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A Christchurch Lotto player has won a share of the $1 million first-division prize after Wednesday night's draw. 

Upper Selwyn Huts. Photo: File image Upper Selwyn Huts residents want another year to consult with the district council about their future.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters Photo: RNZ By Jo Moir and Craig McCulloch The Labour Party is demanding Winston Peters be stood down as Foreign Minister for opening up the government to legal action over his "totally unacceptable" attack on a prominent AUKUS critic.

Photo: Guy Williams A survey of Queenstown renters shows one in four respondents have been impacted by houselessness over the past year, and 75% do not earn enough to cover the median weekly rent.

Photo: RNZ All Stats NZ staff have been offered voluntary redundancy, the Public Service Association says.

Police didn't have to go far to find a stolen television after a burglar delivered it directly to the Dunedin central station.

Leigh Halfpenny. Photo: Getty Images Former Welsh international Leigh Halfpenny is poised to make his long-awaited Super Rugby Pacific debut for the Crusaders when they take on the Reds in Christchurch.

The staff members were able to finally leave on 17 April because of a medical evacuation. Photo: NZDF By Charlotte Cook  A series of aircraft breakdowns and bad weather left 12 New Zealand Defence Force staff stranded in Antarctica for a month with a rapidly closing window to get out before winter.

The Riccs on Blenheim Rd. Photo: Google A man accused of threatening a Christchurch bar manager after he refused to give him free drinks has been charged with aggravated robbery and threatening to kill.

The staff members were able to finally leave on 17 April because of a medical evacuation. Photo: NZDF By Charlotte Cook  A series of aircraft breakdowns and bad weather left 12 New Zealand Defence Force staff stranded in Antarctica for a month with a rapidly closing window to get out before winter.

Photo: Star News / File image Christchurch city councillors have voted to delay substantive decisions on housing intensification in residential areas until the end of next year.

Rongotai MP Julie Anne Genter has apologised in Parliament after National accused her of intimidating and attacking one of its ministers in the House.

By Rowan Quinn A three-year-old Canterbury girl who has home dialysis to stay alive had four machines fail in one week - and there is no back-up option in the South Island.

Police are looking into an accusation of an alleged assault, car-jacking and aggravated robbery in Ilam.

Harper Cromie is due to get a kidney transplant in July. Photo: RNZ A three-year-old Canterbury girl who has home dialysis to stay alive had four machines fail in one week - and there is no back-up option in the South Island.

Lachie Jones died in 2019. Photo: ODT files The half-brother of Lachie Jones says it would be "out of character" for the boy to have run over a kilometre on his own.