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Police at the Goodview Apartment Hotel in central Auckland this morning. Photo: RNZ Reports of a firearm that prompted at least a dozen armed police to swarm a central Auckland building has turned out to be a long piece of photographic equipment.

One person has been critically hurt after a car and motorcycle collided in Invercargill. 

Police arrested this man after an incident in central Auckland this morning. Photo: RNZ Two men have been arrested after a standoff with police in central Auckland.

Police arrested this man after an incident in central Auckland this morning. Photo: RNZ Two men have been arrested after a standoff with police in central Auckland.

Peter Scott (right) and Craig Pauling, who will be acting chairperson. Photo: David Hill / North Canterbury News Environment Canterbury’s chairperson has stood down pending an investigation following recent media comments about his farming activity.

Peter Scott (right) and Craig Pauling, who will be acting chairperson. Photo: David Hill / North Canterbury News Environment Canterbury’s chairperson has stood down pending an investigation following recent media comments about his farming activity.

Five Queenstown fireys will be taking part in what’s dubbed the ‘Firefighter Iron Man’ this weekend.

Queenstown volunteer firefighter Colette Howard’s vowing to shave her head if she reaches her fundraising target for the Firefighter Sky Tower Challenge. PHOTO: SUPPLIED You could say she’s hair raising.

PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLER Best take an empty stomach along to Queenstown’s Mitre 10 Mega this Saturday, because you’ll be rendering St John a great service.

A mallard duck. Photo: Fish and Game Fish and Game is working to make duck hunting more inclusive by opening the first wheelchair-accessible public shooting maimai in the country.

Tai Webster’s shooting is central to the Nuggets’ chances. PHOTO: BLAKE ARMSTRONG Tai Webster is not going anywhere.

This is going to be a particularly special day for two members of the Highlanders squad.

New Zealand offers no appeal for drug companies because it is difficult to make a sale, the Cancer Society says.

Regarded as the father of the science of wave energy, South African-born Scottish scientist Stephen Salter’s best-known invention was the "Edinburgh Duck", a device to generate megawatt-scale electricity from ocean waves.

Otago geologist and science editor Jane Forsyth at Lake Hāwea. PHOTO: MARJORIE COOK JANE FORSYTH  Lake Hāwea geologist   If you have ever held a GNS Science geological map in your hand, the chances are Jane Forsyth’s eyes and feet would have been all over the land.

Karl Wallinger, performing as World Party, in 2006. Photo: Getty Images Naturally gifted musician Karl Wallinger played a range of instruments on many charting records, compiling an impressively diverse CV which ranged from being musical director for a production of The Rocky Horror Show, to playing on Sinead O’Connor’s stellar debut album, to collaborating with Peter Gabriel.

Michael Culver (right), with Brian Haw, demonstrating in Parliament Square against the war in Iraq. Photo: Getty Images Although he only had a minor role in Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back, Michael Culver’s bravura death scene as Captain Needa was strangled by Darth Vader became his most famous part.

Joe Camp and Benji accept the award for Best Family Feature at the 19th Annual Genesis Awards Presented by The Humane Society at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 19, 2005 in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: Getty Images Joe Camp knew a bit more than Hollywood when it came to picking a hit.

O.J. Simpson on trial for murder. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON  Athlete, actor   When the jury sent word they would deliver their verdict in the O.J. Simpson double murder trial, the rest of the United States was caught by surprise, myself included.