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NZ Food Safety says the recall is "concerning" for consumers who choose non-alcoholic beers for medical, cultural, or lifestyle reasons.

Reports of a digger moving sand and soil at Church Bay sparked a flurry of complaints from local residents and hapū.

Joseph Moore wrote five fake sketches then waited. He's been keeping his new gig a secret but the cat is finally out of the bag.

Analysis: If the government is serious about reducing dog attacks, it would need to engage with expert advice and consider major reform.

With every milestone, including death, being shaped by social media, scattering ashes can become a spectacle.

Jacinda Ardern is up for a prize for her memoir, while author Catherine Chidgey could be the first person to win three prizes for fiction in the Ockhams.

A councillor says "there's a time and place for protests", but a veteran protester thinks approved protest zones are contrary to NZ's sense of democracy. Audio

A years-long cleanup project is now working to restore Lake Horowhenua back to health, after decades of raw sewage was pumped into it. Audio

Tens of millions of litres of sewage could be pumped into the ocean each day, but the level of treatment and the length of the discharge are still not public knowledge. Audio

The dog, which had bitten before, was seized by animal control after the attack, but the owner will not give permission for it to be destroyed. Audio

Shepherd's beaked whales live in the deep sea, and only come up to shore if something is wrong

Animal protection organisations say MPI cannot be independent in enforcing animal welfare, but a Commissioner could. Audio