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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with Paliamentry Under-Secretary Jan Logie (left) at today's wellbeing Pre-Budget announcement. Photo: NZ Herald The Government will spend $320 million on a package of initiatives aimed preventing family and sexual violence and breaking the cycle of violence.

"It was dumb, it was irresponsible and it was a mistake," Heinz-Christian Strache told a news conference, fighting back tears as he asked his wife and others to forgive him. Photo: Reuters Austria is headed for a snap election as Chancellor Sebastian Kurz pulled the plug on his coalition with the far right after its leader was caught on video offering to fix state contracts with a woman posing as a Russian oligarch's niece.

Duncan Laurence celebrates his win at the contest in Tel Aviv. Photo: Reuers The Netherlands has won the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in Israel in a songfest that passed off without serious incident, despite calls by pro-Palestinian groups to boycott the event.

Israel Folau is considering legal action after his $4.2 million contract was torn up on Friday. Photo: Getty Images Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle knew she had to sack Israel Folau after receiving "hundreds" of messages detailing how harmful his controversial social media posts were.

Police are investigating after woman discovered pellets apparently from a firearm at her home in the Dunedin suburb of Belleknowes.

Vincent Kompany lifts the trophy as Manchester City teammates celebrate. Photo: Action Images via Reuters Raheem Sterling scored a hat-trick as a supreme Manchester City crushed Watford 6-0 in the FA Cup final on Saturday to become the first team to win the English treble of league championship and both domestic cups in the most emphatic way imaginable.

eight_col_epipen.jpg EpiPens are filled with adrenalin and cost more than $150 each. Photo: supplied Children with life-threatening allergies whose families cannot afford to pay for EpiPen auto-injectors are at serious risk, say specialists.

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was assaulted during a public appearance in South Africa, but the 71-year-old quickly recovered saying, "I'm just glad the idiot didn't interrupt my Snapchat."

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has discussed the highs and lows of the 2017 election at the Auckland Writers Festival. Photo: NZME New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has spoken about her sense of "betrayal" to the electorate that she had formerly contested.

A victorious Scott Morrison thanks party supporters accompanied by wife Jenny and daughters Abbey (left) and Lily in Sydney. Photo: AP Australia's ruling conservative coalition has won a surprise victory in the country's general election, defying opinion polls that had tipped the centre-left opposition party to oust it from power and promising an end to the revolving door of national leaders.

Crusaders player David Havili gets past Justin Phillips of the Stormers at Newlands. Photo: Getty Images Jean-Luc du Plessis slotted a penalty for the struggling Stormers with the last kick of the game to ensure a thrilling 19-19 draw against Super Rugby log leaders the Crusaders at Newlands in South Africa.

gettyimages-1144688262.jpg Josh Ioane inches around the post to score a try for the Highlanders at Ellis Park. Photo: Getty Images The Highlanders struggled to overcome the late withdrawal of Waisake Naholo, as they slumped to a 38-29 loss to the Lions in Johannesburg early this morning (NZ time).

Prince Harry. Photo: Reuters Prince Harry has accepted substantial damages and an apology from a news agency which took photographs of his home from the air, Buckingham Palace says.

Mosgiel pensioner Joe Morris is warning people against installing solar panels in a bid to beat the power companies. PHOTO: SHAWN MCAVINUE A Mosgiel pensioner is warning people against getting burnt financially by solar power.

Michael Ferguson and Annette Weir are set to get married at First Church in Dunedin next month , bucking a trend of fewer people getting hitched in the city. PHOTO: SHAWN MCAVINUE Fewer Dunedin people are saying "I do'' as the city's marriage rate plummets to a record low.

More people get trespassed from Moana Pool than any other Dunedin City Council aquatic facility. PHOTO: SHAWN MCAVINUE A boy jumping off the highest diving board into a pool of aqua joggers is one of the transgressions that triggered a trespass notice, Dunedin City Council says.

Corrections will not say how many prisoners travel on commercial flights out of Dunedin Airport. PHOTO: ALLIED PRESS FILES The Department of Corrections is remaining tight-lipped about the number of prisoners sharing flights with the public out of Dunedin Airport.

Using waste fabric to create 4000 soft toy elephants is an exciting new project for (from left) Dunedin Dream Brokerage broker Kate Schrader, and Stitch Kitchen co-ordinators Fiona Clements and Fiona Jenkin. PHOTO: BRENDA HARWOOD An innovative project to repurpose textiles to make cuddly soft toys is aimed at highlighting "the elephant in the room'' - the growing crisis of textile waste.

Photo: Getty Images Talking about suicide is one of the key prevention methods for youth, an academic says.

Rio de Janiero was the first Rio-class container ship to visit Port Chalmers in October last year. Photo: ODT (files) Local walkways, the crumbling state of the Sims building, and the ongoing work to mitigate the noise from Rio-class ships at Port Chalmers were among the topics discussed at last week's West Harbour Community Board meeting.