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Buller residents are relieved there was no repeat overnight of the high seas that sent water surging into some properties yesterday. Audio

Three people who appeared in court in relation to the murder of Benjamin McIntosh have all been granted interim name suppression.

A major player in New Zealand's seafood industry says after two years of Covid-19 disruptions, demand for exports is rebounding, but there are still challenges for the primary industries.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her deputy Grant Robertson will meet their Australian counterparts this week and Samoa's prime minister will visit Aotearoa next week.

In today's sports news - Auckland tennis tournaments to return, All Whites to play Australia and squash star changes allegiance.

Embattled golfer Phil Mickelson will return to competition this week in the opening LIV Golf Invitational Series event outside London.

He's white, male, bald, rich and Christian, but he's also championed gender pay equity, worked to halt human trafficking and has climate change credentials.

Climate change was a factor in autumn being the second-equal warmest on record, but last season also brought extreme flooding, high winds, tornados, and drought.

Peter Navarro, a former top adviser to Donald Trump, has been charged with contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.

A Napier man has been sentenced to more than five years in jail for possessing and distributing thousands of files of "serious and depraved" child pornography.

Oranga Tamariki's botched sexual violence project was hidden from top officials and the public services commissioner Peter Hughes, who was supposed to have oversight of it.

A nurse caring for a patient who died in a suspected suicide did not check on him for an hour before he was found unresponsive.

The inquest into the suspected suicide of a Palmerston North Hospital mental health ward patient eight years ago has begun, with the coroner acknowledging the delay in the matter reaching a hearing.

In today's sports news - Alker wins again, Gujurat take IPL title, Forest back in Premier League and NZ beaten in sevens final.

A female candidate in the Papua New Guinea elections believes it is more important than ever that PNG has women MPs in Parliament.

A refugee activist is hopeful a New Zealand woman's death in an Australian detention centre will be a catalyst for change.

A spate of violence at bus stops in Tauranga has prompted the regional council to restrict free bus fares for under 18 year olds.

My experience of sports administrators is that they tend to know all and see all, Hamish Bidwell writes.

Cycling New Zealand wants traumatised athletes to come forward after an investigation found ongoing issues within the high performance programme. Audio

Minister of Building and Construction Poto Williams is supporting calls for mental health initiatives to be written into government construction contracts.

The death of a Palmerston North Hospital patient, whose body was found metres from the building six days after he disappeared, has been ruled a suicide.

An Auckland couple want mental health support written into government construction contracts to protect workers who hit the wall. Audio

Residents say Patuwairua Stream's Jurassic World-like spaces are threatened by the proposed $150 million Ruatangata airport.