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Stolen power tools recovered by police in the Queenstown area. Photo: NZ Police Police have arrested a man and recovered power tools and equipment after a series of thefts from building sites around Queenstown.

At least 51 migrants have died after being trapped inside a sweltering truck found abandoned in Texas, authorities say, as two Mexican nationals tied to the smuggling incident were charged in a US federal court.

Laisa Maraia Waka has been named as the victim in Saturday's fatal stabbing in Christchurch. Photo: Facebook A full review has been launched by health board bosses after a mental health patient on community leave is accused of murdering a mother-of-four in a random street stabbing.

Laisa Maraia Waka has been named as the victim in Saturday's fatal stabbing in Christchurch. Photo: Facebook A full review has been launched by health board bosses after a mental health patient on community leave is accused of murdering a mother-of-four in a random street stabbing.

Emergency services were called to an early-morning car fire on State Highway 1 near Dunedin.

A driver and passenger have been warned after drugs were found in their car in South Dunedin. 

There are 7829 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today and 15 virus-related deaths.

Emergency services at the scene today. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON A person has been seriously injured after a car rolled near Port Chalmers.

There are 7829 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today and 15 virus-related deaths, including two in the South.

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon. Photo: Supplied Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon has hailed the efforts of staff after the Waimakariri District Council confirmed "one of the lowest rates rises in the country".

passportnz.jpg Photo: Getty Images The easing of border restrictions and the coming school holidays has seen a surge in passport applications, and many people are worried they may not get their travel documents in time.

Tyreese Fleming has been jailed for two and a-half years for causing the crash that killed the five teenagers. Photo: Georg heard A young driver behind a crash that killed five teenagers has today been jailed for two and a-half years.

Joseff McCarthy, Jack Wallace, Niko Hill, Javarney Drummond, and Andrew Goodger were all killed in the crash outside Timaru. Photo: Supplied A young driver behind a crash that killed five teenagers has today been told by grieving family members how their lives have been reduced to "living an absolute hell-hole".

Flowers left at the scene of the crash near Timaru last August. Photo: RNZ The sole survivor of a car crash that killed five teenage boys near Timaru will be sentenced for dangerous driving causing death when he appears in the High Court today.

Ian Pullen. Photo: Twitter The suspended driver who ran over a helicopter pilot - who had arrived hours earlier in Australia to help fight bushfires - and left him for dead has been jailed for three years and two months.

The first lunar mission to take-off from New Zealand has launched successfully.

The first lunar mission to take-off from New Zealand has launched successfully.

Visibility is very limited on the roads, all the way from Rangiora to Sumner. Photo: Hamish Clark A thick blanket of fog has spread across Christchurch this morning.

Ghislaine Maxwell. File photo Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the sex offender and globetrotting financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.

Ghislaine Maxwell. File photo Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the sex offender and globetrotting financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.