengers booked on Bluebridge's Strait Feronia say they are "stranded" as the ferry has not been sailing due to mechanical problems.