Conservationists are welcoming proposed new rules for Tasman cats, but some want tougher restrictions which confine felines to their owner's properties.
Complaints made to the Independent Police Conduct Authority over police handling of two unrelated deaths in Waikato have been referred to the police for investigation.
A South Island gymnastics coach once described by a young girl he abused as a "grandfather figure" is attempting to have his 15-year prison sentence reduced.
The blaze on Christchurch's Port Hills in February started on private property but investigators have not determined how it started, a new report shows.