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Erena Mikaere and Georgie Edgecombe are leading the team this season.

The shark appeared in the same spot as a fatal Bowentown attack in 2021.

Four players Bay of Plenty-wide cashed in over the weekend.

The petition urges tougher sentences when violent crimes result in death.

Dame Lynley Dodd's playful style grew from childhood word games with her parents.

Shares have risen under every government since 1975, despite political shifts.

A Gray's beaked whale has been euthanised after stranding at Mount Maunganui.

OPINION: The former minister might have been the victim of a last-minute plan change.

Head Hunter with more than 125 convictions serving more jail time over drugs and firearms.

Winston Peters confirmed the party would campaign on splitting up the energy gentailers.

Wayne Wright snr co-founded Best Start Educare, now with about 260 centres around NZ.

More tourists are seeking unplugged, nature-based getaways.

The 21-year-old's chair is a safe space where clients open up about mental health.

Police say the blast was reported about 1.35pm; one person has suffered moderate injuries.

The sportfishing club will be relocated behind the new $2m floodwall.

He has been in hospital two weeks so far, and has had two brain surgeries.

Many now say swiping left and right feels isolating rather than exciting.

Twins make up 5% of the school's roll and 2.4% of babies born worldwide.

The 7.7km Takitimu North Link – Stage 2 will run between Te Puna and Ōmokoroa.

Fuel app Gaspy sees usage triple to more than 300,000 users as prices surge.

Proposed 15th Ave to Welcome Bay Rd works are expected to start next year.

The Youth Spirit Award winner is a 21-year-old barber who focuses on mental-health.

The man, in his 20s, would climb in through a window to have a sex with the pre-teen girl.

There are similarities in what the dying share, Pamela Shennan says.

Vincent Reynolds deceived Inland Revenue over a period of 15 months.

From bailing up barkers to investigating attacks - and a 'dead/missing' dog that wasn't.

The school-leaver cohort was 6.4% larger than in 2025, which had set the previous record.

It will open by the end of this year.

Melissa Tarawa: 'We’re always hopeful, because at the end of the day it’s all I’ve got.'