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In a watershed moment for New Zealand drug policy, more than 100 years of thinking when dealing with users is about to go out the window, writes Alexander Gillespie.

Police are spending the day talking to relatives of three people who died in a crash between a truck and a van near Taupō.

For Ngāti Hinerangi, reclaiming their identity as an iwi hasn't been an easy journey.

One person has died after a car rolled in the north Waikato town.

Thousands of people are expected to pay their respects at the tangi for the seven members of the Poutawa whānau who died in a crash north of Taupō at the weekend.

The children who died in a crash that claimed eight lives north of Taupō over the weekend were aged from seven to 13, police say, as they formally name the victims.

A person has died after a crash involving a car and a bicycle in Matamata this evening, police say.

Pupils from three different schools were among the eight people killed in yesterday's head-on crash north of Taupō, the schools have confirmed.

The Ministry of Transport has confirmed 45 people have been killed so far this month. Audio

Police have confirmed eight people were killed in a two-car crash near Taupō in the central North Island.

A 67-year-old man has been arrested following a shooting incident in Karapiro this morning.

The 2m slab of stone was vandalised, the memorial plaque removed and two bronze wreaths were stolen, and the damage will not be repaired in time for Anzac Day.

A person has died after a crash north of Gisborne early this morning, bringing the road toll for the Easter holiday period to three. Audio

Part of the Waikato was without power this morning after a car hit a power pole.

A person has died after about six hours trapped in a truck after a crash between two trucks on State Highway 1 in Tokoroa.

A man has died in a kayaking incident in the central North Island this morning.

Analysis - There's huge momentum behind the government's decision to change gun laws and nothing is going to stop Parliament pushing the legislation through, writes Peter Wilson.

On Mediawatch Midweek Jeremy Rose talks to Lately's Karyn Hay about Guns, God and Algorithms; Bougainville, and rapping the news.

National Party MP Judith Collins is urging the government to crack down on gangs with illegal firearms by giving the police greater powers to raid gang homes. Audio

Seat belts were not being worn in the car that crashed near Taupō yesterday killing five members of the same family, police say. Audio

A Hamilton City Councillor under fire for a Facebook post criticising the country's response to the Christchurch mosque attacks says he will apologise to the Muslim community. Video