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Luxon announces high stakes trip to India

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Photo: RNZ

Luxon announces high stakes trip to India

New Zealand will send one of its largest ever prime ministerial delegations to India next week in a concerted charm offensive designed to boost trade and security ties with the fast-growing economic giant.

'Fake plot': Sydney anti-Semitic attacks a 'criminal con job'

NSW Police allege the raft of attacks were an attempt to divert police resources. File photo:...

'Fake plot': Sydney anti-Semitic attacks a 'criminal con job'

Investigators have dismissed the discovery of an explosives-laden caravan as a "criminal con job" that was never intended for use in a claimed attack on prominent Jewish sites.

Outdoor classroom

Outdoor classroom

Bayfield High School student Ben Bevin brings his kayak ashore at Andersons Bay Inlet after completing part of an outdoor education course, while other students enjoy the benign conditions.

Farmer jailed for severe neglect of sheep

A Rangitikei farmer, Peter Valentine, has been jailed and banned from owning animals indefinitely...

Farmer jailed for severe neglect of sheep

A farmer found with dead lambs on his property, while other sheep were found with parasites or were thin and malnourished, has been jailed and banned from owning any animals.

School lunch provider told to give daily evidence of quality

Deputy Principal Stephen Knightly says the lunches are not holding up during the reheating...

School lunch provider told to give daily evidence of quality

A menu of mishaps means the government's school lunch provider is now facing new performance measures - including providing daily evidence of what it is serving up.

Attracting business conferences among uses of visitor levy

Social Development Minister Louise Upston says MSD has more work to do to improve its accuracy....

Attracting business conferences among uses of visitor levy

The government is putting $3 million from the international visitor levy into attracting more business conferences to the country.

Spike in legionnaires' disease linked to dirty spa pools

There has been a spike in a potentially deadly disease linked to dirty spa pools. File photo:...

Spike in legionnaires' disease linked to dirty spa pools

There has been a spike in a potentially deadly disease linked to dirty spa pools in New Zealand.

Mother trapped after crash for 36 hours 'fighting for her life'

Mother trapped after crash for 36 hours 'fighting for her life'

A mother of two is in a coma and fighting for her life after reportedly spending 36 hours trapped in a car after a crash.

Syria scrambles to contain worst violence in years

Syria's interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa during a televised address in Damascus, Syria,...

Syria scrambles to contain worst violence in years

Syria's leader has vowed to hunt down the perpetrators of violent clashes pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar al-Assad against the country's new Islamist rulers.

Embattled ex-minister off to Everest

Andrew Bayly on a North Pole expedition in 2016. Photo: Supplied / Facebook

Embattled ex-minister off to Everest

Embattled former minister Andrew Bayly has taken two weeks' leave from Parliament to trek to Mt Everest's base camp in Nepal.

'He was being disrespectful. . . disrespect makes me feel like s...'

Flowers where Enere Taana-McLaren (inset) was fatally stabbed at the Dunedin Bus Hub in Great...

'He was being disrespectful. . . disrespect makes me feel like s...'

A teenage murder accused says he was in "fight mode, ultra-focused" when he fatally stabbed a Dunedin schoolboy.

Hipkins preferred PM in latest poll

Hipkins preferred PM in latest poll

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has overtaken Christopher Luxon as preferred prime minister, and the centre-left bloc would be able to form a government based on results in the latest poll.

Man in custody after Taieri Rd incident

Armed police outside the Taieri Rd property today. Photo: Supplied

Man in custody after Taieri Rd incident

One man is in custody this afternoon after armed police were called to an incident in Dunedin's Halfway Bush.

Carney to become new Canada PM

Carney to become new Canada PM

Former central banker Mark Carney won the race to become leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party and will succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister, official results showed today.

Clashes continue in eastern Congo

Fighting between M23 rebels and pro-Congo militias was underway in Nyabiondo, about 100km north of Goma in eastern Congo, residents said.

Sixteen-year-old allegedly double adult alcohol limit

Sixteen-year-old allegedly double adult alcohol limit

A speeding 16-year-old who led Dunedin police on a chase was allegedly over double the legal alcohol limit for adults when he was caught.

Child sex offender's explicit messages to undercover cop

Apple has signalled plans to differentiate itself from rivals Microsoft and Google by placing...

Child sex offender's explicit messages to undercover cop

Registered sex offender Hamish Campbell-Stenning had no idea the 14-year-old girl he was chatting to online was actually an undercover police officer.