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An intellectually disabled man on intensive supervision with a history of violent and sexual offending now has temporary accommodation.

Jamie-Lee Rogers with the awards she received after attending the six-week-long Ministry for Social Development Limited Service Volunteer course held at Burnham Military Camp. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE North Canterbury student Jamie-Lee Rogers was expecting her Limited Service Volunteer experience to be tough and very strict with lots of people yelling in her face.

Comedic escapades ... Peter Pan (Penelope Hare) and Captain Hook (Calum Beck) in the Globe Theatre's production of Peter Pan provide good value entertainment for all the family. PHOTO: SUPPLIED   The Globe Theatre presents Peter Pan. Review by Simon Henderson

Housing in Christchurch. Photo: File / RNZ / Nate McKinnon Christchurch city councillors may hit pause on an upcoming independent hearings panel process on housing intensification.

A person has died in a single-vehicle crash in North Canterbury.

File photo: Getty Images The number of Kiwis behind on their mortgages spiked back up again in October, according to Centrix.

A toothless attack will have to sharpen up if the Black Caps wish to avoid a second test defeat by Bangladesh in as many years.

Dunedin woman Jonelle Churchman, 49, has been found safe thanks to help from the public. Photo: NZ Police A 49-year-old woman who was reported missing yesterday in Dunedin has been found safe and well thanks to help from the public.

Shane McGowan at his parents' home in Ireland in 1997. Photo: Getty Images Shane MacGowan, the London-Irish punk who transformed Irish traditional music with The Pogues and penned some of the 1980s' most haunting ballads before sinking into alcohol and drug addiction, has died. He was 65.

Prof Michael Baker. Photo: Supplied Public health academic Michael Baker is baffled by the new government's "incoherent" approach to World Health Organisation (WHO) regulations.

For more than 43 years, Keith Newton has been a "piller" of the community.

For more than 43 years, Keith Newton has been a "piller" of the community.

North Otago golfer Judith Yates will line up for Otago at the New Zealand interprovincial next week. PHOTO: KAYLA HODGE Judith Yates is experienced beyond her team-mates’ years.

A time lapse photograph of an Advent service in Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Advent is about hope, Jenny Beck writes.

Israeli troops relax during the Gaza truce. PHOTO: REUTERS Israel has a right to self-defence, Rex Ahdar writes.

Act New Zealand leader David Seymour, National Party leader and Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters arrive at Parliament on Friday last week for the signing of the coalition agreement. Photo: NZ Herald It was a ungainly three-way dance.

Southland’s Cormac Buchanan in action at Aragon during the FIM JuniorGP World Championship. PHOTO: RAFA MARRODAN, ONE PERCENT MAGAZINE An intense year competing against the world’s best in Europe has prepared Southland motorcycle racer Cormac Buchanan for his next challenge.

Southern United captain Rose Morton (left) and defender Hannah Mackay-Wright (right). Photo: Otago Daily Times You can tell the worth of a team by the way players talk about each another.

Southern United players celebrate after scoring a goal against Waterside Karori at Logan Park. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON It has been a season to remember for Southern United after reaching the National League final last Sunday.

Research-active Te Pūkenga staff and postgraduate students have converged this week at the SIT | Te Pūkenga Invercargill campus for the annual Otago Polytechnic, Southern Institute of Technology, and Ara Institute of Canterbury joint research symposium (OPSITARA).