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Photo: RNZ Stuff and Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ have reportedly reached a deal to save TV media service Newshub from the axe.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has not asked for an estimated price tag. Photo: RNZ The cost of slashing public servants at a single government department has already exceeded $6 million.

It's 7.30am. You’re a young elephant seal coming in from a hard weekend of diving and eating fish.

The Cashmere Bowling Club celebrated its 100th birthday over the weekend.

Demonstrators in the Iranian capital, Tehran after the strikes on Israel. Photo: Reuters Israel's military chief said his country would respond to Iran's weekend missile and drone attack amid calls for restraint by allies anxious to avoid an escalation of conflict in the Middle East.

Justin Wiremu Keremete was captured on CCTV footage when he robbed ANZ in Rangiora. Photo: Supplied A recidivist robber who went on a month-long crime spree across Canterbury armed with a hatchet and imitation pistol has spent more than half of his life behind bars.

Jordie Barrett is excited to sink his teeth into the next World Cup cycle. Photo: Getty Images By Joe Porter  Jordie Barrett has become the first All Black to commit his services to New Zealand Rugby (NZR) beyond the 2027 Rugby World Cup.

fog_55_0.jpg The fog will clear later this morning. File photo. Photo: RNZ / Jordan Bond Four flights bound for Christchurch this morning have been delayed due to fog, Air New Zealand says.

Warning: An image in this story may be upsetting to some people.  At least four people were wounded, including a bishop with a global online following, in a knife attack during a service at a church in a suburb of Sydney, police and witnesses said, triggering clashes between angry residents and police.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has not asked for an estimated price tag. Photo: RNZ The cost of slashing public servants at a single government department has already exceeded $6 million.

What you lookin’ at? Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony environment team leader Henry Elsom peers down at a juvenile elephant seal (right) at the colony. PHOTOS: WYATT RYDER It's 7.30am. You’re a young elephant seal coming in from a hard weekend of diving and eating fish.

Sorting out Mosgiel transport troubles has landed on a government list of priority projects worth up to $100 million and community leaders are keen for a solution to get past the planning stage this time.

Body cameras could soon be a common sight at Woolworths supermarkets. PHOTO: ODT FILES Woolworths NZ supermarket store managers across the country could soon be fitted with body cameras, it appears, as concern about in-store violence continues.

PHOTOS: GREGOR RICHARDSON An upgrade of pipes in central Dunedin has started.

Kimberley Elliott is encouraging women not to dismiss pain that could be a symptom of endometriosis as normal. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON A Dunedin woman says she was failed by the public health system after it was unable to diagnose her with a common yet debilitating condition.

Canterbury players won four of the major titles at the annual Otago Open in Dunedin at the weekend.

A Dunedin fireplace manufacturer says its technological innovation means woodburners may still have a place in modern homes.

The "scenic railway" roller-coaster under construction for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, London. — Otago Witness, 13.5.1924 The colossal sum of over a million pounds is being spent on the amusements section of the British Empire Exhibition.