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Lucia Gale won a national mixed doubles title at the national junior championships in Auckland. Up-and-coming Canterbury tennis player Lucia Gale put on an impressive display to win her first New Zealand junior championships title in Auckland on Wednesday.

Prince Andrew with Virginia Roberts. Photo: supplied A right royal ruckus is going on in Britain over a copy of a photo taken by Arrowtown photographer Michael Thomas.

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi. Photo: Getty Images The Government expects to drive down petrol prices by between 18-32c a litre as a result of new rules which are expected to "swiftly" break the supply dominance of big fuel companies.

dalziel.jpg Lianne Dalziel. A heckler accused the Christchurch City Council of being run like a "secret society" during a speech by ​Mayor Lianne Dalziel at an event on Tuesday.

friends_and_family_2.jpg Festive times are upon us once again.  It all gets a bit frantic as the money keeps pouring out and stress levels rise, adding an unnecessary burden to our Christmas Day menu.

Willie Nelson. Photo: Reuters Country icon and marijuana proponent Willie Nelson is saying no to pot ... because he wants to keep touring.

Police vehicles are stationed outside the school following the shooting at the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) School in Highlands Ranch. Photo: Reuters A transgender teenager who told police that he and a friend opened fire at a suburban Denver high school to exact revenge on classmates who bullied him should be tried on murder charges as an adult, a judge ruled on Wednesday.

More than 50% of Australians between 19 and 30 compare themselves to others on social media, a new survey shows.

A mother is calling for a ban on alcohol at a popular family event after her son was assaulted and left in serious condition. Photo: Newsline Calls are being made to make one of Christchurch's biggest family-friendly events alcohol-free.

NATO leaders set aside public insults ranging from "delinquent" to "brain dead" and "two-faced", declaring at a 70th anniversary summit they would stand together against a common threat from Russia and prepare for China's rise.

I love Christmas cake, particularly the dense and intensely fruited variety. Although not traditional, this delicious slice has many of a Christmas cake’s desirable attributes.

The big wet: The Kawarau River, with the end of Queenstown Airport's runway to the left, and the Shotover Country and Lake Hayes Estate subdivisions to the right. Photo: Mountain Scene All eyes are on the skies – and the level of Lake Wakatipu.

Rebecca Fox The run-up to Christmas can be such a busy time that I sometimes think we forget to enjoy those moments of catching up with friends and family.

The Clyde dam is spilling over significantly today, attracting the interest of onlookers.

Simon Gault’s new book is about the Kiwi summer and the images it creates for him — fun times with friends and family. Photos: supplied Last Christmas, celebrity chef Simon Gault decided to ignore tradition by making use of his much-loved pizza oven to create his favourite Neapolitan pizza.

A mother is calling for a ban on alcohol at a popular family event after her son was assaulted and left in serious condition. Photo: Newsline Calls are being made to make one of Christchurch's biggest family-friendly events alcohol-free.

One of the new dishes on offer during Whakamana Hemp Week will be the vegan eggplant and cannellini meatballs with hemp chimichurri Photo: Longshot Photography/Will Robinson Several Christchurch restaurants will be cooking with a new ingredient on Monday - hemp.

A man has been seriously hurt after being struck by steel, trapping him at a Dunedin construction site this morning.

Tayla Alexander, 17, will be farewelled at a funeral service today. Photo: Facebook Sunmara Alexander will miss her sister's funeral on Thursday, as she continues to fight for her life after a fiery crash on Summit Rd left her critically injured and her sibling dead.

Emergency services at the scene of the fire at the port in Timaru. Photo: Alexia Johnston The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC)  says it cannot determine the cause of a blaze which burned a ship at Timaru's port for eight days.