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A general view of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital ambulance entrance, in Sydney. Photo: Getty Images Australia has recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic, with 58 fatalities confirmed on Tuesday from just two states.

Tova O'Brien is set to host the breakfast radio show for MediaWorks. Photo: supplied Journalist Tova O’Brien is reportedly locked in a legal stoush with her former employer.

hamilton_tracks_inspect_herald.jpg A officer inspects the tracks at Frankton Station this morning. Photo: Mike Scott A woman and a baby have died after being struck by a freight train at a Hamilton railway station.

eight_col_0z9a6424_1.jpg Brian Tamaki (file image). Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi A Christchurch community leader is worried legal action against Brian Tamaki could incite further unrest from his supporters.

co16underthevines.jpg Actress Rebecca Gibney on the set of Under the Vines. The Central Otago-based romantic-comedy has been renewed for a second season. Photo: Supplied Central Otago is continuing to cement its profile as a supporting character in film and television.

Tova O'Brien is set to host the breakfast radio show for MediaWorks. Photo: supplied Journalist Tova O’Brien is reportedly locked in a legal stoush with her former employer.

A general view of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital ambulance entrance, in Sydney. Photo: Getty Images Australia has recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic, with 58 fatalities confirmed on Tuesday from just two states.

A officer inspects the tracks at Frankton Station this morning. Photo: Mike Scott A woman and a baby have died after being struck by a freight train at a Hamilton railway station.

Pāua caught in Kaikōura (file image). Photo: RNZ / Samantha Gee Members of the Kaikōura community are concerned its pāua fishery is being stripped by the huge demand from the public.

Dunedin crews were called to a suspicious fire in toetoe in the Silverstream area yesterday before returning overnight to control a flare-up.

Aerial of Arthurs Point, Queenstown, with views of the Shotover River. Photo: Getty Images A new Covid-19 high-risk location of interest in Queenstown has been released by the Ministry of Health this morning.

Worshippers invited a stranger into a Texas synagogue when he knocked on their door and offered him tea before he brandished a gun and held them hostage in a 10-hour siege the FBI called a "terrorism-related matter, in which the Jewish community was targeted."

A six-year cold case investigation into the betrayal of Anne Frank has identified a surprising suspect in the mystery of how the Nazis found the hiding place of the famous diarist in 1944.

A six-year cold case investigation into the betrayal of Anne Frank has identified a surprising suspect in the mystery of how the Nazis found the hiding place of the famous diarist in 1944.

Aerial of Arthurs Point, Queenstown, with views of the Shotover River. Photo: Getty Images A new Covid-19 high-risk location of interest in Queenstown has been released by the Ministry of Health this morning.

Further advice around the need to strengthen or adjust the traffic light settings was currently being prepared. Photo: Getty Images The Ministry of Health is looking at whether to tweak the traffic light system in the face of Omicron, says the director-general of health.

Dogs off the lead are chasing birds and killing penguins. Photo: Supplied Little blue penguins continue to be attacked by dogs at a Christchurch estuary.

A man has been charged with arson after a scrub fire was lit in wasteland on the West Coast.

The crash happened at the corner of Main South Rd and Rolleston Drive about 7.20am on Monday. Photo: File image The man killed in a crash involving two trucks south of Christchurch on Monday morning has been named.

The Punakaiki cliffs and river mouth. Photo: Getty Images Grass is yellowing, cicadas chorusing, water tanks emptying, and tans deepening as the West Coast approaches the three-week mark without any significant rain.