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No amount of social media views was worth people risking their lives, Water Safety NZ says.

Effective 12 January, staff of the legislative bureau and youth congress will have their work hours reduced.

The match was the last for Australia's Usman Khawaja, who debuted in the 2010-11 Ashes.

"I've always been used to going back to work on the 3rd or 4th of January," the PM said before Christmas.

Anthony Albanese has been under pressure in recent weeks for resisting a push for a federal royal commission after 15 died in an alleged ISIS-inspired attack last month.

Analysis: It's reasonable to assume freshwater will be a hot topic in the general election, partly, perhaps, because cow herds are expanding.

Temperatures are set to rise, creating perfect conditions in Hawke's Bay for toxic algae to bloom.

The Sport Integrity Commission's first major investigation, triggered by dozens of complaints about Yachting NZ, remains unfinished a year on.

Puke Aute papakāinga south of Hastings has 10 new houses built on Māori ancestral land as well as vege gardens, lambs, chickens and pigs.

Horticulture chief executive Kate Scott says while the fly doesn't pose a health risk to humans, an outbreak would have a significant economic cost.

Dairy prices have risen sharply overnight in the latest Global Dairy Trade index, delivering a surprise uptick for farmers.

The High Court stopped short of ordering the regional council to change the rule relating to the discharge of nitrates because of the amount of time that has lapsed.

The website Neighbourly - at the centre of a major cyber breach - has headed to court to try to stop the stolen information spreading.

How did residents of Aotearoa New Zealand come to be called by the name of a flightless brown bird? Audio

The Manukau District Court had declared the election for the Papatoetoe subdivision of the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board void in December.

本轮高温是由澳大利亚而来的热浪引起的，未来夜间温度也将逐步升高。