After more than 20 years, Canterbury couple Jason and Tracey McDonald are returning to farm in the South after buying a sheep and beef property in West Otago.
Police have stopped referring people to Destiny Church's Man Up and Legacy programmes after members had disrupted a number of events at the Auckland Pride Festival.
Anora, the story of a sex worker who gets a chance at a new life when she marries a wealthy client on a whim, has won five Academy Awards, including the coveted best picture Oscar.
A man living in a Wellington social housing complex recently deemed quake-prone says residents need stability and hopes some will be able to stay while work's carried out.
A local contractor's digger was used to help rescue a critically injured person trapped in the wreckage of a campervan that was crushed by a falling tree in Canterbury.
Firefighters in Christchurch are known for rescuing cats stuck up trees or ducklings trapped in drains - but how about a magpie stuck on a fire station siren tower?