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On Landers Chat today PD is up at Zingari talking to Highlanders Hugo Plummer and Max Hicks, who have been turning out for unbeaten Zingers over the last few weeks.

While the wintry temperatures are set to continue over the weekend, it will not be as cold as Thursday night.

Air Vanuatu has entered voluntary liquidation, prompting Virgin Australia to increase its flights to the Pacific nation.

Photo: RNZ TVNZ breached its collective agreement with the E tū union when deciding on discontinuing programmes, the Employment Relations Authority has ruled.

A man in critical condition after rolling his car has been flown to Christchurch Hospital after suffering a spinal injury, police say.

Andy Serkis will direct the first of the two films. Photo: Reuters Wellington will be the production hub for two new Lord of the Rings films, Screen Wellington head of attraction Mark Westerby says.

Locals were seeing double outside a Weston grocery store yesterday.

The 2024 New Zealand Doc Edge programme was revealed on Thursday at Maui Studios in Waltham. 

Photo: Dan Bailey, supplied via RNZ Jonathan Beau Hall was not qualified to sign off engineering designs for 946 properties around the country but he did it anyway, forging the signatures of two chartered professional engineers.

The housing block at Burnham Military Camp caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Photo: RNZ/Nathan McKinnon Heartfelt messages have been posted online and placed at the scene of the Burnham house fire that claimed the life of a Rolleston College student on Wednesday.

Photo: NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi Traffic congestion is building on State Highway 1 near Templeton after a crash on Friday afternoon.

Lachie Jones was found dead at the Gore oxidation ponds in January 2019. Photo: ODT files A police officer initially said it would be “almost impossible” to climb out of a Gore oxidation pond that was less than a metre deep.

Set co-ordinator David Bleach is among volunteers getting the Les Miserables set ready. Photo: Supplied The mammoth task of setting up the huge set for Les Misérables is done.

Police investigating at the scene in March. Photo: RNZ Police have released more information about the mystery woman whose body was found by a fisherman in Auckland's Gulf Harbour almost two months ago.

The housing block at Burnham Military Camp caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Photo: RNZ/Nathan McKinnon Heartfelt messages have been posted online and placed at the scene of the fatal Burnham house fire that claimed the life of a Rolleston College student on Wednesday.

The Education Review Office's website says it employs 250 staff. Photo: Supplied The Education Review Office is set to cut 13 jobs, the Public Service Association says.

Christchurch United’s Joel Peterson tussles with Coastal Spirit captain Joe Hoole. PHOTO: JIM WATTS PHOTOGRAPHY Christchurch United will look to bounce back from their shock loss to Coastal Spirit when they open their Chatham Cup defence at home against second-tier premiership side Western AFC at home on Friday night.

Jason Tuitama was sentenced in Wellington on Friday. Photo: RNZ A man who killed a Ministry of Health worker in a hit-and-run near Te Papa in Wellington has been sentenced to four years and four months in prison.

More than 1000 students donned their caps and gowns for a parade through central Christchurch on Friday to mark their graduation from Lincoln University.

PD is back at the Edgar Centre for the second of his series on grassroots basketball in Dunedin for ODT Sports Chat.