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Paul Dwyer is at the Cromwell Race Day and having a blast.

US Vice President Kamala Harris told the UN climate talks that countries "must make up for lost time" on climate change. Photo: Reuters Countries at UN climate talks have promised to take major strides forward in tackling global warming in a new renewable energy pledge, but New Zealand is not among them.

Photo: Getty Images Supermarket giants accused of price gouging during a cost-of-living crisis in Australia could be scrutinised by a parliamentary committee.

Grace Jale in action for New Zealand against Colombia. Photo: Getty This is the kind of match you can build on – easily the Football Ferns’ best performance since the Fifa Women’s World Cup.

Increasing numbers of people have been forced to turn to raiding their KiwiSaver retirement funds to help make ends meet, IRD says. Photo: Getty Images The money withdrawn early from KiwiSaver funds due to financial hardship has doubled compared with a year ago, with significantly more people taking money out before retirement.

Lake Onslow. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery The government has today confirmed that it has scrapped the Lake Onslow pumped hydro scheme in Central Otago.

Police at the scene near the Bir-Hakeim bridge in Paris. Photo: Reuters One person died and another was injured after an assailant attacked passersby in central Paris near the Eiffel Tower, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on social media.

Hospitals, religious institutions and other organisations throughout the country have received another barrage of "unsettling" and "concerning emails", after threats were made by email last month.

A person is dead after their quad-bike rolled in rural Canterbury last night.

A person is dead after their quad-bike rolled in rural Canterbury last night.

The late Reg McTaggart in familiar pose. Photo: Supplied Tributes are pouring in for country music icon Reg McTaggart, who died at his Arrowtown home on November 18, after having lived in the Wakatipu for roughly 50 years.

Two people have been critically injured in a motorbike crash in Christchurch.

Two people have been critically injured in a motorbike crash in Christchurch.

People evacuate buildings in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, Philippines following the earthquake. Photo: Hinatuan LGU/Handout via REUTERS Evacuations were under way in the Philippines after a quake of at least magnitude 7.5 struck the southern region of Mindanao on Saturday, triggering tsunami warnings in the country and in Japan, though a US agency said the risk of large waves had passed.

Jared Croft was jailed for 28 months. Photo: Supplied WARNING: This story details a fatal drug overdose and may be upsetting.

Jared Croft was jailed for 28 months. Photo: Supplied WARNING: This story details a fatal drug overdose and may be upsetting.

A series of fronts embedded within a moist northwest flow are expected to bring rain to some parts of the country over the weekend.

Grace Millane, 22, was killed by a Tinder date who claimed he'd consensually choked her. Photo: supplied Grace Millane would have turned 27 today - had she not been murdered while visiting Auckland on her OE.

Grace Millane, 22, was killed by a Tinder date who claimed he'd consensually choked her. Photo: supplied Grace Millane would have turned 27 today - had she not been murdered while visiting Auckland on her OE.

Photo: NZ Herald/file One person has died and another taken to hospital following a water-related incident at Rothesay Bay on Auckland’s North Shore.