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Photo: Google Armed police have swarmed the intersection of Barrington St and Lincoln Rd near the Z petrol station in Addington.

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has announced the creation of a national unit to target the "crime and harm" caused by gangs.

Photo: Twitter / @ncla1ere Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has cancelled his visit to New Caledonia, due to unrest throughout the French Pacific territory.

The aurora australis put on a spectacular show over the weekend, and the dark skies of coastal Otago made for an excellent viewing point.

Lachie Jones A St John volunteer who performed CPR on Lachie Jones said the boy’s body was “cold” and “floppy”.

Associate Education Minister David Seymour. Photo: RNZ Up to 50 new or converted charter schools will be funded out of Budget 2024, the coalition government has announced.

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster. Photo: RNZ Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has announced the creation of a national unit to target to target 'crime and harm' caused by gangs.

Lachie Jones A St John volunteer who performed CPR on Lachie Jones said the boy’s body was “cold” and “floppy”.

Safety workers talk to business owners after the 2010 earthquake. Photo: Getty Images By Niva Chittock Meetings in cupboards in over-crowded Emergency Operations Centres, equipment failures and inexperienced staff - report after report into our emergency responses have found widespread failures.

Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says there is a need for consultants to achieve the required changes to the country's education system.

As if the Crusaders losing to the Highlanders wasn't bad enough.

Explosives are detonated to free the container ship Dali after it was trapped following its crash into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Photo: Reuters Army crews in Baltimore have set off controlled explosions to allow them to remove a portion of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the bow of the massive container ship that toppled the span in March.

One of the most important jobs in NZ is officially vacant. So who could be the next All Blacks captain? Jamie Wall looks at some of the options.

A crew of 12-year-olds from Christchurch have picked up the art of coffee-making like professionals far beyond their years.

Police are praising the actions of a man who followed a teenager through the Dunedin CBD yesterday, after he allegedly punched another teenager in the face in an unprovoked attack.

The Mt Pleasant Squash Club. Photo: Supplied The Mt Pleasant Squash Club appears to have won a key battle in its bid not to be kicked out of its premises by the adjacent community centre.

A man overpaid $9000 in wages agreed to pay it back at $100 a week, but then quit his job. He's now resumed repayments after the Employment Relations Authority got involved. Photo: Getty Images A software glitch led to a worker being overpaid $9000 in wages, but the worker quit just as the agreed repayment scheme kicked in.

After nearly a decade cooped up in her Dunedin pottery studio, Bridget Paape says creating art has stopped her from going a bit potty herself.

Took these images last night at Kaka Point, the Catlins, at around 8pm.