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Funding from Christchurch City Council has allowed a group that restores bikes for the community in Aranui to bring a youth worker on board.

A man has been charged with the murder of a nine-year-old girl after a child's body was found stuffed in a barrel and dumped in a river near where the schoolgirl went missing last week.

Former Newshub political editor Tova O'Brien is moving to Mediaworks. Photo: Supplied Former Newshub political editor Tova O'Brien would have to "sit at home doing nothing" for three months, her lawyer said, if her former employer Discovery made her carry out a restraint of trade.

Photo: Getty Images There are 24 Covid cases in the community  and 56 new ones detected at the border today as Cabinet ministers meet to discuss current measures.

There are 24 Covid cases in the community  and 56 new ones detected at the border today as Cabinet ministers meet to discuss current measures.

The blaze has ripped through 200 hectares of regenerating bush at Emerald Bay. PHOTO: SHANNON THOMSON A popular Wānaka lake and track were spared during a devastating fire earlier this month.

Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel is urging people to pay back the kindness Tonga showed the city after the earthquakes by donating funds to help the country recover from the tsunami.

The Lotus-Heart vegetarian restaurant on St Asaph St. Photo: RNZ / Jean Edwards A Christchurch restaurant fined $20,000 for failing to comply with the Covid-19 requirements is still not following the rules.

The MY2022 app was built by the Beijing Organising Committee mainly to track and share COVID-19-related medical information among the athletes during the Games. Image: supplied A smartphone app that is mandatory for all attendees at the Beijing Winter Olympics next month contains security flaws that makes it vulnerable to privacy breaches and hackers, according to a report released by Canadian researchers.

Dr Michael Dunbier, Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. PHOTO: FAR If Dr Michael Dunbier had his time again, he would change little except for maybe diving deeper into his specialty agricultural research.

The man was arrested last year and charged with historic sexual abuse. Photo: File A woman who was sexually abused as a child confronted her abuser in court yesterday, telling him the secret was like "a cancer" eating away at her family and her life.

Cleared of murdering his wife, Donald McPherson has a lengthy criminal history. Photos: Supplied A Kiwi acquitted of murdering his heiress wife is believed to have moved back to New Zealand ahead of a coronial inquiry into her death and a civil suit claiming he was responsible for her death.

The United Nations is preparing for distanced relief operations in Tonga to avoid a Covid-19 outbreak in the Pacific island nation that is reeling under the impact of a volcanic eruption and tsunami, an official says.

A prominent New Zealand sportsman stole more than $40,000 from his grandfather and impersonated him to increase his credit limit and put the elderly man tens of thousands of dollars in debt, court documents show.

The United Nations is preparing for distanced relief operations in Tonga to avoid a Covid-19 outbreak in the Pacific island nation that is reeling under the impact of a volcanic eruption and tsunami, an official says.

John Molyneux captured an intruder on camera at his home two days ago.

Global warming and land use are increasing toxic algae and the dangers it poses to those using waterways, a freshwater scientist says.

microsoft_gaming_buy_reuters.jpg The deal announced by will bolster its firepower in the booming videogaming market. Photo: Reuters Microsoft Corp is buying "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard in the biggest gaming industry deal in history as global technology giants stake their claims to a virtual future.

Steven Adams has once again shown why he is considered to be one of the strongest - and most likeable - players in the NBA.

tonga_nzdf_1.jpg An aerial photo taken from a New Zealand Defence force P-3 Orion on January 16, 2022 shows Mango island in Tonga with no houses left after impact from a tsunami. The inset image shows some makeshift shelters. Photo: Crown copyright 2022 NZDF The Tongan government has confirmed that all houses on the island of Mango were wiped out in the tsunami that followed Saturday's volcanic eruption.