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Image: RNZ The transport agency has axed more than a hundred jobs from programmes canned or scaled back by the change of government.

By Jogai Bhatt In March, RNZ warned of a global shortage of olive oil and, in turn, higher prices at the checkout.

A book featuring same-sex parenting will return to library shelves after a Sydney council rescinded its ban on the text over concerns it betrayed the community's "conservative values".

An undated mugshot of Mohamed Amra, also known as "The Fly". Photo: Handout via REUTERS Hundreds of police fanned out across northern France on a massive manhunt for a fugitive gangster known as "The Fly" on Wednesday, a day after he was sprung from a prison van by gunmen in an attack that killed two prison guards.

Two people are due to appear in court after allegedly being caught drink driving last night.

City council staff blocked off the entrance to 8 Virginia Lane on May 2 in an effort to prevent any further dumping on the section. Nearby residents have been complaining to the city council since 2016 to clean up the area. Photo: Supplied An empty section in Mt Pleasant is finally being cleaned up after eight years of complaints to Christchurch City Council fell on deaf ears.

Fonterra's consumer business includes brands such as Anchor and Mainland. Photo: RNZ Dairy cooperative Fonterra is looking to sell all or part of its global consumer business as it shifts its focus to becoming a global business-to-business provider of dairy nutrition products.

A road barricaded by rioters in Noumea, New Caledonia. Photo: Lilou Garrido Navarro Kherachi/via REUTERS An Auckland man has described scenes of chaos in Nouméa during the escalating civil unrest in New Caledonia.

Steven Brown watches boxes of honey burn. Photo: Facebook / Steven Brown Beekeepers say New Zealand needs a new approach to a hive-destroying disease that is leaving those affected out of pocket, uncompensated and devastated.

Two dredge workers have described how they were called into action to save an unconscious man in Otago Harbour after a rescue helicopter ran into difficulties.

File photo Lower age limits for recruits and poaching police from other jurisdictions are part of a New South Wales plan to boost its force amid a "critical shortage" of officers.

Junior doctors on strike outside Auckland Hospital. Photo: RNZ Hundreds of appointments and surgeries have been cancelled as junior doctors begin a two day strike.

Photo: Environment Canterbury A long-requested bus for Governors Bay is looking doubtful as Environment Canterbury reels in ambitions for route extensions.

Photo: File image A major sports club wants more leniency for parking at the Selwyn district’s largest park.

A road barricaded by rioters in Noumea, New Caledonia. Photo: Lilou Garrido Navarro Kherachi/via REUTERS An Auckland man has described scenes of chaos in Nouméa during the escalating civil unrest in New Caledonia.

Four Christchurch City Holdings directors made shock resignations last night.

The hot pools and spa concept on the Kaikoura waterfront could create 35 jobs. PHOTO: DAVID HILL A bureaucratic bungle has poured cold water on the proposed Kaikōura waterfront hot pools project.

The 27-year-old from the UK is currently serving a 12-month sentence which ends in August and has been given until November to get his affairs in order before he has to leave. File photo: Getty Images WARNING: This story discusses sexual assault and may be distressing for some readers

Shane Jones. Photo: RNZ Forest & Bird says the inclusion of a company forced to pay costs by the Environment Court on the list of companies the government sent fast-track application information to shows the process is fundamentally flawed.