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The next Peter Pan in the latest adaptation of the much-loved movie character could be a Kiwi. Photo: Disney/Supplied via NZ Herald Auckland talent agency Catch Casting is looking for a Kiwi boy who can play the Neverland mischief-maker and leader of the Lost Boys in Disney's upcoming live action remake of the classic, named Peter Pan and Wendy.

Piri Sciascia. Photo: Victoria University of Wellington via RNZ Revered kaumātua and leader Piri Sciascia of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāi Tahu has died at the age of 73.

Piri Sciascia. Photo: Victoria University of Wellington via RNZ Revered kaumātua and leader Piri Sciascia of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāi Tahu has died at the age of 73.

French designer Jean Paul Gaultier appears with models at the end of his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016/2017 collection in Paris. Photo: Reuters French designer Jean Paul Gaultier, known for dressing stars like Madonna and who cultivated an irreverent image as the industry's "bad boy", said on Friday that a fashion show in Paris next week would be his last.

The Defence Force is sending more soldiers to help the fight against Australia's deadly bushfires.

Greg Page has spoken about suffering from orthostatic intolerance, a disorder that affects blood flow and leads to fainting, according to media reports. Photo: Getty Images A founding member of Australian popular children's music group The Wiggles suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed while performing at a bushfire relief concert in Sydney on Friday, the band said.

greg_pagewigglesgettyimages-158663963.jpg Greg Page has spoken about suffering from orthostatic intolerance, a disorder that affects blood flow and leads to fainting, according to media reports. Photo: Getty Images A founding member of Australian popular children's music group The Wiggles suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed while performing at a bushfire relief concert in Sydney on Friday, the band said.

The Defence Force is sending more soldiers to help the fight against Australia's deadly bushfires.

wizel and Pukaki (pictured) are both tipped to reach 31degC today and 30degC tomorrow. Photo: Peter McIntosh Parts of New Zealand are set to crack 30degC today in what is shaping up to be one of the best days this summer.

Police were called to separate incidents involving alcohol-related fighting, in Queenstown and Winton early today.

Volunteer firefighters tackle a house fire near Te Anau yesterday. Photo: Te Anau Volunteer Fire Brigade Te Anau: Volunteer firefighters, most of them from Te Anau, last night fought a fierce fire which heavily damaged a house on a rural property in Kakapo Rd, about 5km northeast of the township.

Dunstan Hospital. Photo: ODT It is not clear how well a rabbit-poisoning programme on the grounds of Dunstan Hospital is working.

Winton teenager Chloe Thomson won a best-presented heifer award at the National All Dairy Breeds Youth Camp in Stratford. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Southland 15-year-old Chloe Thomson’s steady grooming hand earned her a win in a national dairy cattle event in Taranaki.

It will be no rolls barred in Bluff next month when the inaugural Annual Southland Cheese Roll fundraiser comes to town.

More than half the parking tickets issued in Central Otago in the last financial year have not been paid.

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Construction work of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam on the river Nile last September. PHOTO: REUTERS When Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed got the Nobel Peace Prize last year for ending his country’s 20-year military confrontation with neighbouring Eritrea, Donald Trump got quite cross.

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Richard and Susanne Dagg have opened Heff’s Restaurant in South Dunedin and expect to close the Normanby Tavern in a couple of months. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON As one longtime Dunedin pub teeters on the brink of closure, a restaurant opens and the fate of both weighs heavily on the minds of Susanne and Richard Dagg.

Anzor account manager Steve Fitzgerald holds up the supplier's products for new premises on Portsmouth Dr in Dunedin in the background. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN For Steve Fitzgerald building a new branch for building supplies company Anzor in Dunedin was a no-brainer.