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MP Lemauga Lydia Sosene will undergo surgery for breast cancer. Photo: Johnny Blades Labour MP Lemauga Lydia Sosene has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will take medical leave from Parliament next week.

A mother was provided with the wrong dose of steroid to give to her four-week-old baby - a dose that was five times higher than it should have been. File photo: NZ Herald A 4-week-old baby with a croup stopped breathing, turned blue and went floppy after being given medicine that was five times the dose it should have been.

MP Lemauga Lydia Sosene will undergo surgery for breast cancer. Photo: Johnny Blades Labour MP Lemauga Lydia Sosene has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will take medical leave from Parliament next week.

Former climate activist Brad Flutey during the Dig In At Marsden protest he organised. Photo / Michael Cunningham A Northland anti-mandate activist has dragged out his court case for more than two years, now pushing his defiance to the brink with a 60-day hunger strike behind bars.

An experienced figure within the education sector who avoided conviction for criminal offending is now fighting to keep her job, saying she loves teaching and being suspended would “devastate” her.

Asking the King for a hug might not be everyone's first move when meeting royalty, but for Black Ferns wing Ayesha Leti-I'iga, it's completely normal.

Keen whitebaiter Peter Casserly on the Kaiapoi River during high tide. Photo: North Canterbury News A public meeting to discuss concerns over the health of the Kaiapoi and Cam rivers in Canterbury is set to be held on Tuesday night.

Leautea Iosefa took $83,000 from his client within five months of her depositing it into a trust account he had access to. Photo: Getty Images A lawyer who stole his elderly client’s life savings and was sentenced to home detention for it has been allowed to practise law again.

Emergency services at the scene of the crash. Photo: Regan Harris An overtaking move 'gone wrong' caused a two-vehicle collision on a Central Otago highway on Thursday morning.

Kaikōura Mayor Craig Mackle looking at the moon through a telescope for the first time. Photo: David Hill / North Canterbury News Kaikōura residents celebrated under the stars on the eve of the district becoming the newest international dark sky sanctuary in Aotearoa.

Enjoying the snow at Lake Hayes. Photo: Janie Reese Heavy snow has cut power to 3500 homes and closed roads and schools in Otago and Queenstown this morning.

A woman, found to be over four times the breath alcohol limit, drove her 11-year-old daughter from Christchurch to Dunedin before crashing into a boulder near her home.

A 54-year-old motorist has been charged with dangerous driving after a police pursuit in Christchurch last night.

Enjoying the snow at Lake Hayes. Photo: Janie Reese Heavy snow has cut power to 3500 homes and closed roads and schools in Central Otago and Queenstown this morning.

A Southland council is monitoring and releasing speed data on its staff, a report showing hundreds of speed limit breaches.

Nearly 230 people will graduate in a range of subjects from Otago Polytechnic today. About 120 will graduate in person at a 12.30pm ceremony in the Dunedin Town Hall.