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"It's a disaster. These people have nothing, just one bag because they had only three minutes to run and save their lives," a Lviv city official said as thousands arrived from bombed Ukraine cities.

A report obtained by RNZ has laid bare a litany of failures during the escape of two offenders from a youth justice residence in 2020.

A discarded part of a rocket is believed to have crashed into the Moon's far side by now, say scientists who were expecting the impact at 1.25am this morning (12:25 GMT).

Opinion - Social support is badly failing women trying to escape abuse, and often retraumatising them, says a founder of Backbone Collective.

The NSW premier says "things will get worse before they get better" with up to 200mm of rain expected.

When a firefighter abused his young son, many in their small town refused to believe it. Fire and Emergency kept him on, and locals turned on the boy's mum, saying she'd made up the allegations.

Kiribati govt relaxes travel between islands; French Polynesia records over 1000 Covid cases; Two more people die of Covid in CNMI, and more.

Black Caps pace bowler Matt Henry has described it as surreal to match a benchmark of New Zealand great Sir Richard Hadlee in taking seven wickets to put the home side in charge of the first test…

A Palmerston North woman says a relative in her 80s waited almost a day in the city hospital's overcrowded emergency department until she was moved to a ward.

The Cook Islands Health Ministry Te Marae Ora tested 371 people for Covid-19 yesterday, in the wake of the first positive result in the country on Monday.

The family of a man who died after falling two storeys out of a Palmerston North Hospital window say urgent changes are needed to avoid a repeat.

In today's sports news - IPL auction halted for medical event, Phoenix bag more A-League points, Maori All Stars dedicated win to Olsen Filipaina.

The Ministry of Health has listed more Covid-19 locations of interest in Queenstown, including a gym, a supermarket and a bar.

The Chief Ombudsman is formally investigating Masterton District Council's civic centre process, it has been revealed.

Washington is under pressure to address the issue, with the US central bank expected to raise interest rates.

There are 306 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today - a new record high - with 216 cases in Auckland alone.

A survivor of abuse at Marylands School in Christchurch in the 1970s has outlined deviant behaviour from some of the Catholic brothers who ran the place.

An advocate for sexual abuse survivors at Marylands School says the sexual and physical abuse was known about by many, but they all failed to act on it.

A trauma cleaning business that has been posting graphic death-related images on social media has apologised.

The step up to red light restrictions saw supermarkets once again do big business in what we use to do our business - toilet paper. Audio

A crime scene cleaning business has been posting images of the aftermath of suspected suicides, attempted suicides, assaults and domestic violence. Audio

Cyclists thought they had been banned from using a key stretch due to a 'no cycling' sign, but Waka Kotahi has now clarified they can use it - and the sign should have been covered.

A suicidal man who has a brain tumour is at risk of torture and an unfair trial if he is extradited to China to face a murder charge, his lawyer says.

The case against three men charged with the murder of Upper Hutt woman Lois Tolley in 2016 has unravelled due to lack of evidence.

A staff member at Hawke's Bay Airport has tested positive for Covid-19.