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Anzac biscuits are a staple in Australia and New Zealand. File photo Young digger Paul Teesdale Smith wrote to his girlfriend from Gallipoli, describing care packages filled with biscuits, peanuts, butterscotch, cigarettes and socks.

When the caller was told he had called the New Zealand police, he hung up. Photo: Getty Images Dunedin police are reminding the public to remain vigilant after receiving a scam call to their office landline number.

A Dunedin woman who allegedly filled a suitcase with stolen items from various supermarkets was apprehended by police yesterday.

A search and rescue vehicle at the site of the operation this morning. Photo: Wyatt Ryder A search is continuing for a fisherman who went missing near the Waitaki river mouth on Monday.

A search and rescue vehicle at the site of the operation this morning. Photo: Wyatt Ryder A search is continuing for a fisherman who went missing near the Waitaki river mouth on Monday.

A P-8A Poseidon patrol and reconnaissance aircraft will be flying over the South. Photo: RNZAF Royal New Zealand Air Force squadrons will commemorate Anzac Day by conducting flypasts over the country.

Make sure you batten down the hatches before you hit the hay tonight.

The Bridge bar and eatery. PHOTO: DANIEL ALVEY It could be at least two months before a fire-damaged bar and eatery is back in business.

Former Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy lays a wreath at a previous Dawn Service at the Anzac Commemorative Site in Gallipoli. Photo: NZDF For the first time in history, the role of the New Zealand Defence Force in the Gallipoli Anzac Day dawn service is up in the air.

RNZ Concert senior music producer David McCaw with his returned ID card. Photo: Niwa / Rebekah Parsons-King You've heard of finding a needle in a haystack, but what about finding a swipe card in the vast expanse of the world's oceans?

Christchurch City Council has rescued the New Zealand Agricultural Show with a $5 million agreement.

Image: RNZ Public servants in the regions say cuts are not just affecting workers in the capital, as they reassess job prospects in a competitive labour market.

Gridlock in Queenstown is not unusual except when it is caused by a church.

RNZ Concert senior music producer David McCaw with his returned ID card. Photo: Niwa / Rebekah Parsons-King You've heard of finding a needle in a haystack, but what about finding a swipe card in the vast expanse of the world's oceans?

File photo New Zealanders are more concerned about climate change than Australians, a new report finds, and want developed countries to do more to curb emissions.

Sean Leslie and Casey Tilson, of Middlemarch, use Clydesdales to till their way to winning the horse plough award at New Zealand Ploughing Championships in the Waikato last weekend. PHOTO: NOEL SHEAT Southerners took home a good share of the spoils from the New Zealand Ploughing Championships this month.

It's a no-show for the public at one of Canterbury’s biggest events this year with the postponement of the New Zealand Agricultural Show.

At a stop at Patearoa Station for the Otago Merino Association Two Tooth Ewe Flock competition are (from left) association chairman Will Gibson, of Middlemarch, Patearoa Station farm worker Doug Smith and owner Charlie Hore, both of Patearoa. PHOTOS: SHAWN MCAVINUE Competitors in the inaugural Otago Merino Association Two Tooth Ewe Flock competition get more than bragging rights, chairman Will Gibson says.

Otago South River Care co-ordinator Craig Simpson, of Mosgiel, in a gully where a drone trial was established using support from the collective of Clutha catchment groups. PHOTOS: SHAWN MCAVINUE A drone can scatter seed and spray weeds to allow native plants to establish in a gully on a South Otago dairy farm, technology converts Sandra and Chris Campbell say.