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A Levin man is intensive care in a stable condition in Palmerston North Hospital after he was assaulted in his own home.

Supre clothing store was targeted by a gang of shoplifters, to the disgust of store manager Stacey Handley and shop assistant Zoe Johnstone-Smith.

Top Returning home for Swan Lake , Australian Ballet principal artist Ty King-Wall.

The pair accused of abducting and bashing a 32-year-old local man in the Kaimai Ranges plan to defend the allegations at trial.

How many snapper should anyone be allowed to catch in a day's fishing? Readers who do not go fishing for fun might be surprised at the bag limit: nine.

Police say more than one person might have been involved in the killing of Paeroa pizza-maker Jordan Voudouris but they could be too frightened to come forward with information.

The New Zealand Republic debate does not need to be centered on whether or not New Zealanders should support the Queen and her successors.

A laptop through Computers Against Isolation is helping autistic Rotorua boy Edward Haynes talk to family and come out of his shell.

Terri Judd is a reporter with The Independent, who writes regularly on defence issues, having repeatedly embedded with British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A customer comforts a member of the shop owner's family after Opononi's Four Square was razed by fire.

Libby, the cat left for dead in a car destined to be crushed at a wrecker's yard, has been adopted by an Auckland couple.

The man accused of stabbing to death the mother of his children in Havelock North earlier this month appeared in court today charged with murder.

It has been a week of challenging television viewing - challenging even without catching much Seven Sharp .

Writer Stephen Sinclair, 56, is best known for co-writing Ladies Night and working with Sir Peter Jackson on Meet the Feebles, Braindead and The Lord of the Rings.

The man who was at the wheel of a vehicle that killed Morrinsville jogger Joanna Mellow nearly two months ago will soon know if he is to face charges.

New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra is investing NZ$30m in expanding storage capabilities at its dry distribution centre in Whareroa.

Persistent heavy rain has caused slips, road closures and evacuations in Tasman, and claimed the life of a Marahau resident.

Tragedy ... The wrecked house where a woman was killed yesterday afternoon after a landslip at Marahau, near Motueka.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand-A man was recovering in a hospital Monday after surviving a plunge from the 15th floor of his New Zealand apartment building.

Palmerston North's new residents from Afghanistan have spent their first weekend settling into their homes and starting to find their way around the city.