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For decades, their cries went unheard, but in a moment of long-awaited justice, five brothers stood together as their “sadistic” father was finally sentenced for the historic abuse that scarred their ...

"Unseasonal" weather and serious avalanche incidents have led the NZ Mountain Safety Council to encourage "extreme caution" ...

The government has taken the last steps to reverse Labour's blanket speed-limit reductions, by signing off a new speed limit ...

Wellington Water's new chief executive says fixing recurring leaks is not a good use of money, with at least a break per day ...

A wave of air raids hit Beirut's southern suburbs early on Saturday as Israel stepped up attacks on Hezbollah A crowd estimated at up to 35,000 heard speakers slam government misinformation and tell ...

When tragedy strikes, police are the ones who run towards the danger and sometimes that means making the ultimate sacrifice, a senior Dunedin officer says. A Dunedin benefit fraudster forged documents ...

The Catholic Church has apologised again to survivors of abuse in its care, accepting most of the Royal Commission's findings ...

Israel has rejected global calls for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, defying the US and pressing ahead with strikes that have ...

Dunedin is "right to be outraged" by a proposal to downgrade the city’s new hospital, Mayor Jules Radich says.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said the public must be calm after the military launched its most widespread wave of ...

Emergency services, including rescue helicopters, were called to Treble Cone ski field following a major avalanche on Monday morning.