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Northland's largest wetland has suffered significant damage to an area the size of 54 rugby fields after a landowner allowed livestock to enter, sprayed pesticides and illegally installed drains.

A woman successfully appealed an MSD decision refusing to cover food costs for her husband's tangi in a funeral grant.

The FBI is sharing information about alleged sexual abuse within an underground religious group with New Zealand police as part of its global investigation. Audio

Edmondson is accused of murdering a pig hunter and attempting to murder another.

There was no evidence VJ Tutai's death was at the hands of drug dealers over a possible debt.

A man was living off just two portions of soup a week before he passed out and crashed into a van, causing about $30,000 of damage.

A doctor concerned about an elderly man who defied orders not to drive wrote to transport officials who then took away his licence.

Coke No Sugar, or Coke Zero? A bartender told a customer they were virtually the same thing.

The burned, skeletal remains of an elderly artist who lived alone in a house bus in a remote corner of the South Island were found beside his favourite rocking chair.

A police officer warned a man not to walk on the highway in the dark less than two hours before he was hit by a utility vehicle and killed.

Menendez was convicted last year of 16 felony counts for a long-running corruption scheme.

Italy's high court has upheld the remaining conviction against American Amanda Knox, who was jailed and later acquitted of the 2007 murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher.

A staff member has been assaulted by three young people at a youth justice facility in Rotorua.

If charged, the man is likely to appear in the Wellington District Court later this year.

Terror and pain coursed through the body of a teen girl who was being held in a bedroom and repeatedly raped.

A Hamilton woman defrauded four property rental companies over nearly three years, costing them tens of thousands of dollars.

A Christchurch man said his experience with the civil courts had been incredibly frustrating, costing him tens of thousands in legal fees and hundreds of hours of his own time.

The Chamberlains have been battling the company they commissioned to build their dream home in Nelson for seven years.

A former lawyer for President-elect Donald Trump was found to have violated a court agreement after he suggested on a podcast in November two election workers were quadruple counting ballots and using…