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Radio NZ House in Wellington. Photo: Google A senior staff member has left Radio New Zealand after allegations of sexual harassment.

gettyimages-622998444.jpg Photo: File / Getty Images A book documenting the golden era of Christchurch United will be released to coincide with the football club’s 50th anniversary festivities next month.

Photo: Getty Global coronavirus cases have exceeded 30 million, according to a Reuters tally, and the pandemic is showing no signs of slowing.

Fiao'o Faamausili holds the World Cup after the Black Ferns' last World Cup win. Photo: Getty Images The Black Ferns are set to open their World Cup defence at Eden Park.

Emergency services at the scene last week following the blast. Photo: Abbey Palmer Police have laid charges following an explosion at a house in Invercargill last week which left two people seriously injured.

Scores of Amberley locals are opposing the opening of a new liquor store in the town. Photo: Getty Images Residents of a small North Canterbury town have turned out in droves to oppose the opening of a new liquor store.

This house on Taylor Ave, Fendalton, is valued at between $1,225,000 and $1,295,000. Photo: realestate.co.nz Median property values in all but four Christchurch and Banks Peninsula suburbs have increased in the last year.

Principals are blaming conspiracy theories about the pandemic and economic turmoil for persistently low school attendance in Northland.

South Africa has unveiled plans to begin a domestic rugby season next month. Photo: Getty Images South Africa’s domestic season will finally kick into full gear when a seven-team competition starts on October 10, ending a seven-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The tunnel was closed from 7.40pm to 9.15pm yesterday. Photo: NZTA A car burst into flames in the Lyttelton Tunnel last night.

Thiago Alcantara in action for Bayern Munich. Photo: Getty Images Liverpool have reached an agreement to sign Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara from Bayern Munich, the German club's CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said.

At last night’s meet-the-candidates event for the Taieri electorate (formerly Dunedin South)at the Musselburgh Baptist Church are (from left) Robert Andrews (Act New Zealand ), Mark Patterson (New Zealand First), Ingrid Leary (Labour), Scott Willis (Greens), Liam Kernaghan (National) and Stan Smith (One Party). PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON Allegations of dirty politics and smear campaigns have seeped into the Taieri electorate race.

Scores of Amberley locals are opposing the opening of a new liquor store in the town. Photo: Getty Images A small North Canterbury town has turned out in droves to oppose the opening of a new liquor store.

Jennie Wyllie The Silver Ferns are targeting a home test series against top netball nations in November.

The All Whites game against world football No1 Belgium looks set to be called off.

A cyclist is dead after being involved in a crash with a car in Christchurch last night.

A cyclist is dead after being involved in a crash with a car in Christchurch last night.

We knew it was coming from the first weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown but that does not mean the sting was removed from the all-but-inevitable news.

Our Seas Our Future volunteer Emily Colquhoun picks up cigarette butts and rubbish in Dunedin last month. PHOTOS: PETER MCINTOSH/ODT FILES It is time to hold tobacco companies to account for environmental harms, write Janet Hoek, Richard Edwards and Andrew Waa.

Photo: Getty Images Don Moffat explores the right to freedom in a pandemic.